Partygoers returned to Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Thursday, determined to celebrate and to "spite" the terrorist influencers behind the man who police say killed 14 revelers early New Year's Day, the New York Post reported.
Once law enforcement reopened the stretch where Shamsud-Din Jabbar barreled through the street packed with people, injuring dozens, revelers came back to pick up where they left off in defiance of the Islamic State, Jabbar, and anyone else who would bring hate and harm.
"The big reason why we came is to spite them," Mark Beaden told the Post. "The hell with ISIS."
Back also was the music, the beads, as well as 14 yellow roses laid by the street to remember those who were slain.
"It's building morale because it was a tragic incident. This will lift everyone back up," Darryl Brownlee told the Post.
Bourbon Street was closed off through New Year's Day, a massive crime scene that law enforcement had to comb through in the aftermath of Jabbar driving a Ford F-150 electric pickup truck into partygoers.
"I hate what happened but I'm going to work tonight. I'm not going to let hate win and hide in my house," Jim Hill told the Post. "I'm not going to live in fear. I'm going to live a better life."
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