Former NFL star Antonio Brown launched a fund for the victims and their families of the terrorist attack that took place in New Orleans in the early hours of New Year’s Day.
More than a dozen people were killed and several others injured when the suspect, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, drove a truck into a crowd of people. on Bourbonstraat. He was killed during a firefight with officers after the ramming and is said to have been inspired by ISIS.
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Antonio Brown, #81 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, looks on prior to the game against the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 20, 2020 in Atlanta. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Brown launched the GoFundMe on Thursday, raising more than $3,500 in the first few hours.
“This has nothing to do with me and everything to do with helping the families who lost their loved ones in New Orleans,” the fundraiser description read. “I will work with Gofundme to ensure that all dollars raised are distributed to the fifteen families who lost their loved ones on January 1. Prayers.”
Brown isn’t the only NFL figure offering a helping hand to victims.
Matthias Hauswirth of New Orleans prays on the street near the scene where a vehicle plowed into a crowd at Canal and Bourbon streets in New Orleans on Wednesday, January 1, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Defensive end Cam Jordan of New Orleans Saints donated $25,000 to a fund established by the Greater New Orleans Foundation and the City of New Orleans.
“I’m joining @GNOFoundation and the @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 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)
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The attack forced the postponement of the Sugar Bowl, which will now take place at 4:00 PM ET at the Caesars Superdome.
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