[10] Head claimed to have been inside the South Tower (WTC 2) when United Airlines Flight 175 hit, crawling through smoke and flames on the 78th floor and sustaining severe burns to her arm.
[12] She also claimed that a dying man passed his wedding ring to her so it could be returned to his widow, and that she had been rescued by Welles Crowther, whose heroic actions on that day were widely reported in the media.
[13] Richard Zimbler, her successor as president of the World Trade Center Survivors' Network, said, "There was no reason to doubt her story.
"[5] In September 2007, The New York Times sought to verify key details of Head's story as part of an anniversary piece.
[8] Among other questionable elements of Head's story was her engagement to a man nicknamed "Big Dave", who had perished in the opposite tower.
[6] La Vanguardia reported that Head attended classes in the program until June 2002, and had told classmates she wanted to work in New York.
[10] In February 2008, an anonymous email was sent from a Spanish account to members of the World Trade Center Survivors Network, claiming that Head had died by suicide.
[18] In July 2012, Head was fired from her position at Inter Partner Assistance, an insurance company in Barcelona, once her employers found out about her ruse in New York.