Fire at Cathedral of St. John the Divine

[Pseudolus]

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20011218/capt.1008689589cathedral_fire_xdk101.jpg

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011218/ts/cathedral_fire_10.html

It's unclear to me just how much damage was done, but the water and smoke certainly made a mess. A shame.

[Mr. Grim]

Was it terrorism?

[Pseudolus]

The cause isn't known, but I don't think terrorism is even suspected. They're not even throwing around the word "suspicious". The fire started in the gift shop. It could have been a lot of things, I suppose.

[Maine-iac]

Very sad, especially at Christmas.

[Mr. Grim]

Seems suspicious, end of Ramadan, near Christmas, probably not Al Queda but could be some radical US Muslims.

[Double High C]

On 2001-12-18 11:28, Grim wrote:
Seems suspicious, end of Ramadan, near Christmas, probably not Al Queda but could be some radical US Muslims.


It would be a real coincidence if there were no coincidences in life.

[General Kenobi (ret.)]

It could just as easily be a short in the Christmas tree lights.

[Lucy]

The building is mostly stone, carved and set in the old-fashioned way. So I'm optimistic about it's survival. They did have nice wooden pews.

Any New Yorkers have updates?