New Orleans Attack Survivor Who Lost His Best Friend Vowed Not to Return. But Then Their Eagles Made the Super Bowl

Tiger Beck (left) with Ryan Quigley.Photo:Ryan Quigley Ryan Quigley Ryan Quigley promised himself he would never go to New Orleans again. “When I woke up in the hospital, I was like, ‘that was myfirstnight in New Orleans and that’s definitely going to be mylast,’” Quigley, 26, tells PEOPLE while still recuperating from extensive injuries he sustained in theNew Year’s Day terror attack in New Orleans. “I said I’ll never be back there.

New Orleans Eyewitness Recalls Seeing People 'Dead Right in Front of Us' After ‘Unbelievable’ Attack

A photo from the scene in New Orleans following the mass casualty incident.Photo:Michael DeMocker/Getty Michael DeMocker/Getty One New Orleans man is sharing his eyewitness account of thehorrific scenethat took place on Bourbon Street early in the morning on New Year’s Day. After the driver of a pickup truck drove downBourbon Street, killing 10and injuring around 35 people in the city’s popular French Quarter, the driver was killed in a subsequent shooting exchange with police.

New Orleans Native Trombone Shorty Shares How to Spend a Perfect Day in the Crescent City (Exclusive)

Trombone Shorty at 2024 New Orleans Jazz Fest.Photo:Douglas Mason/WireImage Douglas Mason/WireImage ForTrombone Shorty, New Orleans is much more than just his hometown, and music is much more than just his job. The Grammy-winning musician, born Troy Andrews, 39, has collaborated with everyone fromRingo StarrandPharrell WilliamstoFoo FightersandLittle Big Town, and has been playing music for as long as he can remember, growing up in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans. Dating back to his first New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival performance at just four years old — whenBo Diddleycalled him up to the stageafter hearing a loud note coming from his trombone as he made his way through the crowd with his mother — music has been a key part of Andrews' whole life, and he and his band “average about 150, 160 to 175 shows a year,” he tells PEOPLE.

New Orleans Pelican Star Zion Williamson Donates $100K to Victims of Bourbon Street Attack

Zion Williamson.Photo:Jonathan Bachman/Getty Jonathan Bachman/Getty New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson donated $100,000 to support the victims of thedeadly terror attackin New Orleans on New Year’s Day. On Friday, Jan. 3,ESPN’s Malika Andrews reportedthat Williamson, 24, donated $100,000 to the Greater New Orleans Foundation’s Tragedy Fund. The fund is “raising money to help the families of the victims and survivors start to heal and recover from this heartbreaking tragedy,” per the officialsite.

New Orleans Suspect Posted Videos Expressing a 'Desire to Kill' and Being 'Inspired by ISIS' Hours Before Attack, Biden Says

On Wednesday, Jan. 1, the president, 82, condemned the “despicable” and “heinous act,” whichkilled 15 peopleand injured dozens of others, in a speech shared on The White House’sX(formerly known as Twitter) page. Paying tribute to the victims in his statement, Biden said, “I know I can speak for all Americans when I say our hearts are with the people of New Orleans after the despicable attack that occurred in the early morning hours.