Loved ones gathered to lay New Orleans Bourbon Street terror attack victim to rest in Treme
Loved ones gathered to lay New Orleans Bourbon Street terror attack victim to rest in Treme.
Updated: 9:26 PM CST Jan 29, 2025
TREME. LOVED ONES ARE REMEMBERING A MOTHER WHO WAS KILLED DURING THE BOURBON STREET TERROR ATTACK. LATASHA POLK WAS THE LAST VICTIM IDENTIFIED IN THAT ATTACK THAT CLAIMED 14 LIVES ON NEW YEAR’S DAY. WDSU REPORTER SEAN O’CONNOR JOINS US LIVE FROM CHARBONNET FUNERAL HOME IN TREME, WHERE THE REPAST ENDED NOT LONG AGO. SHAY. GINA. WE’RE ACTUALLY AT THE SECOND REPASS NOW ALONG HIGH STREET. TODAY, HUNDREDS GATHERED WEARING PINK AND PURPLE FOR A WOMAN DESCRIBED AS HARD WORKING AND LOVING. A GOOD PARTY. I BROKE DOWN YESTERDAY, BUT TODAY I WAS IN GOOD SPIRITS AND JUST SEEING HER, IT MADE ME SMILE BECAUSE I DIDN’T CRY SO MUCH. I FINALLY HAD CLOSURE BECAUSE SHE REALLY DIDN’T DESERVE THE TYPE OF PERSON SHE WAS. FAMILY OF LATASHA POLK. SENDING THE NINTH WARD NATIVE OFF WITH A CEREMONIAL SECOND LIFE. THROUGH THE STREETS OF TREME. HER BROTHER, DARRYL POLK, SAYS HER FUNERAL WAS DELAYED DUE TO LAST WEEK’S SNOW, AND SHE PUSHED BACK TO GIVE US MORE TIME. I FEEL BECAUSE WE WEREN’T READY. WE’RE TOLD POLK BROUGHT IN THE NEW YEAR, HAVING FUN PLAYING POKER MACHINES BEFORE WALKING ALONG. BOURBON. SHE ALWAYS KEPT THIS SPIRIT ABOUT HER. SHE WOULD HELP ANYBODY. SHE TOOK CARE OF THE CHURCH. SHE LOVED CHURCH. SHE LOVED PLAYING CARDS. SHE LOVED THE WORK. SHE’D HAVE 2 OR 3 JOBS. SHE LOVED HARD. THE WAY TASHA LIVED HER LIFE. SHE WANT TO BE REMEMBERED AS A HAPPY, OUTGOING PERSON. SHE NEVER WAS SAD. SO THIS WASN’T A SAD DAY. THIS WAS A CELEBRATION OF WHO SHE WAS. AND THAT’S HOW SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REMEMBERED. AS A PERSON THAT ENJOYED LIFE. LOVED ONES SAY THEY’LL FOREVER REMEMBER THE SOUND AND JOY OF POLK’S LAUGH. YOU COULD NOT HELP BUT TO LOVE HER BECAUSE THE WAY SHE LIVED. AND I DON’T CARE WHAT. WHEN YOU HAVE A LIFE, GOD GIVE YOU, THERE’S NOTHING NOBODY CAN TAKE FROM YOU. GINA AND SALLY, YOU MAY RECALL POLK’S BROTHER HAD BEEN UNACCOUNTED FOR FOR SOME TIME. HE WAS ACTUALLY ALONG BOURBON STREET WITH HER AND FAMILY. WERE STILL LOOKING FOR HIM. TODAY HE WAS AT THE FUNERAL AND IS OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT UPDATE. REPORTING LIVE FR
Loved ones gathered to lay New Orleans Bourbon Street terror attack victim to rest in Treme
Loved ones gathered to lay New Orleans Bourbon Street terror attack victim to rest in Treme.
Updated: 9:26 PM CST Jan 29, 2025
On Wednesday, Latasha Polk, the last victim identified in the Bourbon Street terror attack, was laid to rest.Her family held a funeral for her at Charbonnet Funeral Home in the 6th Ward. It was followed by a second line through the area. Polk was one of 14 victims killed after a terrorist plowed a pickup truck down Bourbon Street in the early hours of Jan. 1. Dozens of others were injured in the attack.
On Wednesday, Latasha Polk, the last victim identified in the Bourbon Street terror attack, was laid to rest.
Her family held a funeral for her at Charbonnet Funeral Home in the 6th Ward.
It was followed by a second line through the area.
Polk was one of 14 victims killed after a terrorist plowed a pickup truck down Bourbon Street in the early hours of Jan. 1. Dozens of others were injured in the attack.
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