Terrorists won’t target Super Bowl despite New Orleans fears as they want to make sure they kill, 9/11 responder insists
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TERRORISTS will not target the Super Bowl in New Orleans even though security fears are at a heightened state following the New Year's Day terror attack in the city, a 9/11 responder has told The U.S. Sun. Thousands of diehard sports fans will pack the rafters of the 83,000-seater Caesars Superdome and descend on the Louisiana city for the star-studded game on February 9.
![[Shamsud-Din Jabbar left New Orleans reeling after plowing into revelers in the early hours of New Year's Day]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/2020-photograph-part-new-wanted-961145963_d3dacc.jpg?strip=all&w=723)
The game will take place just weeks after US Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar used a Ford F-150 to plow into a crowd of revelers on the famed Bourbon Street. Hours after the carnage in Louisiana, a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
![[Thousands of football fans will be watching this year's Super Bowl at Caesar's Superdome]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/fans-notre-dame-georgia-line-961131801.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Officials had already been crafting a security plan ahead of the iconic football game – but the issue of safety has been thrust into the limelight following the two incidents. Bryan Stern, a 9/11 responder and multiple-tour combat veteran, warned there will be apprehension across all agencies.
![[A 9/11 responder told how the event is a primetime target]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/fans-san-francisco-49ers-cheer-877264835.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
“If I’m Homeland Security, if I’m the FBI, if I’m private security, I’m nervous. I’m nervous for sure,” he said. “The Super Bowl is a primetime target.”. He explained the US is grappling with a series of security challenges heading into the event.
![[FBI agents stationed by the Superdome in the city the day after the attack]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/security-officers-seen-91st-allstate-961138500.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Stern previously criticized American foreign policy for creating domestic challenges and lamented changes in attitudes toward law enforcement. He explained how the raft of mysterious drone sightings in the north-eastern United States has sparked security fears.
![[Fans seen walking through security checkpoints ahead of the Sugar Bowl game]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/swat-personnel-watch-fans-walk-961134883.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
