AdvertisementThe Day Before America Was Interrupted: Nine People Recall Sept. 10, 2001September 09, 2011Erin KillianfacebookEmailRick King, who was assistant fire chief of Shanksville, Pa., on Sept. 11, 2001, stands near a cross made from steel from the World Trade Center, outside the fire station in Shanksville on July 14. He was one of nine people to tell NPR what Sept. 10 was like, the day before the horrible events of Sept. 11. (AP)