World ‘I don’t have words for this’: Devastated Parisians watch in shock as Notre Dame Cathedral burns April 15, 2019Rebecca Rosman, Special to USA TODAYComments Off on ‘I don’t have words for this’: Devastated Parisians watch in shock as Notre Dame Cathedral burns When the spire fell soon after the blaze started, the crowd on the Right Bank and on the Pont Saint-Michel collectively groaned.