by Lionel Bascom — September 27th, 2007 — 1 comment
Tania Head touts herself as president of the World Trade Centre Survivors Network, a non-profit organization.
Scotsman.com says Tania ain’t all she claims to be. Pardon the Euro spelling:
“A harrowing account of surviving the World Trade has come under scrutiny.
Ms Head has said she was badly burned on the 78th floor of the building, and encountered a dying man who handed her his wedding ring, which she later returned to his widow. She also said her husband, or fiancé, had died in the attack.
She spoke to students and led tours for visitors including New York’s mayor, Michael Bloomberg, and the former mayor Rudy Giuliani.
The account by Head has appeared on the website of the network.
The New York Times reported yesterday that no part of her account had been verified. Family and friends of the man she named as her fiancé had never heard of Ms Head, and Merrill Lynch, where she told people she had worked, had no record of her.
The newspaper said Ms Head had cancelled three interviews in recent weeks, citing emotional turmoil, and declined to provide details to corroborate her story.
She would not explain her reticence, saying only that she had not filed any claims with the federal Victim Compensation Fund.
“I have done nothing illegal,” Ms Head told the paper.
The board of the Survivors Network voted this week to remove her as president and as a director. She is no longer giving tours, officials said.
Jennifer Adams, chief executive of the Ground Zero visitor centre, said: “We are unable to confirm the veracity of Tania Head’s connection to the events of 11 September.”
8:53 PM in Uncategorized, World Trade Center, Ground Zero, The Attack, Related Stories, Freedom Tower News
“What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires — desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way.” ~ Bertrand Russell
If we are to advance our society to one of enlightenment, then we must continue to scrutinize stories that we hear.
Jeanne · September 27th, 2007 at 9:43 pm