They took a video celebrating NYE. Minutes later, they were run over in the New Orleans truck attack
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At 3:13am on the first day of the year, 23-year-old Alexis Scott-Windham laughed in a video on Bourbon street with friends while holding a New Orleans signature cocktail.
At 3:13 a.m. on the first day of the new year, Alexis Scott-Windham laughed in a video on Bourbon Street with friends while holding a New Orleans signature cocktail. “I was having a blast,” Alexis, 23, told CNN. Just minutes later, the whole night would change. As Alexis’ group debated where to get a late-night snack to end their night out, a man from Texas drove a 6,000-pound pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street, firing a weapon and running into Alexis and her friend Brandon Whitsett. The FBI confirmed Thursday 14 people were killed and dozens injured in the terror attack. Before the night took a tragic turn, Alexis described a hopeful New Year’s celebration with new friends and old.
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