A New Year’s reveler has given a harrowing account of the “twisted” and “horribly disfigured” bodies he saw sprawled on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street after a terrorist plowed his truck into crowds.
Jimmy Cothran, who sought cover in a nightclub as the carnage unfolded, told NBC News he counted eight bodies on the street in the immediate aftermath.
“Dead right in front of us was someone’s mother, twisted, obviously deceased,” he said.
“One man, deceased, had tire tracks across his back and when someone turned him over he had tire tracks across his stomach and was clearly crushed.”
“A little girl that we had seen dancing as we were walking up the street was as flat as a pillow,” he continued.
“It just kept going. Every eye shot — body, body, body, body. It was unbelievable.”