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How New Orleans failed to protect Bourbon Street from attack, block by block

(Gopal Biswas Kumar/Krystal Restaurant/Braedon Cato)

An examination of visuals, witness accounts and city planning documents reveals that security lapses in New Orleans left crucial gaps on Bourbon Street on New Year’s Day.

By Washington Post Staff

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