President Macron’s Promise
With the ruins still smoldering, restoration experts came in to do what they do best, and they began to sift through what was left behind in the fire. French President Emmanuel Macron promised that the iconic building would be restored and reconstructed. Now it was in the hands of the experts to execute.
The Heart Was Saved
Experts were relieved to see that a majority of Notre Dame’s relics were luckily spared. Aline Magnien of the Historical Monuments Research Laboratory told Science magazine: “What matters isn’t the roof and vault so much as the sanctuary they protect. The heart of Notre-Dame has been saved.”