MistyWaters
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Just days before BT vanished, I recall he made a statement to reporter on the scene which was part of their broadcast.
Yes I recall that too.
Search continues for missing rancher in B.C.’s Interior
“Notably, Global News talked to Tyner after the recent arsonist church fires in Merritt on Friday, Jan. 11.
The Crossroads Community Church on Voght Street suffered some damage, but the 143-year-old Murray United Church north of Merritt was completely destroyed, reduced to a pile of ashes.
“Well, it’s tragic, really,” Tyner told Global News on a cool, overcast day with snow partially covering the ground, with puffs of smoke rising from the burned-out remains of the church in the background.
“The church has been a landmark here for well over 100 years . . . it’s been part of the community,” continued Tyner. “I know I’m not from here, I didn’t grow up around it, but I know a lot of people that did. This morning, it’s been very upsetting. It’s definitely a tragic loss.
“It was a historic point for this area; it was one of the oldest churches in B.C., to my understanding. Just a senseless act and a very tragic and irreplaceable loss.”
Asked what he would say to the arsonist, Tyner gave a horse-sense response.
“I don’t know that I’d . . . I don’t know that he would warrant any of my time to comment to. I don’t think anyone that would stoop that low would be worth talking to.”...”