Woman's 9/11 survival story questioned

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EW YORK - A nonprofit organization for 9/11 survivors removed its president after questions were raised about her harrowing account of how she survived but lost a loved one in the World Trade Center attack.

Tania Head has said that she was badly burned on the 78th floor of the south tower, that she was saved by a man who died trying to save others, and that a dying man handed her his inscribed wedding ring, which she later returned to his widow.

She also said her husband, or fiance, died in the north tower.

The New York Times reported Thursday that none of her claims had been verified. She has described her 9/11 experiences at speaking engagements and led Tribute WTC Visitor Center tours, and her account has appeared, among other places, on the Web site of the World Trade Center Survivors Network.

The board of the nonprofit organization removed her as president and director this week.

"Tania Head is no longer associated with the World Trade Center Survivors' Network," according to a statement on the group's Web site. "Our organization was created so that those affected by the terrorist attacks could help each other through crisis and its aftermath."

Head also is no longer giving tours at the Tribute center. "At this time, we are unable to confirm the veracity of Tania Head's connection to the events of Sept. 11," said the center's CEO, Jennifer Adams.

The Times said Merrill Lynch & Company, where Head told people she had worked, had no record of her employment. She has claimed she had a romantic relationship with a man who is a confirmed 9/11 victim, but the Times said his family and friends had never heard of Head and they discount details of her story.

No telephone listing exists for a Tania Head in New York City. A message left by The Associated Press at a local telephone number for an Alicia Head — a name the Times said Head had also used — was not immediately returned Wednesday.

The Times said Head canceled three interviews in recent weeks, citing her privacy and emotional turmoil, and declined to provide details to corroborate her story. She also told the newspaper she had done nothing illegal and had not filed any claim with the federal Victim Compensation Fund.

She earned no money as president of the survivors group or as a tour guide at ground zero, according to the Times.

[almaty 19]

this kind of reminds me of those men ..who claimed to served in Nam,,,except, she made $$ off her story

[mRx 16]

What an opportunistic attention #######.

[almaty 19]

What an opportunistic attention #######.

iagree..and making a iving off a story

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Back in Nam, me and Rush used call people like her, phonies.

[almaty 19]

Back in Nam, me and Rush used call people like her, phonies.

lol... i guess, you be Lt. George w bush

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Back in Nam, me and Rush used call people like her, phonies.

lol... i guess, you be Lt. George w bush

Bush? No, but he saved my life from the VC. I couldn't really make out his face because he was flyin above me, but I think I heard him say that God sent him.

[almaty 19]

Back in Nam, me and Rush used call people like her, phonies.

lol... i guess, you be Lt. George w bush

Bush? No, but he saved my life from the VC. I couldn't really make out his face because he was flyin above me, but I think I heard him say that God sent him.

then, you must be ... one of the war heroes that follows:

Vice President Richard B. Cheney

Former Atty. Gen. John Ashcrof

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush

Bush’s Brain” Karl Rove,

Former Sen. Phil Gramm,

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich

Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan

john wayne

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Back in Nam, me and Rush used call people like her, phonies.

lol... i guess, you be Lt. George w bush

Bush? No, but he saved my life from the VC. I couldn't really make out his face because he was flyin above me, but I think I heard him say that God sent him.

then, you must be ... one of the war heroes that follows:

Vice President Richard B. Cheney

Former Atty. Gen. John Ashcrof

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush

Bush’s Brain” Karl Rove,

Former Sen. Phil Gramm,

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich

Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan

john wayne

Their blood doesn't bleed...true American heroes.

Edited September 28, 2007 by Mister Fancypants

[almaty 19]

Back in Nam, me and Rush used call people like her, phonies.

lol... i guess, you be Lt. George w bush

Bush? No, but he saved my life from the VC. I couldn't really make out his face because he was flyin above me, but I think I heard him say that God sent him.

then, you must be ... one of the war heroes that follows:

Vice President Richard B. Cheney

Former Atty. Gen. John Ashcrof

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush

Bush’s Brain” Karl Rove,

Former Sen. Phil Gramm,

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich

Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan

john wayne

Their blood doesn't bleed...true American heroes.

of course this unpatriotic commies served but were not heroes:

Former VP Al Gore

Former Sen. Minority Leader Tom Daschle

Sen. Daniel Inouye

Sen. John Kerry (

Former Sen. Max Cleland

Former Presidential Candidate (and still a political activist) General Wesley Clark:

Former Democratic President John F. Kennedy was highly decorated during WWII. As was former Sen. and presidential candidate Bobby Kennedy

Former Pres. Jimmy Carter

Former VP Walter Mondal

Former Sen. and Presidential candidate, George McGovern,

note a story on a liberal coward:

en. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) a very high ranking Democrat, served in the U.S. Army when his family was interred in U.S. concentration camps for citizens of Japanese ancestry. He lost an arm and earned the Medal of Honor.

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en. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) a very high ranking Democrat, served in the U.S. Army when his family was interred in U.S. concentration camps for citizens of Japanese ancestry. He lost an arm and earned the Medal of Honor.

Speaking of the honorable Senator...did you happen to catch last night's episode of the War? Oh man...I was weeping. Here's what he said.

(While battling the Germans in Italy) he enters a building they bombed and there is a German soldier sitting wounded on the floor who gets all excited when he sees the American soldier (Inouye). He speaks out in German, something 'comrade'....then he begins to reach into his shirt pocket and Dan instinctively struck him in the head with the butt of his rifle thinking he's reaching for a gun. Out flies pictures of the German's wife and children...then Inouye looks somberly and says in a trembling voice, "That is war."

I was talking to my Dad this morning (b. 1927 but just missed WW2 service) and we were both choked up talking about the war.

...I just don't understand where this gung-ho mentality comes from - war is hell ...no beans about it.

[Jasman0717 9]

Thats just crude

Now, back in my day when I was in Nam..................................

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

Back in Nam, me and Rush used call people like her, phonies.

I'm just curious Steve, how old are you? Is the Vietnam war a memory or just something you read about?

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Back in Nam, me and Rush used call people like her, phonies.

You and Rush have one thing in common at least.

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

Back in Nam, me and Rush used call people like her, phonies.

I'm just curious Steve, how old are you? Is the Vietnam war a memory or just something you read about?

as steven is younger than i am and the closest i came to vietnam was in japan when i was 11 years old. the war ended a few years afterward.