that was seamus kearney, a freelance journalist. more about that.a freelancejournalist. we have developments since then. but the true crown he was talking about, the true crown he was talking about, the crown of thorns, believed to have been warned by christ at his crucifixion because this is holy week right now. other important relics that have been saved other true crown as well, parts of the cross, the true cross, parts of the cross, the true cross, parts of the cross that christ was crucified on, relics that have been taken out. they have been saved. also, seamus talking about the possibility of experts going into the cathedral later on tonight. they are indeed already inside. water still being doused to bring the temperatures down, that stonework, still incredibly hot and concerns to stop, prevent incredibly hot and concerns to stop, p reve nt a ny incredibly hot and concerns to stop, prevent a ny fla mes incredibly hot and concerns to stop, prevent any flames from blazing up again, igniting again, so water still being doused across but what we

seamus kearney is a journalist who saw the spire collapse.t with your words, please. 0h, absolutely a sense of helplessness, you know, tens of thousands of people gathered along the seine, along the river front and watching the fire and just absolutely the sense of you know, people saying where are the helicopter, where are the hose, where are the firefighters, and the fire spread so quickly, i was there right from the very beginning, there was a lot of smoke. smoke: those fla mes was a lot of smoke. smoke: those flames are burning inside the structure, the moment when it fell, it was horrific. horrific, people we re it was horrific. horrific, people were gasping in shock, itself has to be said when i first of all approached notre—dame there were many tourist, people were walking in the opposite direction convinced this may have been an attack or something, there was little information, and the people gather just really, the sense of shock. we saw after an hour a hose that was visible, trying to put out some of the flames but it was spreading