WFAN honors Audacy coworker killed in New Orleans terror attack

Billy DiMaio, a 25-year-old employee for Audacy, was among the 14 victims killed in the New Orleans New Year’s Day terror attack on Bourbon Street.

DiMaio worked in Audacy’s New York office as an account executive for more than two years, one floor above their WFAN studios. And Friday morning, WFAN morning hosts Boomer Esiason and Gregg Giannotti took a few minutes to honor DiMaio on their show.

“Saddened to hear that we have lost one of our Audacy employees and a teammate here at Audacy, Billy DiMaio in the New Orleans terrorist attack,” Giannotti said. “Just an absolute tragedy and people who knew him, worked with him, said he was just an awesome kid. And just senseless, horrible victim of this terrorist attack. So I wanted to mention him today, honor him today on the show…the terrorist attack alone is a lot to digest and then to hear that someone that was here with us every day upstairs was a part of this and lost their life, just horrible.”

“When we got the email yesterday from David Field, our CEO, it was heartbreaking. Absolutely heartbreaking,” Esiason added. “It’s just absolutely awful. Many of us have been through this back in 2001 where just out of the blue, something like this happens and your life is turned upside down. Our prayers are with them. That’s all you can say right now. Just hopefully, they have the strength to get through this.”

A New Jersey native and former standout lacrosse player at Holmdel High School and Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, DiMaio was in New Orleans to celebrate New Year’s Eve and attend the Sugar Bowl when he was killed.

The attack on Bourbon Street occurred around 3:15 am, when 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar of Texas drove a pickup truck with an ISIS flag through a crowd of people celebrating the New Year. Jabbar was killed after engaging in gunfire with police following the truck attack. The attack resulted in 14 deaths and left more than 30 people injured.

[WFAN]