Photographs of the more than 30,000 daily visitors still stands. There it is. But the cathedral itself behind it and all of the priceless artifacts that it contained appear to be from the cameras eye largely lost. Benjamin hall has been watching with us from our regional newsroom in london. Benjamin, the fire brigades arrived more than an hour ago to begin pumping water on the building but it appears their efforts are in vain. Thats right. What were hearing is access was so difficult in those early couple of hours. First of all, there were so many people gathered there. They evacuated notre dame quite early on. They didnt evacuate much of the area around it. Although the local authorities asked people to move back, quite the opposite and. Many people went down there and knowing the recovery was underway, they had to go see this symbol of their city burning. Many of them in tears at this site. Now were seeing some of the hoses getting up there on cranes. Again, because of the height of
Russell Schmuhl passed away after a battle with cancer on June 5, 2023. Russ was a loving husband, brother, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend. He is survived by his wife,