French officials insist the Louvre's security measures were working properly when eight precious crown jewels - worth more than $100 million - were stolen in broad daylight from the world's most visited museum in Paris.

Investigators say the heist lasted fewer than eight minutes, and the thieves were only inside the building half of that time.

"Quite honestly we were scared to death. We thought it was worse. We thought it was like a terrorist attack or something," Curt Dale Clark recalled.

Tour group forcefully pushed back

Dozens of travelers from the Maine State Music Theatre were inside the Louvre walking toward the Apollo Gallery Sunday morning when suddenly, their tour group was forcefully pushed back.

"We were actually really offended because we didn't understand the language

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