Team and the NFL will donate to victims of attack on New Year’s Day that left 14 people dead and 35 others injured

The New Orleans Saints and the National Football League in which they compete have pledged to donate $1m to the victims of the Bourbon Street terror attack on New Year’s Day that left 14 people dead and 35 others injured.

In a press release issued Saturday, the Saints and their owner, Gayle Benson, who pledged $500,000 said: “Our community has experienced an unimaginable tragedy and our collective hearts are broken as we mourn for the victims and survivors of the New Year’s Day terror attack in New Orleans.