Horrible to watch last night, especially when the spire fell. Felt like crying. Much has been saved, though.
Nice quotation: one of the church officials was allowed in this morning with the pompiers, and mentioned that the glided cross and a statue of the Virgin were still standing. Interviewer: "C'est un miracle?" Official: "Le miracle, c'est les pompiers."
Read last night that the builders of Notre Dame used timbers from an earlier church that was already several hundred years old, and some of its timbers had most likely been felled in the 7th and 8th centuries.
Two Parisian companies, Pinault and Arnault, have promised 300 million euros between them.