Man who was supposed to co-pilot 9-11 plane to speak in FF Sunday Steve Scheibner believes he was given a second chance. He now hopes that his life story can help others develop a healthy character when he visits Fergus Falls on Sunday. Scheibner, a Maine resident, Boston-based airline pilot and founder of non-profit organization Characterhealth Corporation, was almost a victim to a national tragedy more than 10 years ago. "I was very close to the event of Sept. 11," said Scheibner, whose employer, American Airlines, operated two of the four planes used in the 2001 terrorist attacks. "I was originally scheduled to be a copoilot on ... Flight 11, but I was bumped by a pilot with more seniority," said Scheibner. The flight that Scheibner was supposed to be co-piloting ended up crashing into the north tower of the World Trade Center. The realization that he could have died in a terrorist attack caused Scheibner to go through a period of trying to "sort life out." "You've got to ask some pretty hard questions when you've seen your own smoking hole on TV," he remarked. The incident served as Scheibner's personal wake-up call. Though he was a 41-year-old pastor at the time, Scheibner described his life as resting on its laurels before the attacks. "You kind of feel like you've arrived, and you're just along for the ride now," he noted. The experience caused Scheibner to ask himself several tough questions, including age-old conundrums like "What am I doing