Notre Dame on fire

[Cousin Orville]

Very sad to post this...

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/notre-dame-fire/index.html

Really, makes me want to cry. So very sad. I pray that everyone is safe.

 

[RebelHawk]

I'm so glad we got there this past summer after putting off a Paris visit for years. The images certain doesn't make it look like anything will be salvageable.

 

[Runnsally]

I'm so glad we got there this past summer after putting off a Paris visit for years. The images certain doesn't make it look like anything will be salvageable.

quite a world view...terrible to watch

 

[laceltris3]

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[SingingMom]

My heart hurts. Such a special place. Those windows! Heaven is crying.

 

[sayhello]

Oh, oh, oh! That is so sad and just such a tragedy!! Such a beautiful, iconic place, and they're saying it's unlikely much will be salvaged. I agree with @SingingMom. It makes my heart hurt.

Sayhello

 

[RebelHawk]

One random picture from our visit in 2018 to Notre Dame.

 

[PrincessDisneyFan]

I am profoundly upset. This was one of my favorite memories in Paris. My heart bleeds for France and honestly for us as people. We are losing such an important landmark... a place of faith... love and people coming together.

 

[OKW Lover]

Very sad. Val & I were fortunate enough to have seen Notre Dame a couple of times. I hate to think what it will look like when a bunch of us see it our our October London/Paris ABD.

 

[carpenta]

Such a heartbreak for humanity. Now the Notre Dame in Montreal is all that's left. I hate to think all that will be left is an unstable stone framework.

 

[Calfan]

The latest I've read is they think they've saved the two towers. But probably still a wait and see to see if the building collapses. So very sad. Such a beautiful icon. I feel so lucky to have seen it multiple times and that my kids got to see it as well.

 

[Donalyn]

I have cried a number of times watching the coverage. So sad.

We are heading to Paris this summer after our Italy ABD and it will just be so sad to see the ruins.

 

[CaliforniaGirl09]

The latest I've read is they think they've saved the two towers. But probably still a wait and see to see if the building collapses. So very sad. Such a beautiful icon. I feel so lucky to have seen it multiple times and that my kids got to see it as well.

I feel the same way. So glad my kids were able to see it. Such a horrible loss. I'm not a practicing Catholic anymore, but I really hope they were able to save the holy relics. I've been looking for coverage on that, but no one seems to know if they were safely removed.

 

[tink1970]

Very sad. Val & I were fortunate enough to have seen Notre Dame a couple of times. I hate to think what it will look like when a bunch of us see it our our October London/Paris ABD.

I've seen it from the Seine but it was what I was looking most forward to on our Oct London/Paris trip (other than meeting all of y'all of course).

I am so sorry for the people of Paris and the faith community as a whole.

 

[sayhello]

I feel the same way. So glad my kids were able to see it. Such a horrible loss. I'm not a practicing Catholic anymore, but I really hope they were able to save the holy relics. I've been looking for coverage on that, but no one seems to know if they were safely removed.

I heard that the crown of thorns was saved, but nothing beyond that.

Sayhello

 

[*WDW*Groupie*]

My favorite things were the flying buttresses, gargoyles, the carving over the front doors (and the doors themselves) and of course the amazing stained glass.

I am profoundly sad about the loss but feel blessed that dd and I were able to tour it and experience it when we did. Watching the spire fall was

 

[CaliforniaGirl09]

I heard that the crown of thorns was saved, but nothing beyond that.

Sayhell

That is good to hear! I hadn’t seen that. Thanks!

 

[bamagoofy]

also the Tunic of saint Louis and "other articles" that have not been named.

 

[Karin1984]

I feel the same way. So glad my kids were able to see it. Such a horrible loss. I'm not a practicing Catholic anymore, but I really hope they were able to save the holy relics. I've been looking for coverage on that, but no one seems to know if they were safely removed.

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/15/europe/notre-dame-artifacts/index.html
The crown is safe, the bells, the rose windows and the organ survived / were rescued.

 

[OhanaCuz]

This makes me sad. What a loss for everyone. I wish that I could have seen it in person.