Her story was one of triumph over trauma. When planes flew into the World Trade Centre twin towers on September 11, Tania Head was on the floor where the plane hit. She somehow made it out, only to still be at ground zero when the tower collapsed. Waking up in hospital with horrific injuries, she is told that her fiancé who was in the other tower, has died. She goes on to become president of the World Trade Centre Survivor’s Network, and is the public face of those who made it out. 

One little problem - she had never even been to the World Trade Centre. She wasn’t even in the country on 9/11. IT WAS ALL A LIE. 

So how does a woman who made up her entire story of survival end up president of the damn Survivor’s Network? And what happened when they found out she’d been faking it all along - that she was the woman who wasn’t there?

Story starts at approx 24:34

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:

Watch the documentary The Woman Who Wasn't There: https://tubitv.com/movies/319707/the-woman-who-wasn-t-there

Read the book of The Woman Who Wasn’t There: 
https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-woman-who-wasn-t-there-robin-gaby-fisher/book/9781451652093.html

Angelo Guglielmo explains how he came to make the film and write the book:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/9-11-survivor-book_b_1399852

David Dunlap’s 2007 article that revealed all of Tania’s lies: 
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/nyregion/27survivor.html?auth=login-email&login=email

Documentary about the hoax from 2008 called The 9/11 Faker:
https://watchdocumentaries.com/the-911-faker/

RECCOS!

The prison podcast by the FyreFest guy Billy McFarland called ‘Dumpster Fyre’: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/dumpster-fyre/id1535569915

A good article breaking down all the Quibi nonsense: www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/10/21/21527197/quibi-streaming-service-mobile-shutting-down-end-katzenberg

DISHMANTLED! https://youtu.be/f4fx6V7ura0

The AMAZING Coogee Bay Hotel poo article in Junkee by Rob Stott: https://junkee.com/coogee-bay-poo-mystery/179190

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