An impromptu chorus of Parisians knelt and sang Ave Maria as the Notre Dame Cathedral burned on Monday night. The post from Ignacio Gil of the Spanish news outlet El Mundo was viewed over nine million times by Tuesday morning.
WATCH: Parisians kneel and sing ‘Ave Maria’ in post viewed 9 million times
People pray as Notre Dame cathedral is burning in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019. A catastrophic fire engulfed the upper reaches of Paris' soaring Notre Dame Cathedral as it was undergoing renovations Monday, threatening one of the greatest architectural treasures of the Western world as tourists and Parisians looked on aghast from the streets below. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)