Tania Head - 9/11 Scammer

(New York) Tania Head told a compelling story. Too bad there wasn't a scintilla of truth to it.

During the years following the 9/11 attacks, many stories emerged of triumph, tragedy and heroism. But one story stood out. Tania Head was one of only 19 people to survive above the point of impact in the South Tower at the World Trade Centre.

Her story was triumphant and tragic. She was a survivor who, despite horrific burns, had escaped the falling towers, but she was a victim, too, in that she lost her fiance, Dave, when the North Tower collapsed.

As Tania Head became president of the self-help group, the World Trade Centre Survivors' Network, her vivid account of miraculous escape and tragic loss convinced everyone - politicians, media, fellow survivors and the families of those who died in the attacks.

But Tania wasn't who she said she was. And on the day of the attacks she wasn't even in New York; she was thousands of miles away in Spain, sitting down to lectures at a prestigious business school in Barcelona, where she was completing a masters in business administration.

Tania Head, her real name is Alicia Esteve Head, is a serial liar and she fooled many people until finally exposed by the NYTimes. My guess is that she's a 21st Century embodiment of Baron von Munchhausen, able to describe fantastic stories of battles never fought.

Tip: slwlion