Thibault Camus / APPeople watch as flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame Cathedral as it burns in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Christophe Petite Tesson/AFP/Getty ImagesFire fighters in the towers of Notre Dame Cathedral on April 16, 2019, the day after the fire.
Ludovic Marin / AFP/Getty ImagesFirefighters douse flames billowing from the roof at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt / AFP-Getty ImagesThe landmark Notre Dame Cathedral is engulfed by flames in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt / AFP/Getty ImagesFirefighters douse flames billowing from the roof at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Stephane De Sakutin/AFP/Getty ImagesFlames are seen through the scaffolding of the Notre Dame Cathedral during a fire April 15, 2019, in Paris.
Lionel Bonaventure / AFP/Getty ImagesInspectors are seen on the roof of the landmark Notre Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 16, 2019, the day after a fire ripped through its main roof.
Patrick Kovarik / AFP/Getty ImagesThis combination of pictures shows Notre Dame Cathedral on March 28, 2014, left, and April 16, 2019, a day after a fire that devastated the building.
Gigarama.ru / APAn image made available by Gigarama.ru on Wednesday April 17, 2019 shows an aerial shot of the fire damage to Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on Tuesday April 16.
Christophe Ena / APA crane lifts experts as they inspect the damaged Notre Dame Cathedral on April 16, 2019.
Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt / AFP-Getty ImagesThe steeple of the landmark Notre Dame Cathedral collapses as the cathedral is engulfed in flames in central Paris on April 15, 2019.
Martin Bureau / AFP-Getty ImagesThe roof of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, shown in 2017 before its restoration.
Michel Euler / APNotre Dame cathedral is pictured Thursday, April 18, 2019 in Paris. France paid a daylong tribute Thursday to the Paris firefighters who saved Notre Dame Cathedral from collapse, while construction workers rushed to secure an area above one of the church's famed rose-shaped windows and other vulnerable sections of the fire-damaged landmark.
Thibault Camus / APFirefighters talk near the rose window of Notre Dame Cathedral on April 16, 2019, in Paris. Experts assessed the blackened shell of the iconic cathedral to establish the next steps to save what remains after a devastating fire.
Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt / AFP-Getty ImagesThe steeple collapses as smoke and flames engulf the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Thibault Camus / APPeople watch as flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame Cathedral as it burns in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Thibault Camus / APFlames rise from Notre Dame Cathedral as it burns in Paris, April 15, 2019. Massive plumes of yellow brown smoke is filling the air above Notre Dame Cathedral and ash is falling on tourists and others around the island that marks the center of Paris.
Philippe Wojazer / APSmoke is seen around the altar inside Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019.
Francois Mori/APPeople pray as Notre Dame Cathedral burns in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Zakaria Abdelkafi/AFP/Getty ImagesFirefighters gather near a firetruck as they work to contain a fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris early on April 16, 2019.
Christophe Ena / APA man kneels near Notre Dame Cathedral on April 16, 2019, a day after a fire devastated the building.
Bertrand Guay/ AFP/Getty ImagesWorkers on Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 17, 2019, three days after a fire that devastated the building in the centre of the French capital.
Lionel Bonaventure / AFP/Getty ImagesThe landmark Notre Dame Cathedral, right, is shown April 16, 2019, a day after a devastating fire.
Philippe Wokazer/AFP/Getty ImagesFrench President Emmanuel Macron, center, is accompanied by Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, third from left, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, left, French Culture Minister Franck Riester, second from left, and Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit as he speaks at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019, after a fire engulfed the building.
Pierre Galey/Getty-AFPFlames and smoke are seen billowing from the roof at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt / AFP-Getty ImagesA man watches the landmark Notre Dame Cathedral burn on April 15, 2019.
Francois Guillot/Getty-AFPSmokes ascends as flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019.
Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt / AFP/Getty ImagesA firefighter uses a hose to douse flames and smoke billowing from the roof at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Hubert Hitier / AFP-Getty ImagesSmoke and flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Vanessa Pena / APThis photo taken on Monday April 15, 2019 shows Notre Dame cathedral burning in Paris. Firefighters declared success Tuesday April 16, 2019 morning in an over 12-hour battle to extinguish an inferno engulfing Paris' iconic Notre Dame cathedral that claimed its spire and roof, but spared its bell towers.
Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty ImagesBystanders look on as flames and smoke are seen billowing from the roof at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Francois Guillot/Getty-AFPSmoke and flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt / AFP/Getty ImagesFlames and smoke are seen billowing from the roof at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Francios Guillot / AFP-Getty ImagesSmoke and flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Philippe Lopez AFP-Getty ImagesSmoke and flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Eric Feferberg / AFP/Getty ImagesPeople kneel on the pavement as they pray outside and watch flames engulf Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Jean-Francois Monier/ AFP/Getty ImagesA picture taken on April 17, 2019 shows Joseph, the bell number 2 of the Notre-Dame de Chartres cathedral in Chartres, western France, rebuilt after a fire in 1836. - The bells of French cathedrals were to ring out at 1650 GMT on April 17, 2019 to mark the exact moment when the fire started on April 15, 2019.
