New details have emerged about the final moments of former college football player Tiger Bech, who died in the New Orleans terrorist attack on January 1.
Bech, who was a wide receiver and punt returner for Princeton, was among 14 people who died on Bourbon Street after a terrorist rammed his van into a crowd.
And Bech's family has since learned that she died while saving the life of a nearby woman.
Bech's brother, Jack shared a screenshot of a text message with X.which said surveillance footage obtained by the FBI showed Bech pushing a woman out of the path of the truck to save her life.
Jack captioned the image: 'My brother is a real hero. I can't express the love I have for him. He's an angel.'
The post has received two million views and features X, with comedian Theo Von among those who responded with well wishes.
Bech attended St. Thomas More Catholic High School in Louisiana and starred on the football team.
Bech earned All-Ivy honors as a punt returner at Princeton University
'praying for your peace,' he said. wrote.
Bech, 27, died on New Year's Day at a New Orleans hospital, according to local media outlets citing Kim Broussard, athletic director at St. Thomas More Catholic High.
Bech attended high school, where he played wide receiver, quarterback, punt returner, and defensive back. NoLa.com reported.
He graduated from Princeton in 2021 and most recently worked as an investment trader at a New York brokerage firm.
Bech had been working at Seaport Global, where company spokeswoman Lisa Lieberman could not confirm her death. She told the AP: “Everyone who knew him thought highly of him.”
Bech's younger brother, Jack, is one of Texas Christian University's top wide receivers.
Also among the victims of the tragic terrorist attack was a 25-year-old Superdome employee.
Matthew Tenedorio, 25, worked as an audiovisual technician at the Saints stadium.
Bech and 13 others were killed when Shamsud-Din Jabbar rammed this truck into a crowd.
Darren Rizzi, who finished the season as the Saints' interim coach, also panicked about his own son's whereabouts after seeing that he wasn't home on New Year's Day. She later checked his location and saw that he was sleeping at a friend's house.
The truck driver, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was shot dead in a shootout with police after driving his truck at full speed around a barricade and crashing into the crowd. About 30 people were injured.
The FBI recovered a black ISIS flag from Jabbar's rented van and reviewed five videos posted to Facebook, including one in which he said he originally planned to harm his family and friends but was concerned the news headlines would not focus on him. in the “war between believers and disbelievers,” Raia said.
Jabbar also stated that he joined ISIS before last summer and provided a last will and testament, the FBI said.
Jabbar joined the Army in 2007, served on active duty in human resources and information technology and was deployed to Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010, the service said. He transferred to the Army Reserve in 2015 and left in 2020 with the rank of master sergeant.