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Ramon Antonio Vargas in New Orleans

New Orleans attack victim’s fiancee condemns city over security failings

Heather Genusa smiles with her fiancee Brandon Taylor, who is wearing a black hat with a gold fleur-de-lis.
Heather Genusa with Brandon Taylor, who was killed in the New Year’s Day attack. Photograph: Facebook

A woman who saw her fiance get run over and killed alongside 13 other victims of the Bourbon Street truck attack on New Year’s Day in New Orleans says city officials “need to pay” the consequences after evidently opting against using multiple types of vehicle barriers that could have protected the targeted crowd.

“He died for no reason,” Heather Genusa, 38, said of 43-year-old Brandon Taylor, to whom she was engaged to be married.

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