After a truck attack killed 8 people and injured many others in New Orleans, experts are drawing parallels with a 2017 attack in New York City to highlight the importance of protecting 'soft targets' and remaining vigilant.
As officials investigate a truck rampage in New Orleans that killed more than a dozen people, a similar attack in New York City in 2017 offers some lessons about how to prevent vehicles from driving into crowds. The New Orleans incident happened in the early morning hours of January 1. U.S.
Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a pickup truck with an Islamic State flag onto Bourbon Street, plowed a truck into a group of pedestrians and cyclists on the West Side Highway greenway, killing eight people and injuring many others. Gothamist spoke with public safety experts about the steps New York City has taken to protect the public since that 2017 attack and what New Yorkers can do to remain vigilant.One lesson learned from the West Side Highway attack was to pay closer attention to so-called “soft targets” for terrorism, or busy areas that aren’t quite as obvious as the World Trade Center, experts said. David Viola, an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s Center on Terrorism said there are lots of them. “I hate to say it, but the list goes on and on,” he said. “A bike path on the West Side Highway was at the top of nobody’s list when it came to hardening infrastructure in regards to terrorism in 2017.” Viola said people who want to carry out attacks will often search for places with lots of people — but fewer security measures than the most crowded locations. “Terrorism is like water,” he said. “It’s going to go around the immovable objects and still find the cracks.” Retired NYPD deputy chief Robert Lukach said after the 2017 attack, the police department increased its security assessments of different locations around the city. He said the NYPD also started to pay closer attention to the areas on the periphery of big events, like the blocks surrounding Rockefeller Center on the night of the tree lightin
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