Dentons Lawyer Witnessed Notre Dame Fire While Biking Home
"It is a tremendous loss—but a tremendous relief that it seems to have been an accident rather than an act of terrorism."
April 16, 2019 at 10:06 AM
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Bart Legum, who heads Dentons' investment treaty arbitration practice from its Paris office, grew up in Atlanta, graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1985 and joined the State Bar of Georgia. Dentons' Paris office is about 2 miles from Notre Dame Cathedral. At the Daily Report's request, Legum shared these thoughts Tuesday morning:
“I rode my bike home from work along the riverbanks yesterday evening. Even from a distance, you could tell that the source of column of light smoke was the Île de la Cité. As I got closer, it first looked like it might be coming from the courthouse (the Palais de Justice), then the Prefecture of Police. And then I saw the spire of Notre Dame, unmistakable, even wrapped in flames.
“The feeling was one of heartbreak. Heartbreak shared by the huge crowds of people who had gathered along the banks of the river, all staring in the same direction. Aghast.
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