I don't know what to tell you, but I've read conflicting reports tonight. I know the interior sustained massive fire damage, but reports say that much of the interior was saved, including the rose windows and the altar.
Fog of war, eh?
You've got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
People must be given hope and encouraged to donate to the rebuilding of ND. The truth is that the church was not maintained properly and was in a sad state of disrepair despite the renovation that was going on. The French were having fund raising efforts around the world including in the US before the fire.
France 24 has been highlighting each revelation of what survived calling it a "miracle." I remain skeptical until a final assessment is made of what was lost and what structural damage has occurred. This will take months and the repairs will take, according to France 24, decades. Any restoration will be painstakingly slow. We are talking about a work of art, not replacing a building. I welcome good news about what has survived. May there be more of it.
The other constant theme on France 24 is that the tragedy is being investigated as an accident, not the result of arson. It is repeated often including a constant crawl repeating it. 50 French detectives are investigating it. IMO even if they found arson, it would never be divulged to the public given the explosive nature of such a revelation.
In the meantime, Macron will try to make hay out of the incident wrapping himself in the flag.