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President Joe Biden mourned the lives lost in the New Year’s Day terrorist attack at an interfaith prayer service in New Orleans Monday night, saying New Orleans “defines strength and resilience.” Ta.
“My wife Jill and I are here to stand with you, grieve, pray, and let you know you’re not alone. The rest of the country is watching you, too. It’s not the same. I We know what it feels like to lose a piece of your soul, the anger, the emptiness, the black hole that feels like it’s going to suck you in, the sense of loss,” Biden said.
He later added: “If there’s one thing we know, it’s that New Orleans defines strength and resilience. Whether it’s in the form of this offense or through this offense, the Hurricanes Whether it’s a storm or a storm, you define it. This city and its people stand up. That’s the spirit of America.”
First lady Jill Biden visited New Orleans just after 3 a.m. on New Year’s Day when a man plowed his car into a crowd gathered on the city’s downtown Bourbon Street, killing 14 people and injuring at least 35 others. It was reported that this was a few days later. F.B.I.
The president also promised to remember the victims on Monday night, directing his team to make “all resources available” to the people of the city. New Orleans has achieved SEAR 1 status, one of the Department of Homeland Security’s highest designations for event security, for the Mardi Gras event from Feb. 21 to March 4, the White House announced in a Monday news release. He also detailed the Biden administration’s response. attack.
Prior to Monday’s service, Mr. Biden and the first lady greeted families affected by the attack, survivors and local law enforcement. They also laid flowers at the Victims Shrine on Bourbon Street, where they bowed their heads in silence to remember the lives lost.
