With Notre Dame aflame, witnesses sing 'Ave Maria' in the streets of France
People pray and sing next to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday. By Jennifer Hassan Jennifer Hassan Social media editor for the foreign desk Email Bio Follow April 15 at 6:28 PM For those watching helplessly as flames engulfed one of France’s most iconic monuments Monday, some wept and held hands, while others prayed. When Notre Dame’s spire fell, taking centuries of history down with it, witnesses gasped in horror as a monument that meant so much began to crumble in front of their eyes.
But as night fell in Paris and the fire continued to roar, the surrounding crowds came together in heartbreak, in disbelief and in song. Rising above the flames came a chorus of voices — uniting through hymns as they mourned their beloved cathedral. — Katie Hinman April 15, 2019 “All of us who’ve reported in Paris recently have known many tragic nights in this most beautiful of cities,” tweeted The Washington Post’s Paris correspondent, James McAuley. “But tonight is different. Impossible to describe the bewilderment, the eerie quiet, the tears at the sight of 800 years of history vanishing in less than hour.”
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