A recent eyewitness account from Bourbon Street on New Year's Eve has raised concerns about the city's safety measures, specifically regarding the steel mechanical barricades that were not in place prior to a potential vehicle attack.
The eyewitness, Jimmy Cothran, a resident of New Orleans for 15 years, noted that the usual steel barricades were absent and instead, flimsy orange ones were in use. Cothran mentioned that these orange barricades were easily movable, which struck him as unusual given the significance of the event.
