NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — On Tuesday, Jan. 7, Louisiana is remembering, Tiger Bech, a victim of the Jan. 1 attack on Bourbon Street.
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry declared a period of mourning ordering that all flags over state buildings be flown at half-staff.
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Bech is remembered as a Lafayette native who played football at St. Thomas More High School and Princeton University as a receiver and kick returner and worked at Seaport Global Holding LLC.
27-year-old Tiger Bech was a Lafayette native who played football at St. Thomas More High School and Princeton University. (Courtesy/ABC)
In Sunday’s news conference, Landry quoted his brother Jack who said ” I can’t wait to show you the big things I would do in this world to tell my kinds about you and the man you shaped me to be.”
“Evil will not prevail,” said his mother Virginia.
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Louisiana State Superintendent Cade Brumley also asked school systems to consider a moment of silence at 9 a.m. during the period of mourning.
The New Orleans Police Department and the Archdiocese of New Orleans will ring the bells of St. Louis Cathedral every day from Jan. 6, through Jan 23, between 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m. as an act of remembrance honoring the lives lost and those affected by the terror attack.
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