President Biden Meets With Families of New Orleans Attack Victims

The most famous street in New Orleans, lined with iron lace balconies and typically packed with tourists spilling from bars and jazz clubs, transformed into a crime scene on Jan.1 when a man drove a pickup truck into crowds celebrating the dawn of the new year.By Monday, a stretch of Bourbon Street had become a memorial to the 14 people killed in the attack there, and President Biden flew in to speak at a vigil for the victims, declaring that the city would overcome what he called a “horrific act of terrorism.”In the St.

Louis Cathedral, Mr.Biden addressed a crowd that included Gov.

Jeff Landry of Louisiana, a Republican, and Mayor LaToya Cantrell of New Orleans, as well as local law enforcement officials in uniform.The cathedral was still decorated for Christmas, with red poinsettias in gold-foil-wrapped pots lining the interior, and trees at the front of the nave topped with bows.“If there’s one thing we know, New Orleans defines strength and resilience — you define it,” Mr.

Biden said, as the crowd murmured “amen.”“Whether it’s in the form of this attack, or hurricanes or super storms, this city and its people get back up.That’s the spirit of America as well.”Archbishop Gregory M.

Aymond of New Orleans acknowledged the loss and pain that the attack had brought, and said that the evening’s observances were on behalf of those who were killed and injured.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe....