Summaries

A psychological thriller that goes inside the mind of history's most infamous 9/11 "survivor."

A psychological suspense thriller about the World Trade Center Survivors' Network and their former President, Tania Head. After meeting Director Angelo J. Guglielmo, Jr., Head commissioned a documentary based on her work with the WTC Survivors' Network. Filming began, and the world's most famous 9/11 survivor told her story with spellbinding intensity. There was only one problem: Tania Head was never in the Twin Towers, and her epic story of grief was a complete fabrication.—Angelo J. Guglielmo, Jr.

Details

Keywords
  • survivor
  • impostor
  • ground zero
  • mythomania
  • pathological liar
Genres
  • Documentary
Release date Sep 6, 2012
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin United States
Official sites Official site
Language English
Filming locations Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Production companies Meredith Vieira Productions 4235 Productions

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 5m
Color Color
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Synopsis

Out of the ashes of the Twin Towers emerged a group of survivors. They had all been through hell and back, but one survivor in particular stood out as inspirational: Tania Head. Tania's devastating story of narrowly escaping death from the 78th floor of the South Tower, badly burned and crawling through carnage and chaos, is one of true courage and a fighting will to survive. But while she made it out alive of one building, her life was essentially taken away by the other. Her fiance had perished in the North Tower. Tania's remarkable tale of recovery and loss catapulted her to being the face of the tragedy, earning her the respect of victims' families, public officials like Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and Americans everywhere. Her story quickly traveled through the survivor community and in 2004 she became president of the World Trade Center Survivors' Network, tirelessly working to give the survivors support and a place of prominence in a post-9/11 landscape. But there was one problem with Tania's story that wouldn't emerge until September 2007, when a New York Times article blew the lid off of her seemingly miraculous tale: absolutely none of it was true.

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