Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
State Police Capt. Michael McCarthy, Jr., right, answers questions at a news conference in front of Mohawk Valley Skydiving in Glenville. At left is Glenville Police Sgt. Stephen V. Janik.