The Freedom Tower

A phony cop who repeatedly made claims that he personally rescued thousand during the 9/11 attacks is a fraud, according to recent press reports.
Authorities now say Fred Parisi was not even near the World Trade Center during the attacks and is not even a real cop because he quit the police academy before graduating, law enforcement sources told the New York Daily News.

“The allegation came after Fred Parisi was arrested in Carlstadt, N.J., the newspaper reported, last night while entering a fund-raiser for the 9/11 Rescue Workers Foundation that he founded.

The actual theft charges against the 40-year-old father of three from Jefferson Township, N.J., are unrelated to Sept. 11. Local cops said he looted at least $235,000 from Berkshire Valley Custom Wood Designs, a woodworking company that he also founded.

Just last month, he joined a delegation of legitimate 9/11 rescue workers at the Capitol in Washington to lobby for better health care. He appeared in news photos holding an American flag and standing next to an FDNY deputy chief who lost a son at the World Trade Center.

Parisi touts himself as director and founder of the 9/11 Rescue Workers Foundation. A foundation press release states, “Fred was there as the second plane hit. But what haunts him is the memory of what the firefighters said on the way up: ‘Stay here, Fred. We’ll be right back.’ “