The first thing Quinn, a 37-year-old American national, knew that something was awry was when she noticed a red glow being reflected in the windows of her apartment, directly opposite the historic cathedral.
Three days after the devastating blaze, Quinn (the American resident of Paris who shot these videos) is unable to return to her apartment building directly opposite Notre-Dame, considered too dangerous. pic.twitter.com/LVnDWNJ068
— The Local France (@TheLocalFrance) April 18, 2019
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Videos taken by Quinn, a 37-year-old American resident of Paris who was forced to leave her apartment when the fire broke out at Notre-Dame Cathedral. She watched in shock as the blaze took hold of the historic cathedral before being given minutes to grab her things and get out. pic.twitter.com/OTqatdCmy6
— The Local France (@TheLocalFrance) April 18, 2019

American: synonym for “a philistine too grimly peppy to have a life or even notice s/he has one.”