article_snippet.sent: Grateful: North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier Hannelore Kraft (left) shakes hands with a member of emergency services on behalf of the church .
article_snippet.sent: North-Rhine Westphalia's Prime Minister Hannelore Kraft (centre) welcomed Lufthansa boss Spohr ahead of the ceremony which will be broadcast nationwide .
article_snippet.sent: The event at Europe's largest Gothic church in the west-German city was broadcast live on screens outside the cathedral and to millions of viewers nationwide.
article_snippet.sent: Cologne resident Ursula Mund said Cologne resident Ursula Mund would be among those watching on the large square in the city centre.