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EPISODE · Oct 30, 2024 · 24 MIN

Tania Head

from Hooked · host Rachel Diamond

On September 11th, 2001, the United States experienced a terrorist attack. One of the victims was Tania Head; not only did she nearly lose her life in the collapse of the World Trade Center, but her fiance Dave died that day. Despite her grief, she became the leader of the Survivor's Network, a group that was created to connect those who had made it out of 9/11 alive. Through Tania's efforts, Network members were able to visit Ground Zero, speak with a trauma therapist, and share their unique experience with one another. And yet, as the year went on, Network members started to suspect that Tania wasn't who she claimed to be. Some parts of her story didn't line up, and when the New York Times asked to interview her, Tania suddenly shut down. But would anyone dare to confront her? SOURCES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_Esteve_Head https://www.npr.org/2012/04/14/149399210/the-amazing-untrue-story-of-a-sept-11-survivor https://web.archive.org/web/20080430161357/http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/09/paper-finds-big.html https://medium.com/new-york-voice/tania-head-the-9-11-faker-8f5fc84b5520

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