It was up to the teenager, standing on a French Quarter sidewalk early Wednesday surrounded by crime scene tape and tragedy, to call his friend’s mother and describe how she died. Zion Parsons ...

Zion Parsons, 18, of Gulfport, Mississippi, said he saw the truck “barreling through, throwing people like in a movie scene, throwing people into the air.” He added: “Bodies, bodies all up ...

The devastation also forced a college football playoff game scheduled at the Superdome to be delayed until Thursday. Zion Parsons, 18, who had traveled from Gulfport, Mississippi, witnessed the ...