At first it was a few dozen, but soon hundreds of people, their eyes reddened by smoke and tears, were watching the inferno engulfing Paris' iconic Notre Dame cathedral.
People standing on the banks of the river Seine watch as flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral as it burns in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019. Massive plumes of yellow brown smoke is filling the air above Notre Dame Cathedral and ash is falling on tourists and others around the island that marks the center of Paris.
A few dozen pedestrians gathered around at first, watching the flames lick their way toward the nave. Soon it was hundreds of people, sobered by the smoke belching from one of the world’s most recognizable symbols of France. For Paris schoolchildren, Notre Dame is a required outing. A class in my daughter’s school took the metro to Cité on Monday afternoon, doubtless grumbling and fidgeting the entire way. They were almost certainly among the last for years to come to pierce the cathedral’s grand dimness, to crane their necks at the rose windows and contemplate whether to light a candle.
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