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Notre-Dame: Hunt for ‘dad and daughter’ in photo goes viral | Notre-Dame: Hunt for ‘dad and daughter’ in photo goes viral |
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A plea to find two people pictured outside Notre-Dame cathedral minutes before the devastating fire erupted has gone viral on social media. | A plea to find two people pictured outside Notre-Dame cathedral minutes before the devastating fire erupted has gone viral on social media. |
A heart-warming photo shows what appears to be a father and daughter playing happily outside the historic landmark in Paris. | A heart-warming photo shows what appears to be a father and daughter playing happily outside the historic landmark in Paris. |
Tourist Brooke Windsor, 23, says she took the picture about an hour before the blaze ripped through the building. | |
In a bid to find them, she posted the photo on Twitter. | In a bid to find them, she posted the photo on Twitter. |
"Twitter if you have any magic, help him find this," she wrote. | "Twitter if you have any magic, help him find this," she wrote. |
As it stands, the tweet has been shared 66,000 times by people across the world determined to help Ms Windsor track down the pair. | As it stands, the tweet has been shared 66,000 times by people across the world determined to help Ms Windsor track down the pair. |
Ms Windsor, from Michigan, US, told the BBC she had yet to identify the man and girl in the photo but was hopeful of doing so. | Ms Windsor, from Michigan, US, told the BBC she had yet to identify the man and girl in the photo but was hopeful of doing so. |
She admitted that she was unsure whether they were father and daughter, saying it was "simply the dynamic I observed from them while debating on interrupting this moment". | She admitted that she was unsure whether they were father and daughter, saying it was "simply the dynamic I observed from them while debating on interrupting this moment". |
She called on Twitter users to "step up" and help her find them. | She called on Twitter users to "step up" and help her find them. |
"If it were me, I'd want the memory. Hoping he feels the same way," Ms Windsor, who is visiting the French capital with a friend, said. | "If it were me, I'd want the memory. Hoping he feels the same way," Ms Windsor, who is visiting the French capital with a friend, said. |
The flames quickly reached the roof of the cathedral, destroying the wooden interior before toppling the spire. | The flames quickly reached the roof of the cathedral, destroying the wooden interior before toppling the spire. |
More on the Notre Dame fire: | More on the Notre Dame fire: |
Ms Windsor said she stood among thousands of people in streets around the cathedral solemnly watching the fire in horror. | Ms Windsor said she stood among thousands of people in streets around the cathedral solemnly watching the fire in horror. |
"We watched in shock and heartbreak with the rest of Paris," she told the BBC. | "We watched in shock and heartbreak with the rest of Paris," she told the BBC. |
As France comes to terms with the disaster, her poignant photo was described as "historic" and a "special moment in time" by Twitter users. | As France comes to terms with the disaster, her poignant photo was described as "historic" and a "special moment in time" by Twitter users. |
"This is going to become THAT photo," Michelle Bhasin commented. | "This is going to become THAT photo," Michelle Bhasin commented. |
"So sad to see the building looking serene and safe in the sun. Just before this dreadful disaster," Theodora Wayte wrote. | "So sad to see the building looking serene and safe in the sun. Just before this dreadful disaster," Theodora Wayte wrote. |
"That's a keeper! Amazing photo. Could be historic too," Scott Greene posted. | "That's a keeper! Amazing photo. Could be historic too," Scott Greene posted. |
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