A survivor of the New Orleans terrorist attack catapulted from his wheelchair that was destroyed at the scene has spoken from his hospital room.
Jeremi Sensky, 51, who was paralyzed before the attack, was returning to his hotel after celebrating the New Year with friends and family when the tragedy occurred.
Father was hit by white Ford F-150 EV brandishing a Islamic State flag rented by Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42, as he plowed through the unsuspecting crowd on Bourbon Street, killing 14 revelers.
Sensky recalled hearing a “massive noise” before being ejected from his mobility device and landing face down near the truck’s tires. The impact left him bloody and bruised, with two broken legs.
“I guess I got hit by the truck, but honestly, no one has ever told me, so I don’t know,” Sensky said. NBC News.
“But my wheelchair was completely destroyed and pieces were everywhere, so something hit me.”
His daughter, Heaven Sensky Kirsch, confirmed to DailyMail.com that the badly damaged wheelchair photographed next to the terrorist’s truck belongs to her father.
The disturbing photograph showed that the seats had been pushed back strangely, with the armrests and legs also visibly distorted.
Sensky suffered a black eye, a cut on his head, a rash all over his body, swollen arms and hands, and both legs were shattered.
His daughter, Heaven Sensky Kirsch, confirmed to DailyMail.com that the badly damaged wheelchair photographed next to the powerful truck belongs to her father.
Sensky recalled the chaotic scene and began screaming for help when he couldn’t locate his cell phone.
“I only heard screams and gunshots,” he said. “Nobody wanted to come, so I pushed myself on my back and I saw people, and they were taking pictures from the balcony, and I was screaming for help, and people were just looking at me.”
‘I kept asking for someone to help me and get me out of there, and it took a while. I realized it was a bad scene.’
Kirsch said WKMG She and her mother were waiting for Sensky at the hotel and became worried when they didn’t hear from him.
As soon as they saw the news and heard about the attack, they headed to the nearest trauma unit.
“He was hit by the truck and thrown from his wheelchair. He has a black eye, a cut on his head, a rash all over his body, swollen arms and hands, and both legs are shattered; one of them had a bone protruding and who saw him being cut,” Kirsch said. .
The doting daughter said her father, who has suffered from quadriplegia since a car accident left him paralyzed from the neck down in 1999, was celebrating with friends when the tragedy occurred.
‘He doesn’t even drink. “I was out there enjoying life and enjoying music,” he said.
Sensky recalled hearing a “huge noise” before being ejected from his mobility device and landing face down near the truck’s tires.
Jeremi Sensky, 51, who was paralyzed before the attack, was catapulted from his wheelchair during the New Orleans terrorist attack
The father, who has suffered from quadriplegia since a car accident left him paralyzed from the neck down in 1999, was celebrating with friends when tragedy struck.
The family has set up a GoFundMe to help with medical expenses, and the United Cajun Navy gifted Sensky (pictured with his daughter (center) and wife (right)) a new wheelchair.
she said WDSU that the family finds comfort in thinking that Sensky’s almost heavy wheelchair could have slowed the truck.
“I tell myself that my father’s heavy wheelchair stopped the heavy truck for a lot of people,” Kirsch said.
‘His head was five feet from the steering wheel. If they hadn’t shot him, they would have shot him because he can’t get out of the chair.’
The family has created a GoFundMe to help with medical expenses and the United Cajun Navy gave Sensky a new wheelchair.
“He is very lucky to be alive and we are very grateful because many families here did not receive the news.” “My dad is a fighter and loves to live life,” the fundraiser said. ‘My dad has an extraordinary thirst for life and a tremendously positive attitude.
‘We are very reluctant to accept financial support because we know there are many more people in worse conditions and we have already been blessed with the support of friends and family. However, the road ahead is unpredictable.’