The Sugar Bowl between United States college football teams Notre Dame and the University of Georgia has been postponed until Thursday after the New Orleans attack ended the lives of 15 people. (More Sports News)
𒆙The authorities have confirmed that at least 35 other people were injured after a man drove into a massive crowd in New Orleans in the early hours of New Year’s Day.
ꦐ"Devastated by the terrible events. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families," Sugar Bowl chief executive, Jeff Hundley was quoted by the BBC.
🐻"We are in ongoing discussions with authorities on the local, state, and federal levels and will communicate further details as they become available,” he added.
🤡The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said that the incident was being investigated as an act of terrorism.
A former high school and college football 👍player from Louisiana was among those who died after a driver rammed a pickup truck into a crowd in New Orleans' French Quarter, according to an education official.
✃Tiger Bech, 27, died late Wednesday morning at a New Orleans hospital, according to local media outlets citing Kim Broussard, the athletic director at St. Thomas More Catholic High School in Lafayette.
🧸Bech attended the high school, where he played wide receiver, quarterback, punt returner and defensive back, NOLA.com reported.
🍌Bech played football at Princeton University before graduating in 2021. Most recently he was working as an investment trader at a New York brokerage firm.
ꦫPrinceton football coach Bob Surace said Wednesday that he had been texting with Bech's father, sharing memories of the player, who was a school kick returner and receiver from 2017 to 2019. He earned All-Ivy League honors as a returner.
෴“He might be the first Tiger to ever play for us, and that nickname kind of described him as a competitor,” Surace told ESPN. The school's nickname is the Tigers. “He was somebody that somehow, like in the key moments, just excelled and was full of energy, full of life.”
💞Bech has been working at Seaport Global, where company spokesperson Lisa Lieberman could not confirm his death. But she told The Associated Press that “he was extremely well regarded by everybody who knew him.”
ꩵBech's younger brother, Jack, is a top wide receiver at Texas Christian University.
ꦗIn a response to a KLFY-TV report posted on X about Tiger Bech's death, a post from an account for a Jack Bech on the social media site said: “Love you always brother ! You inspired me everyday now you get to be with me in every moment. I got this family T, don't worry. This is for us.”
(With AP Inputs)
