The Woman Who Wasn't There: The True Story of an Incredible Deception

Tania Head’s story of surviving the inferno of the World Trade Center on 9/11—from crawling through the carnage and chaos, to escaping the 78th floor Sky Lobby of the burning South Tower, to losing her fiancÉ in the collapsed North Tower—transformed her into one of the great victims and heroes of that tragic day. She selflessly took on the responsibility of giving a voice and a direction to the burgeoning World Trade Center Survivors’ Network, helping save the “Survivor Stairway” and leading tours at Ground Zero, including taking then Governor Pataki, Mayor Bloomberg, and former Mayor Giuliani on the inaugural tour of the WTC site. But there was something grotesquely wrong with Tania’s story—it was all an elaborate hoax. She wasn’t there.

The Woman Who Wasn’t There is the story of one of the most audacious and bewildering quests for acclaim in recent memory—one that poses fascinating questions about the essence of morality and the human need for connection at any cost.

Told with the unique insider perspective of Angelo J. Guglielmo, Jr., a filmmaker shooting a documentary on the efforts of the Survivors Network, and previously one of Tanias closest friends, The Woman Who Wasnt There is the story of one of the most audacious and bewildering quests for acclaim in recent memory—one that poses fascinating questions about the essence of morality and the human need for connection at any cost.