Toll polish stuff?
Seriously, glad they're okay. Must have been a bit hair raising at the time!
For years I've been told they'll bulldoze the wreck
You'd probably end up being thrown into a gulag by the ATSB for hindering an investigation. At least this would protect you from the operator's insurer who also would be hunting you down.
The days of dealing with unserviceable aircraft on the runway by chucking a rope around the nose wheel and hauling them off with a tractor are long gone.