IDF soldiers on leave among New Orleans truck attack victims
IDF soldiers on leave among New Orleans truck attack victims
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Adi Levin and a fellow reservist in the Israel Defense Forces came to New Orleans as part of a six-week trip to the US. Two Israeli military members on leave were critically wounded in the New Year’s Day truck attack on New Orleans’ famed Bourbon Street and remain hospitalized, according to a diplomatic official from Israel.
Adi Levin and a fellow reservist in the Israel Defense Forces came to New Orleans as part of a six-week trip to the US meant to finish in Florida, said Elad Shoshan, the Israeli consul in Houston. Levin suffered severe head trauma and both legs were shattered after a US army veteran drove a pickup truck displaying the Islamic State (IS) terror group’s flag into revelers along the first three blocks of Bourbon Street. Levin’s colleague – who asked to not be publicly identified – suffered limb injuries. Both underwent “life-saving procedures” at a local hospital, where they remained Friday, Shoshan said.
At one point, it was unclear whether Levin would survive the attack that killed 14 others and injured more than 30, Shoshan said. By Friday, Levin was considered stable and no longer in “a life-threatening situation”, Shoshan said. The 23-year-old, who was more seriously wounded than his colleague, “is facing a very long process of recovery”, according to Shoshan.
