See when the Notre Dame Cathedral spire fell

A correspondent of a global news agency captured the first moments of the inferno burning through the spire of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

Patrick Galey, a correspondent with French news organization AFP, captured some pivotal early seconds of the blaze around 1 p.m. Since he posted the footage to his Twitter feed, it has been shared more than 47,000 times.

The moment #NotreDame’s spire fell pic.twitter.com/XUcr6Iob0b
— Patrick Galey (@patrickgaley) April 15, 2019

In the clip, the top of the French Gothic cathedral’s ornate spire can be seen tumbling as the flames take over. Orange, white and brown clouds of smoke swell from the height of the fire before the clip ends.

Several Twitter users were in awe and shock by what they witnessed from the clip.

Yes. Our hearts, our imagination is big enough to care for all of these people and places.And the stories and the art and the history and the people who make up these cities and impart their monuments with beauty and meaning. 💔 #NotreDameCathedral
— Julie M is for Unredacted Mermaid Reports (@exurbanmermaid) April 15, 2019

The building represents the people, the history, the culture. People spent their lives building it, protecting it from wars, worshipped in it, celebrated and mourned.
— Daniel Girdusky (@dang90) April 15, 2019

You had to really see it to experience it for yourself. When I went I saw the details in everything people spent years to make. It is depressing that future generations can never see some of that architect and art works again
— Mandy Bennett (@Mandy22Ben) April 15, 2019

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