Notre Dame Rector: 50% Chance It Can Be Saved 'The building is still very fragile,

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https://www.newser.com/story/284794/notre-dame-rector-50-chance-it-can-be-saved.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_world_img_b

Notre Dame Rector: 50% Chance It Can Be Saved
'The building is still very fragile,' in danger of scaffolding collapsing onto vaults

The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there's a “50% chance” it might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before the April fire is threatening the Gothic monument's vaults. Monsignor Patrick Chauvet said restoration work isn't likely to begin until 2021—and described his "heartache" that Notre Dame couldn't hold Christmas services this year, for the first time since the French Revolution. "It is not out of danger," he told the AP. "It will be out of danger when we take out the remaining scaffolding. Today we can say that there is maybe a 50% chance that it will be saved. There is also 50% chance of scaffolding falling onto the three vaults, so ... the building is still very fragile." The 12th-century cathedral was under renovation at the time of the April fire, which destroyed its roof and collapsed its spire. With no roof to keep the massive stone structure stable, the cathedral's surviving vaults are crucial to keeping it standing, but they are vulnerable.

[msongs]

1. so let it sit for another year before starting restoration? hmmm nt

[cos dem]

2. First order of business is to remove the scaffolding

I'm sure it's not easy. It's bent and melted, and must be removed carefully without damaging the vaults.