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Originally Posted by Butter
Thanks for the pics. What were you thinking after you saw it on fire after you had just been in there, and what was it like around the people there watching it?
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As for the people, it seemed a lot of Parisians just went about their day. They'd look at it, and just continue on. Not all of them though, as many just stood. I was like most tourists and just took pictures, but also tried not to "photo-gawk" too as I didn't want to be disrespectful.
It was really upsetting to watch because I initially--once it started getting really bad and the fire trucks weren't there (they left initially reporting there was no fire then came back)--thought it was going to completely burn down. That was really upsetting, and I could honestly feel what is probably best described as survivor's guilt. "Why did I, of all people, get to see this at the last available moment?"