A Nashville country singer who survived the Christmas Day explosion in the city of music has regained his most prized possession: his missing cat Molly, according to a report.
Buck McCoy had to run to safety when the blast shook his apartment near the blast site almost a week ago.
When he tried to get back to his feline friend, firefighters told him he had to leave, and he has been looking for the cat ever since.
Until Thursday.
“I love you all,” McCoy told WKRN reporter Jerry Barlar, who posted the interview on Facebook.
“I want to thank all the animal lovers around the world,” the crooner said. “She’s here, she’s alive, everything will be fine.”
McCoy had shared eyewitnesses to the massive blast that damaged 41 buildings, hampered regional communications and injured three around 6:30 a.m. Friday.
Police said Anthony Warner, a 63-year-old loner, detonated the bomb in his RV.
McCoy posted “Have You Seen Molly” flyers all over the area to find her missing cat and desperately toured the area for her.
Authorities had set traps in the neighborhood to corral stray cats.
Then, on Thursday, McCoy met Molly outside her disheveled house.
“Somehow, somehow, she survived,” he told Barlar. “It was water coming down for hours and hours on top of it … It was completely flipped.
“Hey Molly,” McCoy said, turning to the cat. “You are now a superstar. There are no autographs at this time. “
McCoy said he has already found a new home and while he hopes to get the guitar and other personal items from the old apartment, he is ready for a fresh start.
“I do not care about other things. We’ll get those other things out, “he said.” We’re going to look for cat food, a smaller box, and we’ll start lives everywhere. “
“I have nothing to go back to,” he added.