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The crown of thorns and the relic so many people come to see. supposedly the crown worn by christ before he was crucified. the tunic of lou the ninth. the famous tunic worn by one of the early kings of france. saved. but the archbishop of the paris who was on tv this morning talking about what has been saved and lost. a great deal of fear about a number of other things for example the huge works of art which were all around the cathedral. very certainly going to be damage at least if not completely destroyed. it remains to be seen what can be done with the stain glassed windows. the archbishop...

That maybe the bells wouldn't fall and take the towers with them. we know that teams managed to salvage an unknown quantity of pressure relics but the main ones we heard were secreted to a safe location. what is believed to be part of jesus's crown of thorns. part of his actual cross. there's a heavy, heavy item for catholics and christians. now we know that stuff is safe and the mayor tweeted it tonight. it's not just stuff. in terms of this could have been human cost. what we worry about most in terms of things seem to be okay. the twin bell towers first constructed in the 13th century. they...

Trees, a forest that once covered an area as big as 39 football fields. that is what was burning and threatening all of the treasures and we still don't know exactly what happened with some of them. there is a relic believed to hold part of the original cross and one of the nails from the crucifixion. that is what believers believe about that. we're not sure what the status is with that so far. many paintings and sculptures, we're not sure if some paintings dating back to the 1600s and we know the roof and spire are gone. we're not sure how they'll go about putting that back together again. bu...

Famous cathedral. sunlight shining down upon the cross with charred remains of the collapsed roof. water is pulled between the pews. all of it evidence of the grand effort to save the grand dame of par paris. the fire raged for nine hours as some 400 firefighters fought to ensure all was not lost. earlier, priceless relics plugged from the flames were loaded up for transport to the museum. the mayor of paris thanking those who formed a human chain to save them. >> a human chain immediately sprung into place when the threat of the fire became more important we were very, very scared. >> reporte...

Here today. when they say most of the precious artifacts have been restored, and, a, what leaves you relieved and do you have any questions about artifacts, pieces of art that you haven't heard anything about yet? >> well, first and foremost i think being the cathedral of paris and its oldest and most important artifact if you will in that church is the crown of thorns, something purchased by the king of france, st. louis back in the 13th century. he built the st. chapel for him. it's something that's drawn parisiennes and foreigners alike, so to hear that that was brought to safety i think wa...