Emotional moment Notre Dame fans sing college song at Mass after New Orleans terror attack that postponed Sugar Bowl

Hundreds of Notre Dame football fans gathered at a New Orleans hotel in an emotional show of support and unity in the wake of the horrific terror attack that devastated the city on New Year’s Eve.

Thousands of Fighting Irish fans arrived in New Orleans for a night of festivities ahead of the start of the College Football Playoffs, and a historic New Year’s Day Sugar Bowl against Georgia in the city this week.

But joy turned to terror in the French Quarter in the early hours of the morning when a US Army veteran drove a truck into New Year’s revelers on New Orleans’ infamous Bourbon Street.

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a U.S. citizen born and raised in Texas, carried out the deadly attack that killed 15 people, including former college football player Tiger Bech, and injured at least 35.

The College Football Playoff quarterfinal between No. 2 Georgia and No. 7 Notre Dame was postponed from its original schedule of 8:45 PM ET on New Year’s Day to 4 PM ET on Thursday amid investigations into the horrific attack.

And amid the devastation and heartbreak, about 500 Notre Dame supporters, who had descended on New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl, gathered at the team’s hotel.

At least fifteen people were killed after a driver rammed into the large group at high speed in New Orleans

In one video shared by Notre Dame beat writer Mike BerardinoFans of the private Catholic university were seen celebrating Mass on January 1 – a holy day of duty in the church – after the overnight tragedy.

During the Catholic Mass, attendees shared an emotional moment as they wrapped their arms around each other’s shoulders and sang the school’s Alma Mater, “Notre Dame, Our Mother.”

The university’s official devotional song is addressed to “Notre Dame,” a reference to both the university and its patroness and namesake, the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The lyrics refer to both the school and the Virgin Mary as ‘tender, strong and true’, while one of the final lines, ‘And our hearts forever’, in this case paid tribute to the victims of the horrific deadly attack.

Caesars Superdome, which will also host the Super Bowl in five weeks as well as the current Sugar Bowl, was closed for safety reasons. The attack took place about ten blocks away from the stadium at the intersection of Bourbon Street and Canal Street. .

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said at a news conference that the Superdome and surrounding area are “safe.”

“The Sugar Bowl Committee is devastated by the terrible events that occurred early this morning,” Jeff Hundley, CEO of the Sugar Bowl Committee, said in a statement earlier Wednesday.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. We are in ongoing discussions with authorities at the local, state and federal levels and will communicate further details as they become available.”

The Sugar Bowl was postponed for 24 hours after the terrorist attack in New Orleans

Caesars Superdome, where the Super Bowl will take place, was closed for safety reasons

A white Ford truck drove through the busy intersection, a popular tourist spot in the city, and ‘deliberately’ crashed into people at around 3.15am local time.

Jabbar was killed by police after he crashed the truck into pedestrians celebrating the New Year, got out of the vehicle and started shooting.

The vehicle, which was rented by Jabbar through the car rental app Turo, reportedly carried an ISIS flag and a box with explosives inside.

Hours after the terrorist attack in New Orleans, a Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside the front doors of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.

Elon Musk said Wednesday’s Cybertruck explosion was “probably an act of terror,” which came just hours after a terror attack in New Orleans.

According to Fox5, several authorities are now investigating whether there is a link between the two attacks.