A Paris chaplain who tended to victims of the 2015 terror attack in the city has been hailed as a hero once again, after he reportedly entered the burning Notre Dame cathedral to rescue priceless relics from the blaze
Jean-Marc Fournier, the chaplain of Paris fire service, told CNN he entered the cathedral with firefighters and policemen to help salvage some of the priceless artifacts on Monday night.Thanks to keys and codes that Fournier kept, officials were able to retrieve the Crown of Thorns, which some believe was placed on the head of Christ and which the cathedral calls its"most precious and most venerated relic.
— Etienne Loraillère ن April 15, 2019 Fournier was based in Germany before he joined the Paris fire service as its chaplain, and has also served in the Diocese of the French Armed Forces in Afghanistan, according to an interview he gave to Christian Family magazine after the 2015 terror attacks. Officials have started relocating numerous artifacts from the Notre Dame, with most being relocated to either Paris City Hall or the Louvre museum.
— Anne Hidalgo April 16, 2019 "We managed to protect the most precious treasures in a safe place," a Paris City Hall spokesperson told CNN on Tuesday.
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