FORMER SHANKSVILLE FIRE CHIEF RECEIVES HEART TRANSPLANT

The former Chief of the Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Volunteer Fire Department who responded to the Flight 93 crash on 9/11 is receiving a new heart.  The family of Terry Shaffer says he got his heart transplant on Monday after a nine-hour surgery.  Shaffer had been in and out of the hospital with heart issues and was put on the transplant waiting list last November.  Shaffer was one of the first to respond to the crash site on 9/11 and later advocated for creating the Flight 93 Memorial.