Former NFL star Antonio Brown launched a fund for the victims and their families of the terrorist attack that took place in New Orleans early on New Year’s Day.
More than a dozen people were killed and several more were injured when the suspect, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, drove a truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street. He died in a shootout with officers after the attack and is believed to have been inspired by ISIS.
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Antonio Brown, number 81 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, watches before the game against the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 20, 2020 in Atlanta. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Brown launched GoFundMe on Thursday with more than $3,500 raised in the first few hours.
“This has nothing to do with me and everything to do with helping families who lost loved ones in New Orleans,” the fundraiser’s description read. “I will be working with the Gofundme to make sure any dollars raised are divided among the 15 families who lost loved ones on January 1. Prayers.”
Brown is not the only NFL figure helping victims.
Matthias Hauswirth of New Orleans prays on the street near the scene where a vehicle struck a crowd at Canal and Bourbon streets in New Orleans on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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New Orleans Saints defensive end Cam Jordan donated $25,000 to a fund created 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 on lost their lives and those who lost their lives. were seriously injured.”
New Orleans police and federal agents investigate a suspected terrorist attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on New Year’s Day, Wednesday, January 1, 2025. (Chris Granger/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
The attack forced the postponement of the Sugar Bowl, which will now take place at Caesars Superdome at 4 p.m. ET.
