Nearly 2 years after inferno: A look at Notre Dame's restoration progress | WNT

finally tonight here it's been nearly two years since we first took you inside notre dame after that historic fire tonight our james longman has gone back it was nearly two years ago the world watched notre dame burn the spire collapsing tonight we were invited back in 200 tons of lead melted into notre dame poisoning everything they're now salvaging what they can and cleaning it we're actually not even allowed into this part because they're so worried about lead inhalation you need a specialized mask in order to go in you can see the worker there with his mouth remember just one month after the fire they showed david the cross it was still standing general this is the cross that the world saw yes the entire wall saw the cause but it's now been removed for safety and remember the charred stones stones which are coming from the vault here these are the stones that came in from the roof of the cathedral well now archaeologist dorothy shawi delero and her team face the painstaking task of piecing it all back together they keep all these blocks in here and at every stage of the refurbishment they come in to get what they need and she says they've had some unique help from an american america oh so an american architect did a plan of notre dame and that's the one you're using oh wow back in 2010 u.s art historian andrew tallon meticulously drew part of the church and his drawings now helping to rebuild and remember the holes in the roof they showed david the robot on top of the debris because of the danger robot because people cannot go here we cannot expose the life of the workers and take a look at it now this is the work underway most important work at the moment is the work to stabilize this building tonight we go to the roof to get a better view heading up to the roof which of course is where all this began workers rebuilding the eiffel tower in the distance there are now anywhere between 150 to 200 people working on nothing at any one time slowed down of course by the pandemic take a look at that charred wood that's what remains of the oak vault that held the ceiling up you can see there the absailers behind me retrieving bits of debris from the roof which is then abseiled all the way down the side and taken to the archaeologists for examination those vital remains help the team understand notre dame and rebuild it as the world watches and waits well our thanks to james and the team for taking us back the slow and steady work to bring it back good night hi everyone george stephanopoulos here thanks for checking out the abc news youtube channel if you'd like to get more videos show highlights and watch live event coverage click on the right over here to subscribe to our channel and don't forget to download the abc news app for breaking news alerts thanks for watching

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Length: 3min 1sec (181 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 16 2021