This Man Saved Notre Dame Cathedral Without Knowing It 

And a tip of the hat to Marie Tallon, for sharing a part of him with us. She was not obligated to do so.

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I strongly agree

I totally agree with you. The unknown heroes!

Absolutely dillusional claim. A plaque on an eight centuries monument... WTF! Even Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, who literally saved the cathedral 150 years ago, didn't get that privilege...

There will be many heroes. A lot will remain unsung. But whether a plaque is there or not I am sure that no one could ask for a better monument than to be able to say "I helped to give you that" referring to the cathedral. In fact it might be churlish to mention some and leave others out. From the most humble who have donated some money or cleared away wreckage, to firefighters who fought to save as much as possible. To politicians who inspired and supported the work. To craftsmen who painstakingly resurrected ancient skills. We are fortunate to have the records provided by Andrew of course.

I am sure they will. Not to recognize the people who contributed would be a "monumental" injustice.

as if you would even know.

Then what is the use of public money ?? Buy a new car for the politicians , or restore one of the most famous cathedral in the world, and bring MILLIONS of tourists to the county

Ok Reddit.

Hey, at least he passed away before seeing a building he'd devoted a lot of time and enthusiasm to detailing and explaining burn partially to cinders

@@OnlyGrafting Yes, he is blessed in many ways, contributing to understand and restore the building, but mostly in not seeing the inferno in his lifetime.

Time and money. This scan was a labor of love, but not all historical buildings have people who love them enough to spend time scanning for free.

@@cloudswinger2000 also storage space, that kind of scan will take up a lot of space

must be tough for a fire department to have to fall back to strictly containment. But ultimately its better to have entire teams able to go back to their families at the end of the fire.

@@filanfyretracker working with fire fighters on wildland/forest fires. Containment is pretty often the only way to fight a fire once it gets hot enough.

They made the decision to intentionally pancake the roof to starve the fire and break the fire triangle. Can't even imagine how that felt.

​@@filanfyretrackerthey did more than contain it they intentionally pancaked the roof and suctioned all the fire fueling oxygen out of the building, or so the story I heard goes. I suppose that totally could be rumor.

Firefighters also said in a French video that they had to change their plan (after containment on the roof) because the wind was blowing and sending the fire in the North Tower. If the wood of the North tower and the huge Bells were in fire, the heavy bells would have fallen and destabilized the whole tower. Then the whole facade of the building could have collapsed So they went inside this tower (risking their Life) to save this tower. It was a decisive action that explains why damages are « limited ». It could have been worse. PS 1 : Also, the lack of very long ladder in the center of Paris was a mistake (2 of them were located in Versailles and with traffic jams it was long to send them, they lost a long time). Guess they will think differently in the future. PS 2 : the positive aspect is that they used robots inside the cathedral to send water under the fire (with no humans to risk their life). The only humans were rushing to save the treasuries that were on the sides of the cathedral. Technology and innovation will be very good tools in the future.

He luckily didn't experience the fire.

People will tear down his statue for being racist

Legend has it after the notre dame is restored, so too will he be resurrected. Forever connected

I didn't know who he was until I saw this video. I looked him up. He unfortunately died in 2018 at the age of 49 from a brain tumor. RIP 😓🙏

Shuai, I totally agree with you that government should fund this kind of 3D mapping of all major historical buildings. I am with you on this.

@@robertagallant3819 and they could let people access thought internet and VR against a little fee to pay for the cost of this développement.

It’s for building restoration purposes not lifelike-ness so it just needs to be a 3d blueprint for everyone involved in the project. Also it probably was made pretty shortly after the fire so I expect it IS pretty old

Not really I dont really care that much, things come and go. If it burn down its ok and if its restored good

Even more thrilling to stand with your head inside"Bourdon"......(the big bell on the belfry).

I would givecthatcidea are one thought!

kind of hard to pay a dead man

But at the same time he didn't have to see the object of his obsession being destroyed in the first place

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visited in 1991 Notre Dame Basilica

Like steel? Unfortunately do the high grade steel tougher then the former WTC steel

I saw photos of ashtrays full of cigarettes 🚬

He was a belgian who studied and worked in USA. There are many peoples who work there...He was an european Art historian🙏RIP🙏

@@alexakammler6440 He was born in Belgium and seems to have left the country at about age 10. He went to HS in Wisconsin and spent his entire adult life in the US, except for trips to Europe to work on his books and document cathedrals. Quote" "Professor Andrew J. Tallon, died Friday, November 16, 2018. Professor Tallon was born on March 12, 1969 in Louvain, Belgium, the son of Andrew F. Tallon and Mary Beth Tallon Vander Vennet. He was educated at Princeton and Columbia Universities, and joined the faculty at Vassar College in the Department of Art in 2007 teaching medieval art, architecture and pre-modern acoustics. He received a Ph.D. from Columbia University with distinction, M.A. from the University of Paris-Sorbonne, and B.A. with highest honors from Princeton University. He is buried in Poughkeepsie, NY, next to Vassar College, where he taught. If I was born in China and left China when I was 10, and spent my entire life in Belgioum, and was buried in Belgium, would that make me Chinese? No. My entire being would probably be Belgian. What makes the person, Nature or Nurture? I contest where one is nurtured is the determinant influence. Andrew Tallon - Belgian-American Art Historian.

@@russmartin4189 O.K. Thanks for infos.

@@jimloontiens9275 I believe both Belgium and the US have a claim to him, but the documentary did not mention the fact that he studied under Robert Mark, who was a strong influence, and he received his Phd from Columbia Univ. a distinguished American Univ. He was born to Belgian parents, a choice I am sure he was proud he made, but the years between ages 16 and 49 he was primarily in the US getting educated, doing research, and teaching art history, a total of 33 years. Yet that is not mentioned. It seems to me he is less a Belgian Art Historian than an American Art Historian. I wouldn't have mentioned it if he was labled "Belgian-American Art Historian", as that is more correct. In any case, It is fortunate that he fell in love with Notre Dame and spent so much time digitizing it. His contribution will not be forgotten.

@@russmartin4189 what matters is what he's passport said, belgian

Great! Let's restore the beautiful iron work. LOL

lets put the pope in a cage....