President Biden visited New Orleans to meet families and first responders affected by the New Year's Day attack. Investigators continue to uncover details about the attack, revealing that the suspect, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, planned to detonate explosives in addition to the truck-ramming incident. ABC News obtained images of the IEDs discovered after Jabbar was killed in a shootout with police.
Julia Reinstein, Aaron Katersky and Josh MargolinPresident Joe Biden visited New Orleans Monday to meet with families and first responders. He also directed additional resources to help New Orleans with major upcoming events, including Mardi Gras and the Super Bowl.
ABC News has obtained never-before-seen images of the IEDs discovered after the suspect, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, was killed in a shootout with police.Jabbar is accused of killing 14 people and injuring dozens more in the attack early New Year's Day on Bourbon Street in the city's bustling French Quarter.
Myrthil said one of the coolers was "unwittingly" moved about a block away from where it was planted on Bourbon and St. Peter streets to another location in the French Quarter by a person uninvolved in the attack.Images of the devices obtained by ABC News showed one of the IEDs inside a blue ice chest. Authorities said they discovered a steel, galvanized pipe with two end caps surrounded by two dozen rolls of collated nails.
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