Among the 15 victims were a mother of a 4-year-old, an 18-year-old aspiring nurse from Mississippi, and a student-athlete who was visiting home for the holidays.

Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond of New Orleans offered prayers for victims of what he described as a “sign of utter disrespect for human life” perpetrated by a man who drove a pickup truck through crowds celebrating the New Year.

Tiger Bech, a former Princeton football player, was one of the people killed when a man drove into a crowd in New Orleans on Wednesday. "He was always checking in on me, making sure I was good through the ups and the downs,