Dark side of Notre-Dame’s bright reopening

As the fire ripped through Notre-Dame in Paris on April 15 2019, the firefighters, unable to save the cathedral’s roof, made a desperate last stand to stop the blaze from reaching the bell towers. They were terrified that the fire would consume the towers, sending the eight massive bells tumbling to earth and probably bringing the entire structure down with them.

The north and south towers were saved, and last week Notre-Dame welcomed the rich and infamous for a bit of flesh-pressing and rent-seeking with the world’s most famous man. ..

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