President Biden will meet privately this evening in New Orleans with the families of the 14 people who were killed in the terror attack there on New Year's Day.

Before that, the President and the First Lady stopped on Bourbon Street, laid down flowers at a makeshift shrine for the victims, and held a moment of silence.

The President will also attend a prayer vigil and memorial service.

Before we go tonight, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on the victims, the lives they

led, and the legacies they leave behind. Stephanie Sy has our remembrance.

Nicole Perez was a mother who was teaching her five-year-old son how to read. She'd just been promoted to manager at the local deli where the owner told reporters

she was a good mom who learned quickly.

She wanted to be successful.

Perez was 27.

That was also the age of Martin Tiger Beshe, a former wide receiver for Princeton University, who was in Louisiana on a hunting and fishing trip.

Before he passed, his brother Jack was able to say goodbye on FaceTime.

If he could have lived, he would have. He fought so hard. Like I said, he's always been a fighter.

You know, he was always the little guy and he always had to fight.

And that's what he did until the last breath he took. Terrence Kennedy, 63, was a born and raised New Orleans.

His sister told reporters he was a kind man with a big heart who loved watching football, especially the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Drew Doffin graduated from Auburn University in 2023, and according to his LinkedIn page,

worked at Honda Motor Company. In a statement, Auburn University President Christopher Roberts

said of the 26-year-old alum, words cannot convey the sorrow the

Auburn family feels for Drew's family. Karim Badawi had just finished his first semester at the

University of Alabama. His father told reporters his son spent all his life loving people and

socializing with friends. He was only 18.

Also 18, Nakaira Dadeau, who had her whole life ahead of her, according to her great aunt.

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