The Tribune

By KHRISNA VIRGIL

Tribune Staff Reporter

kvirgil@tribunemedia.net

LEON Williams, Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd CEO, yesterday paid his respects to Bahamas Faith Ministries International Senior Pastor Dr Myles Munroe, one of nine people who died in Sunday’s tragic plane crash.

Mr Williams said that Thursday was the last time that he had spoken with Dr Munroe through a text message. At that time, Dr Munroe assured Mr Williams that he would live up to the expectations of persons gathered for a speaking engagement later that day.  

Mr Williams had reached out to the world-renowned inspirational preacher for prayers and support before the event.

He sent condolences to the Munroe family yesterday during a press conference at BTC’s headquarters on John F Kennedy Drive.

“This has been a sad week for the Bahamas,” he said, “and on behalf of the 779 staff (members) of BTC I would like to express condolences to the family of Dr Myles Munroe.

“He has been a very good friend to BTC. (When) we had our first church service at his church in 2006 he preached to us. And when I became CEO for the second time, we invited him to spend a whole day with us. He trained the managers of BTC in a leadership conference and I had a personal relationship with him because I have spoken at many of his conferences on leadership like the one which he was holding in Freeport, Grand Bahama.”

The plane crashed just after 5pm on Sunday after the Learjet clipped a crane at the Grand Bahama Shipyard before going down in a nearby junk pile.

Dr Munroe, his wife Ruth, Dr Richard Pinder, a BFMI executive, Lavard and Rudel Parks, BFMI youth ministers, and their son young Johanan were on board.

Pilot Capt Stanley Thurston, co-pilot Franhkan Cooper, and 38-year-old Colorado resident Diego DeSantiago, were also killed.

Since the gruesome crash, condolences have poured in locally and from around the world, evidence of Dr Munroe’s popularity and international impact.