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Etienne Loraillere, an editor for France‘s KTO Catholic television network, said Father Fournier ‘went with the firefighters into Notre Dame Cathedral to save the Crown of Thorns and the Blessed Sacrament’.
This was confirmed by an emergency services source who said: ‘Father Fournier is an absolute hero.
‘He showed no fear at all as he made straight for the relics inside the Cathedral, and made sure they were saved. He deals with life and death every day, and shows no fear.’
The blaze erupted in the medieval UNESCO world heritage landmark in the French capital on Monday, sending its spire and roof crashing to the ground as flames and clouds of smoke billowed into the sky.
One of the cathedral’s most precious objects, the Crown of Thorns is purported to have been worn by Jesus Christ on the cross when he was crucified.
