SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa. — The Somerset County area is digging deep to help longtime area firefighter Terry Shaffer, who was Shanksville Volunteer Fire Department’s chief when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed on 9/11.
According to our partners at TribLIVE.com, Shaffer, 66, was admitted last week to UPMC Presbyterian hospital in Pittsburgh for treatment of congestive heart failure, according to his daughter, Rebecca Kuzar. The family hopes he recovers to enable him to have a heart transplant. He was placed on the transplant list in November, his family said.
This week, Shaffer’s family announced a fundraiser to support a potential transplant through the “Heart4Terry” campaign through the National Foundation for Transplants.
In addition to online contributions, donations can be mailed to the National Foundation for Transplants, 3249 West Sarazen’s Circle, Suite 1oo, Memphis, TN 38125.
Those contributing by mail should write in honor of Terry Shaffer in the check memo line.
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