President Trump Meets with Families of NOLA Terror Attack Victims at Super Bowl

At the Super Bowl today, President Trump met face-to-face with the families of the victims killed in the horrific New Year’s Day terrorist attack in New Orleans.

Around 4:30 PM, before the start of the game, President Trump met and spoke with the families right there on the field.

Watch the heart-warming moment here:

🚨 #BREAKING: President Trump just met with the New Orleans attack victims’ families at the Super Bowl

Truly the PEOPLE’S President! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/Qn8shscnWh

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 9, 2025

President Trump at Super Bowl LIX meets with the New Orleans attack victims and their families.

Great to finally have a real POTUS back who leaves no American behind or forgotten.

Thank you Trump!pic.twitter.com/sxNA1VEzBd

— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) February 9, 2025

Axios reported:

President Trump met with loved ones of the people killed in the New Year’s Day terrorist attack during his visit to New Orleans for Super Bowl LIX.

The big picture: Trump went onto the field of the Caesars Superdome around 4:30pm local time and did a meet-and-greet with the families, New Orleans police and emergency personnel.

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• They are the honorary coin toss participants for the big game, according to the White House pool report.

What he’s saying: “This annual tradition transcends our differences and personifies our shared patriotic values of family, faith and freedom heroically defended by our military service members, law enforcement officers and first responders,” Trump said in a statement.

Fox News added:

President Donald Trump has made his Super Bowl debut, and one of his first priorities was to honor those who were killed in the Jan. 1 New Orleans terror attack.

Upon arriving at the Superdome on Sunday, Trump met with the families of multiple victims of the attack as well as members of the New Orleans Police Department and emergency personnel.

At least 14 people were killed in the Jan. 1 attack and 57 more were injured.

The 14 victims who were killed were 27-year-old former Princeton football player Tiger Bech, 26-year-old Drew Dauphin, 18-year-old Nikyra Dedeaux, 28-year-old single mother Nicole Perez, 37-year-old Reggie Hunter, 21-year-old Hubert Gauthreaux, Alabama student Kareem Bilal Badawi, 25-year-old Matthew Tenedorio, 25-year-old Billy DiMaio, 63-year-old Terrence Kennedy, 42-year-old Brandon Taylor, 40-year-old Elliot Wilkinson and 31-year-old Edward Pettifer.

The suspect in the attack was identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen from Texas and an Army veteran, who died after the attack in a firefight with police.