AT
AT THE
AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN. >>> THERE ARE TWO GAPING HOLES
IN THE CHATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAME.
THAT WAS JUST SOME OF THE DAMAGE
DONE TODAY INSIDE OF THE ICONIC
CATHEDRAL FROM PARIS AFTER THE
FIRE THAT TORE THROUGH IT
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. THE FRENCH INTERIOR
AND CULTURE MINISTER IS
SURVEYING THE DAMAGE, SAYING
ALTHOUGH THE BUILDING'S
STRUCTURE REMAINED GENERALLY IN
TACT, FIREFIGHTERS HAVE DETECTED
SOME WEAK POINT, INCLUDING, OF
COURSE, THOSE CEILINGS.
>> FIREFIGHTERS DID DECLARE SOME
SUCCESS THIS MORNING AFTER MORE
THAN 12 HOURS OF TRYING TO FIGHT
THAT INFERNO.
THAT INFERNO. IT ENGULFED THE
ICONIC KATH CATHEDRAL.
THEY
THEY
THEY COULD NOT SAVE THE ICONIC ROOF.
THE FIRE DID SPARE THE
MONUMENTS, BELL TOWERS, AND THE
CROWN OF CHRIST.
NOW OFFICIALS
NOW OFFICIALS IN PARIS SAID THAT THE 18TH
CENTURY ORGAN ALSO APPEARS TO BE
OKAY.
OKAY.
OKAY. ALONG WITH OTHER TREASURES
FOUND INSIDE THE CATHEDRAL.
>> HUGE PLUMES OF SMOKE.
AND
AND
AND KNOWING WE WERE THERE ONLY A FEW
HOURS AGO, INCREDIBLE.
>> THAT, A COLORADO MAN, WHO
WITNESSED THE FIRE FROM HIS
WINDOW 16 MILES AWAY.
>> WE CAUGHT UP WITH HIM TODAY
AND HE SAYS HE WAS VISITING
NOTRE DAME JUST HOUR BEFORE THIS
STARTED.
STARTED.
STARTED. >> CRAZY TO THINK THAT WAS JUST
HOURS.
HOURS.
HOURS. HE'S BORN AND RAISED IN
COLORADO.
COLORADO.
COLORADO. AND HE TOOK A VACATION
TRIP TO PARIS.
HE WAS THERE ON A
TOUR TWO TO THREE HOURS BEFORE
THE FIRE STARTED.
HE FOUND OUT
ABOUT IT ON SNAPCHAT.
HE ASKED
HE ASKED
HE ASKED HIS FRIEND IF HE WAS OKAY
BECAUSE HE WAS POSTING ALL DAY
FROM THERE.
FROM THERE. HE DEFINITELY
HE DEFINITELY CONSIDERS HIMSELF LUCKY TO HAVE
SEEN IT BEFORE THE FIRE.
BUT
BUT
BUT WITNESSING THAT FIRE MADE IT
MUCH HARDER.
MUCH HARDER. HE SAYS THERE WAS
SO MUCH SMOKE TODAY WHEN HE WENT
BACK THERE, THERE WERE SO MANY
PEOPLE
>>
>> IT
>> IT DEFINITELY SMELLS LIKE A CAMP FIRE, UNFORTUNATELY.
I
I
I VERY,
I VERY, VERY SMOKY AROUND THE AREA
WHILE WE WERE THERE.
THE STREETS
THE STREETS WERE DEFINITELY SWAMPED.
A
A
A POLICE
A POLICE BARRICADE AROUND THE
ENTIRE BUILDING.
ENTIRE BUILDING. JUST KNOWING
JUST KNOWING THAT I WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE
LAST PEOPLE TO SEE IT,
DEFINITELY IN THAT KIND OF
SPACE, IT'S DEFINITELY SHOCKING.
>> JEFF SAYS THERE WERE PEOPLE
STANDING CLOSER TO THE BUILDING
WHO WERE SINGING AND PAYING
THEIR RESPECTS TO THE LOSS OF
THE STRUCTURE.
THE STRUCTURE. ARCHITECTS WHO
ARCHITECTS WHO WORKED ON COLORADO CHURCHES DO
SAY THAT WHILE IT'S HARD TO SEE
SUCH A STUNNING PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE WORSHIP, IT'S WHOODZ IN
THE THAT MATTERS AND THAT WASN'T
DESTROYED.
DESTROYED. >> YOU MIGHT BUILD A BEAUTIFUL
HOUSE FOR GOD, BUT IT'S NOT
REALLY OUR HOME.
IT POINTS US
TOWARD HEAVEN, BUT WE'RE NOT
SUPPOSED TO BE SO COMMITTED TO
THIS BUILDING THAT WE GET -- WE
LOSE OUR FOCUS ON THE HEAVENLY
THINGS.
THINGS.
THINGS. SO IT'S KIND OF AN
INTERESTING MEDITATION DURING
HOLY WEEK FOR CATHOLICS AROUND
THE WORLD TO SAY THAT THIS IS
NOT THE ULTIMATE THING.
IT
IT
IT POINTS
IT POINTS US TOWARD THE ULTIMATE
THING.
THING.
THING. >>
THING. >> THE HARDEST PART ABOUT THE
RESTRUCTURING, HE SAYS, IS THAT
THE BUILDING IS SO HISTORIC.
AND
AND
AND MAKING THOSE HARD DECISIONS
ABOUT WHAT MATERIALS WILL GO IN
THERE AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO
REBUILD THE STRUCTURE IS GOING
TO BE THE HARDEST PART.
HE SAYS
HE SAYS
HE SAYS THOSE DECISIONS HAVE TO COME
FROM THE HEART, AND IT'S GOING
TO BE HARD TO COME TOGETHER ON
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
THAT. >> IT'S AN EMOTIONAL SCENE.
AND
AND
AND YOU'VE SEEN SOME TAKE THE TOWARD
LOOKING AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO
REBUILD.
REBUILD.
REBUILD. >> I'VE SEEN LOTS OF CHATTER OF
FOLKS EXPRESSING THEIR INTEREST
IN WHATEVER THEY CAN DO TO HELP,
THAT THEY ARE MORE THAN