'It's like seeing your own house burning.' Notre Dame's organist recalls playing when the fire broke out.
Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.PARIS – An organist at Notre Dame Cathedral had just finished playing a psalm and the priest had started leading the gospel for the evening services when the fire alarm first sounded, startling those inside the historic church.Courtesy Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists
In an interview with NBC News, conducted over FaceTime from his home in Nancy, about 175 miles east of Paris, the musician recalled the heartbreak he felt when he saw the beloved Parisian landmark engulfed in flames.The evening Mass began at 6:15 p.m. local time and it wasn't long into the service when the fire alarm went off, causing confusion among church workers and visitors.
It was then that people at the back of the cathedral — where the roof would later collapse — started to evacuate through the front entrance and the Mass had disbanded, he said.
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