FORCES OUT. IN FRANCE, THE ICONIC CATHEDRAL KNOWN AS NOTRE DAME IS ON SCHEDULE TO REOPEN IN A MATTER OF MONTHS. FIVE YEARS AGO, A DEVASTATING FIRE TORE THROUGH THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD'S BEST ARCHITECTS AND HISTORIANS HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK SINCE. HERE'S FOX'S ALEX HOGAN. REBUILDING A PIECE OF HISTORY. THE NOTRE DAME DE PARIS TRANSLATING TO OUR LADY OF PARIS. IT'S ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST RECOGNIZABLE CATHEDRALS. IT'S A PARISIAN LANDMARK AND AN ICONIC PIECE OF MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE. MORE THAN 670 YEARS OLD, HOME TO RELIGIOUS RELICS DATING BACK TO THE TIME OF CHRIST. IN 2019, FIRE BROKE OUT, RIPPING THROUGH THE ROOF, SPIRE AND SOME OF THE VAULTING OF THE GOTHIC CATHEDRAL. AFTER THE FLAMES, A PROMISE TO REBUILD ROUGHLY 340,000 PEOPLE FROM 150 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES DONATED, ADDING UP TO MORE THAN $916 MILLION. WE WILL CALL UPON THE GREATEST TALENTS, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE AND WE WILL REBUILD. THAT WORK WOULD NOT MEAN RESTORING IT TO ITS ORIGINAL STATE, BUT INSTEAD MATCHING THE CENTURIES OF WEAR AND TEAR THE BUILDING HAD EXPERIENCED. WE WERE REBUILDING THE TIMBER FRAME OF THE NAVE ROOF FOR THE CATHEDRAL, STARTING WITH LOGS, OAK LOGS THAT HAD BEEN SHIPPED TO US FROM ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. AMONG THE WORKERS MOBILIZED FROM AROUND THE WORLD WAS WILL GUSIKOV, A CARPENTER FROM VERMONT. THEY USED HAND AXES, JUST AS MEDIEVAL CRAFTSMEN WOULD HAVE. BY 2021, THE STRUCTURE WAS SECURE AND INTERIOR WORK COULD BEGIN, LIKE DISMANTLING THE GRAND ORGAN, WHERE LEAD DUST SETTLED FROM THE FIRE, OR CLEANING THE ICONIC STAINED GLASS BY DELICATELY RUBBING OFF SMOKE STAINS WITH COTTON SOAKED IN WATER AND ETHANOL. BUT THERE IS STILL WORK TO BE DONE. BY FEBRUARY OF 2024, WORKERS REMOVED SCAFFOLDING TO UNVEIL THE NEW SPIRE. THE HOLY SITE AND ARCHITECTURAL MARVEL IS ONE OF THE MOST VISITED TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN THE WORLD, WITH AN ESTIMATED 12 MILLION VISITORS EVERY YEAR. AN OPPORTUNITY TO REBUILD A CATHEDRAL LIKE THIS IS JUST A ONCE IN A MILLENNIUM OPPORTUNITY. OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, FURNISHINGS AND ARTWORK ARE EXPECTED TO BE BROUGHT BACK INTO THE CATHEDRAL. THE INITIAL GOAL WAS TO REOPEN AHEAD OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES. THE OFFICIAL REOPENIN