900+ Strong at the First Annual BD 5K! Thank You for Honoring Billy 💙💪
900+ Strong at the First Annual BD 5K! Thank You for Honoring Billy 💙💪

On New Year's Day 2025 at 3:15am, a pickup truck drove into a crowd celebrating on Bourbon Street, New Orleans. The attack resulted in the deaths of 14 people and left many others injured.
Holmdel township officials have dedicated a road near Holmdel High School in memory of William “Billy” DiMaio, the 25-year-old standout athlete who tragically lost his life in the New Orleans terror attack on New Year’s Day. Mayor Brian Foster, Deputy Mayor Kim LaMountain, and committee member Rocco Impreveduto unveiled two signs designating the PNC Bank Arts Center access road toward the Garden State Parkway off Crawfords Corner Road as “Billy DiMaio Boulevard.”
Second Line in the Sky is a temporary memorial and lighting installation created to honor the lives lost on January 1 and to hold space for reflection, healing, and remembrance. Suspended across the 100–300 blocks of Bourbon Street, nearly 1,000 hand-crafted flags and illuminated Second Line–inspired elements form a glowing canopy overhead—inviting visitors to pause, look upward, and remember.
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We truly can’t thank everyone enough for the support and love shown at the first annual Billy DiMaio 5K. Seeing the community come together to honor Billy in such a meaningful way is something we will never forget. It meant more than we can put into words. This would not have been possible without all of you, and we are so grateful to each and every person who made this day possible. We feel incredibly lucky to be part of the Holmdel community.