Notre Dame Cathedral is burning and firefighters do not think they can save the building. They are going in as long as they can to try to save artwork.
This is just horrible. It's a global treasure.I am especially sad for the French people at losing such a treasure.
Additionally, I've been told that so far the rose window above the altar is intact. (Note: this is hearsay.) Also, many of the statues and other removable pieces of artwork had already been taken out to protect them during the spire restoration, and firefighters did what they could to protect the rest of the building, to give people time to remove more of the artwork. It appears that the destruction isn't as total as it appeared at first glance."A French firefighter official told reporters the main structure of the cathedral has been saved and the two iconic main towers are intact and have been saved as well."
I hope you're right.Flames cause 'colossal damages' to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Macron says 'we will rebuild'
Additionally, I've been told that so far the rose window above the altar is intact. (Note: this is hearsay.) Also, many of the statues and other removable pieces of artwork had already been taken out to protect them during the spire restoration, and firefighters did what they could to protect the rest of the building, to give people time to remove more of the artwork. It appears that the destruction isn't as total as it appeared at first glance.
Margret
I suspect that on 9/11 they felt more like how we felt when the offices of Charlie Hebdo were shot up. This is a great tragedy, and we all feel the loss, but no one thinks it was deliberate. There's a qualitative difference between an accident and murder. In some ways it's easier to deal with an act of terrorism; we get angry, the anger has a specific focus, and then we can take it out on someone appropriate, say, Osama Bin Laden. The problem, of course, arises when we decide to take it out on someone who had nothing to do with it, all Muslims for example. With an accidental fire all we can do is mourn what we've lost and rebuild to the best of our ability. There's no good place to direct the anger, so we may turn it inward, which is a bad answer.I know now how the French felt when the towers went down. I feel the same way about Notre Dame. It's a global treasure.
This affects not just Parisians, the French, or Catholics, but people all over the world. Thank goodness much could be saved.It's a global treasure.
What an amazing gesture.Francois-Henri Pinault has pledged $100 million to the restoration. Americans probably know him better as Salma Hayek's husband