Youth Thoughts On Notre Dame Fire | History Girl

On Monday, April 15th, 2019, the French historic church, Norte Dame got set on fire. The fire started around 1 o’clock, in eastern times. About 8 o’clock in France, attacking the heart of Paris with deadly flames. Firefighters rushed to evacuate everyone, succeeding, but failing to save any old relics in the process. After about an hour, they started sending firefighters with safety gear to attempt to save paintings in the East side of the buildings, the firefighters climbed up, standing on a balcony that was far enough away from the blazing heat to prepare and run in. The roof collapsed along with the chapel quickly, falling backwards into the building. The fire could be felt blocks away, people coming towards the fire instead of running. Many people recorded the fire on their phones, posting it on social media, sending it to family members, and calling significant others. French President, Emmanuel Marcon tweeted “Norte-Dame of Paris was set aflame. The sorrow of an entire nation. Our thought of all Catholics and French people. Like all out compatriots, I’m sad tonight to see this part of ourselves burn.” Pedestrians paid their respect, saying “For me, this has been an inspiration for so many churches in Europe from the 14th century onward, in the way it came up with a way to mirror more light, its been here for ages. This is a historic moment for all of us, in the worst possible sense of the term.” Even President Trump voiced his own thought, tweeting his own advice. I personally agree with what he has to say “So horrible to watch the massive fire at Norte Dame Cathedral in Paris. Perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out. Must act quickly!” Although we have evidence, we believe it was a terrorist attack. A reporter, i will not say the name of, was incredibly rude. He kept cutting people off trying to say what happened and their opinions, saying, and i quote “And those who insist this do not have the right intentions in mind for this community.” I myself am a teenager, and my close friend has some opinions of their own. My youngest friend was the most upset. Here is what they had to say. “That’s just awful. It was so historic.” “I thought the fire just started....its terrible” “Oh my gosh...thats tragic. It was one of the top 50 wonders...” And the most heart breaking response was my youngest friend. She has a heart of gold, and even she had her own strong words. (She requested to be called pancake) “Next thing you know, they will go after the Loubre. Probably in the area where the Mona Lisa is, since there is always a huge crowd in the room.” I then proceeded to say “I pray they dont go after the Washington Monument” She replied with, “That would be a great place to destroy if you want to world to find out, kill a bunch of people, and cause fear...but i think they are mostly going after Europe.” I then told her who they were going after. She said. “That’s why they started the fire at closing hours, so it would be too late to stop the fire once someone found out. They started it in a place that was under construction. In the most important part that happens to be A WONDERFUL PLACE TO PUT A FIRE because it makes the ceiling cave in. The government blames it on the underconstruction part saying that it was a problem with machines or something.” I will not go further, as it get a bit personal after that statement. So as you can see, this generation is heartbroken over that amazing building being destroyed. Despite what people say, we truly care about history, and the building will be missed terribly by this generation. This is a moving point in history. It is truly heartbreaking that it had to be like this. But the important part, is that we still remember the church in its former glory. As it still holds the same meaning to everyone. The building will still stand strong in all our hearts, as time moves on. It stood strong for 800 years, and will continue to remembered as a strong remberance to Paris.