Childhood friends Steele Idelson and Elle Eisele did everything together. They played soccer at their south Florida high school, they were both team captains, they went to homecoming together, and even though they chose colleges across the country from each other, they didn’t grow apart.
Now the two 19-year-olds are fighting for their lives at the same hospital after their night out on the town in New Orleans turned into a nightmare. Idelson and Eisele are among the dozens who were injured in injured in the New Orleans truck attack that killed 14 people in the early-morning hours of New Year’s Day.
Idelson and Eisele were critically injured and remain hospitalized two days after the terror attack in New Orleans’ famed French Quarter.
“I ask every Florida family to join Ann and me in praying for the quick recovery of Steele Idelson, Elle Eisele and all injured in the evil attack in New Orleans,” Florida Sen. Rick Scott said in a Facebook post .
Here’s what we know about the two best friends.