Kareem Badawi, who graduated from Episcopal in Baton Rouge and went to the University of Alabama was a trusted friend and selfless teammate, people who knew him said.

Malek said he wants Kareem to be remembered as the most-liked guy in the room, everyone’s favorite person. And judging by the turnout at his funeral, he certainly was. Malek was also in New Orleans on New Year’s Eve and said it all changed when Kareem’s brother asked for help to find him.

Badawi was a 2024 graduate of the Episcopal School of Baton Rouge and had this fall started at UA, where he pledged to join the Sigma Chi fraternity.

Kareem Bawadi was killed and Paker Vidrine was wounded in the Bourbon Street attack, which the FBI is investigating as an act of terrorism.

Sitting in a hospital bed after hours of surgery on both of his broken legs, Jeremi Sensky began putting together the pieces of a life that was shattered on New Year's Day. The 51-year-old Pennsylvania dad was ringing in the new year in New Orleans when a gunman barreled down Bourbon Street, killing 14 people and injuring dozens more.