Christophe Ena / APPeople pray as Notre Dame Cathedral burns in Paris on April 15, 2019. A catastrophic fire engulfed the upper reaches of the soaring cathedral as it was undergoing renovations, threatening one of the greatest architectural treasures of the Western world as tourists and Parisians looked on aghast from the streets below.
Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt / AFP/Getty ImagesA woman reacts as she watches flames engulf the roof of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Thibault Camus / APFlames and smoke rise from Notre Dame Cathedral as it burns in Paris on April 15, 2019. Massive plumes of yellow-brown smoke fiilled the air above the cathedral and ash fell on tourists and others around the island that marks the center of Paris.
Christophe Petit Tesson / AFP/Getty ImagesThis general view shows debris inside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 16, 2019, a day after a fire devastated the building in the center of the French capital.
Stephane De Sakutin/AFP/Getty ImagesFirefighters douse the Notre Dame Cathedral after a fire broke out April 15, 2019 in Paris.
Thierry Mallet / APIn this image made available on Tuesday April 16, 2019 flames and smoke rise from the blaze at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019.
Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty ImagesPeople look on from the quay of the River Seine as firefighters douse flames billowing from the roof at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt / AFP-Getty ImagesA woman reacts as she watches the flames engulf the roof of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Lori Hinant/APNotre Dame Cathedral burns in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Francois Guillot / AFP-Getty ImagesSmoke and flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Christophe Ena/APSurviving scaffolding and damage on the facade at the Notre Dame Cathedral on April 17, 2019.
Edouard Magrino / AFP-Getty ImagesBystanders look on as flames and smoke bilow from Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Bertrand Guay / AFP/Getty ImagesPeople hug while looking at Notre Dame Cathedral on April 16, 2019, in the aftermath of a fire that devastated the cathedral.
Martin Barzilai/BloombergFlames and smoke rise from a fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019. The cathedral is 850 years old.
Christophe Ena/APFirefighters inspect damage from the balcony of the Notre Dame Cathedral on April 17, 2019.
Lionel Bonaventure / AFP/Getty ImagesFirefighters carry out inspections at the Notre Dame Cathedral on April 16, 2019.
Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty ImagesFirefighters douse flames billowing from the roof at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt / AFP-Getty ImagesA woman and boy stand at the window of an apartment as they watch the flames engulf the roof of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty ImagesFlames and smoke are seen billowing from the roof at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt / AFP-Getty ImagesA woman reacts as she watches the flames engulf the roof of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Francois Guillot/Getty-AFPSmoke and flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Ludovic Marin / AFP-Getty ImagesWorkers measure a wall as they start the restoration work on an ancient and damaged part of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in 2018.
Gigarama.ru / APAn image made available by Gigarama.ru on Wednesday April 17, 2019 shows an aerial shot of the fire damage to Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on Tuesday April 16.
Zakaria Abdelkafi/AFP/Getty ImagesPolice officers stand guard in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris early on April 16, 2019.
Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty ImagesSmoke and flames billow from the roof at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
AFP/Getty ImagesAn interior view of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 16, 2019, in the aftermath of a fire that devastated the building.
Francois Guillot/Getty-AFPSmoke and flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt / AFP-Getty ImagesA woman reacts as she watches the flames engulf the roof of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.
Thibault Camus / APPeople watch as flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame Cathedral as it burns in Paris onApril 15, 2019.
Philippe Lopez / AFP-Getty ImagesPeople watch the landmark Notre Dame Cathedral burning in central Paris on April 15, 2019.
Dan Kitwood / Getty ImagesFirefighters carry out inspections at the Notre Dame Cathedral on April 16, 2019 in Paris following a major fire.
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As people around the world witnessed footage of Notre Dame Cathedral in flames Monday, many wondered how they could help rebuild one of the world’s most visited landmarks.
Chicagoans wanting to donate money to aid in rebuilding the cathedral can direct their donations to Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris, a representative from the Consulate General of France said Tuesday. The charity has been raising funds for the renovation of the cathedral that was ongoing at the time of Monday’s fire.
Donations can be submitted through the group’s website or sent to:
Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris
PNC Bank
800 17th Street NW
Washington DC 20006
ABA: 031000053
SWIFT: PNCCUS33 (For international wire only)
Account Number: 5360272299
jvillagomez@chicagotribune.com
