jen williams donating blood today to remember her friend hubert guthro, who's 21 years old. >> and thiss how my call to action. this is how i'm here to help do my part. praying for all the families. >> 18 year old cara dido was set to start nursing school. her mother saying she warned her to stay away from the area. >> i said, well, make sure you don't go to new orleans like you snuck last time. >> her friend zyon, describing the chaos as they tried to find safety. >> we ran into the bar to be protected by the this by the little divot. and i'm supposing i. i could have sworn she was behind me. but now that i'm doing the math, it's seeming like she ran a different direction. and i turned my head, and it's just it's her in the street. >> kathy and louis tenorio were also worried about their 25 year old son matthew's plans to go to bourbon street. >> all i could do was just hug him and tell him i love you. happy new year! please text me when you get home. and that never text never came. >> 27 year old nicole perez was also killed. known for her dedication to work and her four year old son.

now lined with flowers, crosses and photos to honor those who were killed, including 21 year old hubert guthro, whose family visited the memorial. 25 year old bill demayo from new jersey, who was in town for the sugar bowl game, and 18 year old aspiring nurse nikki ricciardo. >> i don't understand why somebody could do something like this. we were all out on new year's eve having a great time. we were celebrating. we're celebrating life and this happens, right? it's horrible. >> investigators are now looking into the international travel of shamsuddin jabar, the 42 year old man suspected of carrying out that deadly attack, his half brother abdullah tells abc news. jabar traveled to egypt for about a month in 2023, telling his family he was going because it was cheap and beautiful. sources tell abc news crucial to the investigation is whether he was radicalized prior to the trip, or if the travel marked the start of his radicalization. >> what i can tell you right now is that he was 100% inspired by isis. >> the atf also searching a house the suspect rented ahead of the attack. investigators sa

now lined with flowers, crosses and photos to honor those who were killed, including 21 year old hubert guthro, whose family visited the memorial. 25 year old bill demayo from new jersey, who was in town for the sugar bowl game, and 18 year old aspiring nurse nikki ricciardo. >> i don't understand why somebody could do something like this. we were all out on new year's eve having a great time. we were celebrating. we're celebrating life and this happens, right? it's horrible. >> investigators are now looking into the international travel of shamsuddin jabar, the 42 year old man suspected of carrying out that deadly attack, his half brother abdullah tells abc news. jabar traveled to egypt for about a month in 2023, telling his family he was going because it was cheap and beautiful. sources tell abc news crucial to the investigation is whether he was radicalized prior to the trip, or if the travel marked the start of his radicalization. >> what i can tell you right now is that he was 100% inspired by isis. >> the atf also searching a house the suspect rented ahead of the attack. investigators sa

jen williams donating blood today to remr her friend hubert guthro, who'sr 21 years old. >> and this is how my call to action. this is how i'm here to help do my part. >> 18 year old cara dido was set to start nursing school. her mother saying she warned her to stay away from the area. >> i said, well, make sure you don't go to new orleans like you snuck last time. >> her friend zyon, describing the chaos as they tried to find safety. >> real life horror movie. everything in the car is hitting. it's getting thrown. it's getting thrown up into the air. i could have sworn she was behind me, but now that i'm doing the math, it's seeming like she ran a different direction. and i turned my head. and it's just. it's her in the street. >> kathy and luis tenorio were also worried about their 25 year old son matthew's plans to go to bourbon street. >> all i could do was just hug him and tell him i love you. happy new year! please text me when you get home. and that never text never came. >> 27 year old nicole perez was also killed. known for her dedication to work and her four year old son. >

and we're also learning that hubert guthro lost his life, along with 37 year old reggie hunter. he was a father from baton rouge who wished his family happy new year. moments after midnight, in a text to their group chat that would be among the last that he sent, hunter's cousin spoke to cnn earlier today. >> it was a beautiful person, inside and out. um, to know richard was to love reggie. he was always in a good mood. um, he changed the environment in the room. um. always smiling. just a pure person. good. pure hearted person. there's nothing else i can say other than he's just a beautiful person inside and out. i received a call yesterday morning around 626 from his sister, saying that, um, her brother was involved in an incident that took place on bourbon street. um, yesterday, early morning. and, um, we immediately rushed to the hospital in new orleans to meet her there to see exactly what had taken place and what was his status. >> cnn anchor anderson cooper is live for us on the scene in new orleans. and anderson, we're really getting a clearer picture of exactly how this