Plaintiffs argue that the timing of construction left vulnerable gaps in security, effectively creating a “soft target” that attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar exploited when he drove a rented pickup truck through a crowded Bourbon Street, killing 14 people and injuring dozens more.

President Joe Biden, accompanied by his wife Jill, on Monday visited Bourbon Street to honor the victims of a New Year's truck-ramming attack that killed 14 people in New Orleans.