Euronews: Full extent of damage to Notre-Dame seen during minister's visit
The full extent of the destruction to Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris was laid bare on Wednesday as French culture minister Franck Riester visited to look at renovation efforts.
Walking beneath the melted and burned scaffolding from the cathedral's original renovation before the fire, Riester inspected the damage with Philippe Villeneuve, chief architect of historic buildings and current head of the Notre-Dame renovation efforts.
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WNU Editor: I expected more damage. We are also learning now that if it was not for the bravery of some, the entire structure could have been lost .... Notre-Dame came far closer to collapsing than people knew. This is how it was saved (The New York Times). More here .... French lawmakers pass bill on Notre-Dame; new report says cathedral nearly collapsed during fire (CNA)
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Blame Obama and the liberals!!!
I remember reading that one of the guys who ran into the fire and recovered multiple relics had also been one of the men to run into the bataclan theatre to try and get people out while the shooting was still going on. Talk about a life well lived.
Boone can say the French are not brave, there were some very brave people here.
Should be noone not Boone.
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