People have started using the hashtag NotreDad.
Have you ever unintentionally captured a special moment between two strangers while taking a picture?A tourist really wishes she’d said something after taking an adorable picture of a man swinging a little girl around in front of Notre Dame just an hour before it set on fire.Brooke Windsor took the image of what she assumed was a dad and his little girl playing together, as she was leaving Notre Dame at 5.57pm.
She said she contemplated showing the cute picture to the man but decided against it, unbeknownst to her that it would be their last ever photo in front of the world famous cathedral. Brooke is now trying to track down the pair and has shared the image on Twitter, urging social media users to help.She wrote: ‘I took this photo as we were leaving #NotreDame about an hour before it caught on fire. I almost went up to the dad and asked if he wanted it. Now I wish I had. Twitter if you have any magic, help him find this’.
The tweet has received 170,000 likes and 85,000 retweets, while many have started using the hashtag #NotreDad.
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