With tears in his eyes, Macron said that “the worst has been avoided” thanks to the work of firefighters who battled for hours to save the Gothic cathedral’s two towers and facade. The 41-year-old president described the 850-year-old monument at the heart of Paris as “the epicentre of our life” and the cathedral of “all the French”, whether religious or not.

To rebuild Notre dame
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Twitter user Damien Rieu posted a video showing the amount of people responding to a video of the Paris church with a “laughing” face emoji on Facebook.

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Shock swept through Paris as the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral went up in flames Monday. The spire and roof collapsed as the fire raged. Over several hours, one of the most visited sites in the city was reduced to a charred skeleton. Roxana Saberi reports.

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French firefighters on Monday (Apr 15) battled to save Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris after a colossal fire caused the spire of the historic edifice to crash to the ground and wiped out centuries of heritage. (Video: Reuters, APTN)