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37. The Survivor (Tania Head)

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The True Story of Fred Parisi

Fred Parisi was a police cadet on September 11, 2001. He used his story to raise money for the 9-11 Rescue Workers Foundation. But authorities later found out that he wasn't an officer at all and had been spinning lies about his relationship with law enforcement for over a decade. The 40-year-old father of three has been out of work ever since; he lost his home,. lives on welfare, and sleeps on a relative's basement.

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