New Orleans Terror Attack Victims' Names Written On Bourbon Street

‘You didn’t win, terror’: New Orleans residents honor Bourbon Street victims

AROUND THIS WHILE HONORING THEM. IN THE SAME TOKEN. YEAH, I MEAN, RANDI THE MESSAGE IS WE WILL NEVER FORGET. ALSO TERRORISM. I’M SO SORRY. DID NOT WIN. THIS IS WHAT IS BEING WRITTEN ON THE WALLS WHERE THAT TRAGIC ATTACK HAPPENED AND KILLED 14 PEOPLE. AND SIR, I SEE THAT YOU’RE WRITING THIS. WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO COME OUT HERE TODAY TO DO THIS? TERRIBLE. DIDN’T WIN. I’M FROM THE SEVENTH WARD OF NEW ORLEANS AND OUR CITY. WE WILL NEVER FORGET. NEVER. 315 IN THE MORNING, MY FAMILY CHECKED ON ME. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME THAT WAS A MOTHER. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, US NEW ORLEANIANS, WE KNOW JUST WE KNOW WHAT TRAGEDY HAPPENS HERE. PEOPLE COME TOGETHER. BUT TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, YOU JUST NEVER EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN. EXACTLY. THAT’S WHY THIS MADE US STRONGER. YOU DIDN’T WIN, TARA. YOU JUST MADE US STRONGER. MATTHEW WAS A FRIEND. AND I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT CONTINUES TO COME IN. SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HONORING THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES. JUST TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE WAY. BUT, I MEAN, GUYS, YOU CAN SEE HERE MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN, FILING IN, SHOWING THEIR LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES. AND I MEAN JUST SO MUCH EMOTION IS COMING THROUGH THIS. YOU CAN SEE MORE WORDS ARE BEING WRITTEN OVER HERE AS WELL AS WE WALK ON THROUGH. SO I’M GOING TO KEEP ON WALKING AND TALKING GUYS. BUT I MEAN, YOU’RE HEARING STAR SPANGLED BANNER IN THE BACKGROUND AS PEOPLE ARE PAINTING THESE ON THE WALLS HERE SAYING, WE WILL NEV

‘You didn’t win, terror’: New Orleans residents honor Bourbon Street victims

As a memorial continues to grow on Bourbon Street for the victims killed in the New Year’s Day terror attack, residents from all over New Orleans have paid their tributes. New Orleans sister station WDSU was there as an emotional scene unfolded at the site where the victims died. Residents were seen writing the names of those killed on a building wall. “Reggie…Matthew…Nikyra…”As a street musician played “The Star-Spangled Banner,” people, one by one, took Sharpies to the walls of the historic French Quarter, writing the known names of the victims killed in the New Year’s Day attack.A friend of one of the victims, Matthew Tenedorio, was visibly shaken as he wrote a message on the wall. “You didn’t win, terror,” he said, choking back tears. “You just made us stronger. Matthew was a friend. We will never forget this. Never.”Other messages written on the wall read “We will never forget,” and “We will honor you.”

NEW ORLEANS — As a memorial continues to grow on Bourbon Street for the victims killed in the New Year’s Day terror attack, residents from all over New Orleans have paid their tributes.

New Orleans sister station WDSU was there as an emotional scene unfolded at the site where the victims died.

Residents were seen writing the names of those killed on a building wall.

“Reggie…Matthew…Nikyra…”

As a street musician played “The Star-Spangled Banner,” people, one by one, took Sharpies to the walls of the historic French Quarter, writing the known names of the victims killed in the New Year’s Day attack.

A friend of one of the victims, Matthew Tenedorio, was visibly shaken as he wrote a message on the wall.

“You didn’t win, terror,” he said, choking back tears. “You just made us stronger. Matthew was a friend. We will never forget this. Never.”

Other messages written on the wall read “We will never forget,” and “We will honor you.”

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