Anna Holligan

I mean, obviously it was incredibly busy because it was not only the Sugar Bowl college football game, but it's also New Year's Eve. But on any given night, this area is really thronged with people. It's a city where life is lived outside. You know, it was warm last night. Everybody was on the streets. The bars were all open. And there was a parade earlier in the day. There were marching bands.

I mean, obviously it was incredibly busy because it was not only the Sugar Bowl college football game, but it's also New Year's Eve. But on any given night, this area is really thronged with people. It's a city where life is lived outside. You know, it was warm last night. Everybody was on the streets. The bars were all open. And there was a parade earlier in the day. There were marching bands.

There were thousands of people on the street all day long. And that continued into the night. The city is actually at almost 90% capacity. So that just gives you a sense of how busy it is. To me, so I live here, it was one of the busiest weekends I've seen since Mardi Gras. I mean, it was incredibly busy.

There were thousands of people on the street all day long. And that continued into the night. The city is actually at almost 90% capacity. So that just gives you a sense of how busy it is. To me, so I live here, it was one of the busiest weekends I've seen since Mardi Gras. I mean, it was incredibly busy.

And for it to be such a brazen attack, it's really left the whole city in a complete sense of shock.

And for it to be such a brazen attack, it's really left the whole city in a complete sense of shock.

Yes. So this is a very contentious issue. I've spoken to some business owners in the French Quarter, and that is where the real focus of people's concerns are going to be, because it's very difficult to operate in the French Quarter. It's very old. It's a historic neighborhood. You know, it's difficult to park. It's difficult to get through there. So how...

Yes. So this is a very contentious issue. I've spoken to some business owners in the French Quarter, and that is where the real focus of people's concerns are going to be, because it's very difficult to operate in the French Quarter. It's very old. It's a historic neighborhood. You know, it's difficult to park. It's difficult to get through there. So how...

This was allowed to happen is now where people's thoughts are going because there are bollards, but they're very rarely up. I walk down this street quite often and there were some bollards further up the street that were kind of up, but that wasn't really near the busy streets. So it wasn't necessarily very effective.

This was allowed to happen is now where people's thoughts are going because there are bollards, but they're very rarely up. I walk down this street quite often and there were some bollards further up the street that were kind of up, but that wasn't really near the busy streets. So it wasn't necessarily very effective.

So we're now seeing a lot of sort of political leaders are coming to the scene and they're wanting to know, you know, what's happened.

So we're now seeing a lot of sort of political leaders are coming to the scene and they're wanting to know, you know, what's happened.