Residents and visitors gathered in New Orleans, Louisiana on Saturday (January 4) to pay tribute to the victims killed in the New Year's Eve truck attack.

Mourners grieved at a makeshift memorial set up on Bourbon Street adorned with crosses bearing pictures of victims, and candles and flowers.

"It could have been me. It could have been anybody,” said Charles Cruz, 33, a local resident who lost a friend in the attack.

"Right now, I'm at a loss for words, really. This is a tragedy where we got to deal with all this violence from all around the world. Why here?" said James War, 47, who mourned the death of his friend Elliot Wilkinson.

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Visitors from out-of-town also paid tribute to the victims.

"You come here and say goodbye to your family, expecting to see them again, but sometimes you don't," Rosie Jaime, 53, who was visiting with her husband Robert Jaime from California.

Despite the sadness, mourners found moments of unity and strength. Music played as some danced, celebrating the lives lost.

"It's a celebration of lives that have passed and the camaraderie of a community," said Ken Quamme, 70, who was visiting from North Dakota.

Fourteen people were killed and 30 were injured in the early hours of Wednesday (January 1) after a U.S. Army veteran, who also died, drove his truck into a crowd of revelers in New Orleans' French Quarter on New Year's Day, with an ISIS flag draped over his vehicle.

(Production: Aleksandra Michalska, Ivan Romero, Alexandra Sarabia)