At least 15 killed in New Orleans attack

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I found the interview on NPR of the father of an 18 year-old son who was killed by the truck-driving murderer interesting.

The family is Islamic. The deceased son was Islamic.

The obviously grieving father said, “What did my son do to get killed?”

“It doesn’t represent Islam. It doesn’t represent ANYTHING.”

His last sentence resonated with me.
 
His family must be relieved and horrified at the same time.
“Gee, daddy was planning on killing all of us at the same time! How horrifying!”
“Golly gee, we sure are lucky daddy decided to kill all those people with that truck! What a relief!”
 
ZenMode said:
15 hours ago, CNN reported here that only 14 were killed. Did someone come back to life?
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15 includes the murderer, apparently; 14 were murdered, one was killed in a gun battle with police after doing the murdering.
 
Centerpiece said:
His family must be relieved and horrified at the same time.
“Gee, daddy was planning on killing all of us at the same time! How horrifying!”
“Golly gee, we sure are lucky daddy decided to kill all those people with that truck! What a relief!”
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A lifetime of survivor’s guilt on top of the guilt of wondering if you could have done something to prevent the attack and just knowing your dad is a mass murderer who would have killed you, given the opportunity.

I guess also thank your mom and step-dad for not letting dad see you recently (though I could see how that might bend toward ‘if you let him see us maybe he wouldn’t have been so angry and …’ in the minds of his kids)?
 
GIFT LINK —> https://wapo.st/408xqAO

What we know about the victims in the Bourbon Street attack​

Among the 14 killed by a truck-driving assailant were parents of young children, a Superdome worker and a former Ivy League football player.
 
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Of note in the article given earlier posts here about the fire at the rental:

“… Investigators recovered from Jabbar’s rental truck a transmitter intended to trigger the two bombs, the FBI said in a statement Friday. It also said authorities found bomb-making materials at the New Orleans home Jabbar rented prior to the attack. Jabbar tried to burn the house down by setting a small fire in a hallway and placing accelerants to help spread it, the FBI said. The flames burned out before firefighters arrived. …”
 
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