Bourbon Street Attack Memorial Crosses

Bourbon Street Attack Memorial Crosses. . , On January 1, 2025, a terrorist drove a pickup truck into a crowd of people celebrating the New Year on New Orleans's Bourbon Street. Fourteen individuals were killed and more than fifty injured, including two police officers. Victims of the attack ranged in age from eighteen to sixty-three., In the days following the attack, visitors to the site began creating a memorial at the intersection of Bourbon and Canal streets. To commemorate the lives lost, they left crosses, flowers, candles, beads, and other items., On January 5, volunteers from Lutheran Church Charities brought and installed these fourteen white crosses, each inscribed with a victim's name, on Canal Street. They invited family and friends of the victims and other visitors to the site to write messages of hope and love on the crosses., Kareem Badawi, 18, Baton Rouge, LA , Martin "Tiger" Bech, 27, New York, NY , Andrew "Drew" Dauphin, 26, Montgomery, AL , Ni'Kyra Cheyenne Dedeaux, 18, Gulfport, MS , William "Billy" DiMaio, 25, Holmdel, NJ , Hubert Gauthreaux, 21, Gretna, LA , Reggie Hunter, 37, Prairieville, LA , Terrence "Terry" Kennedy, 63, New Orleans, LA , Nicole Perez, 27, Metairie, LA , LaTasha Polk, 47, New Orleans, LA , Edward Pettifer, 31, London, England , Brandon Taylor, 43, Harvey, LA , Matthew Tenedorio, 25, Picayune, MS , Elliot Wilkinson, 40, Slidell, LA