Former NFL star Antonio Brown has launched a fund for the victims and their families of the New Orleans terrorist attack in the early hours of New Year's Day.
Suspect Shamsud Din Jabbar drove a truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street, killing more than a dozen people and injuring several more. He died in a shootout with police after being rammed, believed to be inspired by ISIS.
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Antonio Brown, No. 81, of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers looks on before a game against the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 20, 2020 in Atlanta. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Brown launched a GoFundMe on Thursday, which raised more than $3,500 in the first few hours.
“This has nothing to do with me and everything to do with helping the families who lost loved ones in New Orleans,” the fundraiser's description said. “I will be working with Gofundme so that the dollars raised can be distributed to the 15 families who lost a loved one on January 1st. Prayers.”
Brown isn't the only NFL figure to reach out to victims.
Matthias Hauswirth of New Orleans prays on the street near the scene where a vehicle plowed into a crowd at Canal Street and Bourbon Street on Wednesday, January 1, 2025 in New Orleans. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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New Orleans Saints defensive end Cam Jordan donated $25,000 to a fund established by the Greater New Orleans Foundation and the city of New Orleans.
“I join @GNOFoundation and @CityOfNOLA in donating $25,000 to the New Year's Day Tragedy Fund to support the victims of the attack,” Jordan wrote to X. Please consider donating to the cause.” I was seriously injured. ”
New Orleans police and federal agents are investigating a suspected terrorist attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on New Year's Day, Wednesday, January 1, 2025. (Chris Granger/New Orleans Legal Advocacy Bureau, via AP)
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The attack forced the postponement of the Sugar Bowl, scheduled for 4 p.m. ET at Caesars Superdome.
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