RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — New Orleans is a popular destination to ring in the New Year, but it’s also the location of this year’s Sugar Bowl between Notre Dame and the University of Georgia.
Among the many fans planning to attend the game is UGA alumnus, and publisher/owner of Raleigh Magazine, Gina Stephens.
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Stephens told CBS 17 she is staying about three blocks from where the early New Year’s Day incident happened in which a driver behind the wheel of a pickup truck rammed into a crowd on Bourbon Street. This act of violence, carried out by Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, killed at least 10 people and injured more than 30 in what the FBI is investigating as an act of terrorism.
“We left hours before this happened and to wake up this morning and find out that just, the same places we were hours before had had this horrific incident,” said Stephens.
She said she did not hear anything and is thankfully okay but described the scene she saw Wednesday.