New Year Same Old Problems 

On New Year’s Eve, people scrambled and cops, firefighters, and EMS rushed to the scene. A terrorist from Huston Texas, Shamsud-Din Jabber was left dead and the FBI arrived to investigate the scene hours later stories and articles started coming out. Mr. Rentschler the EJHS principal stated, “The New Orleans attack is terrible it’s something that should not have happened” People began to want more information; they were eager to see what happened. Later that day, there was an FBI press release, and people discovered more. In the FBI press statement, it says “Weapons and a potential IED were located in the subject’s vehicle. Other potential IEDs were also located in the French Quarter.” IEDs are Improvised Explosive Devices. Similar Items were also used in the recent attack in Las Vegas. 

Only a day later in Las Vegas, a Tesla Cybertruck is parked outside of the Trump Hotel. Minutes later they started to see smoke. When first responders arrived, the truck had exploded and the driver was found dead in the charred remains of the vehicle. AP news states “On Friday, investigators said Livelsberger wrote that the explosion was meant to serve as a “wake up call” and that the country was “terminally ill and headed toward collapse.” After the fire was put out, they investigated to see the start of the fire and it did not take long to notice that there were fireworks, gas cans, and other items that can start fires. According to Mr. Grile, a middle school Media teacher at EJHS, “Any act of terrorism I feel like is related, but I think that they are both terrible and should not have happened.” There are lots of rumors about the events and lots of people wonder if they were connected. BBC News states, “President Joe Biden said investigators were looking into whether the two incidents were linked, but "thus far, there is nothing to report". No connections have been identified yet. 

The New Orleans attack has left with complaints and a loss of money. CBS News says “Some victims and family members of victims of the attack sued the city on Thursday a week and one day since the attack claiming city leaders dropped the ball.” There have been complaints about the security as well. Mr. Rentschler also states “It’s just unfortunate this stuff, more security should have been used, and was not, and lots of people got injured and killed!” This may make you wonder who the victims were in these scenarios. They were LaTasha Polk, Edward Pettifer, Nikyra Cheyenne Dedeaux, Hubert Gauthreaux, Martin “Tiger” Bech, Martin “Tiger” Bech, Kareem Badawi, Nicole Perez, Drew Dauphin, Matthew Tendorio, Billy DeMaio, Terrence Kennedy, Brandon Taylor, Elliot Wilkinson,  Elle Eisele, Steele Idelson, Adam Coste, Jeremi Sensky, Jeremi Sensky, Brandon Whitsett. The people who committed the crimes were Matthew Livelsberger who was in the Cybertruck when it exploded in Las Vegas and  Shamsud-Din Jabber the terrorist who was in New Orleans.