# Alicia Esteve Head 9/11 impersonation documentary > Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/alicia-esteve-head-911-impersonation-documentary > Updated: 2026-09-11T04:00:41.000Z. Sources: 15. Developments: 3. The documentary ‘La superviviente’ (The Survivor), directed by Kike Maíllo, examines the life of Alicia Esteve Head, a woman from Barcelona who impersonated a 9/11 survivor. Using the pseudonym Tania Head, she claimed to have escaped the 78th floor of the South Tower and lost her fiancé, David Scott Suárez, in the attacks. Her deception was successful enough to lead her to the presidency of the World Trade Center Survivors’ Network and allow her to meet high-profile figures, including former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Following a 2007 investigation by The New York Times, it was revealed that Head had never been inside the Twin Towers and had fabricated details regarding her education at Harvard and Stanford, as well as her employment at Merrill Lynch. The film utilizes actress Hannah Becker to portray Alicia, as Esteve declined to participate in the documentary. The production uses therapy recordings and writings to reconstruct the truth, creating a “hall of mirrors” to reflect the protagonist’s method of identity construction. The film seeks to explore the psychological motivations behind the lie and the moral ambiguity of a woman who provided personal financial contributions and institutional work to the survivors' association while living under a false persona. ## Claims - Director Kike Maíllo has released a documentary titled ‘La superviviente’ about Alicia Esteve. (corroborated by 3 sources) - Journalists David W. Dunlap and Serge F. Kovaleski exposed Alicia Esteve's deception in 2007. (corroborated by 3 sources) - Alicia Esteve posed as Tania Head, a 9/11 survivor, and became president of the World Trade Center Survivors Network. (corroborated by 3 sources) - Alicia Esteve was a student in Barcelona during the September 11 attacks and was never in the Twin Towers. (corroborated by 3 sources) - The alleged engagement between Esteve and Deloitte employee David Scott Suárez was fabricated. (corroborated by 3 sources) - Hannah Becker portrays Alicia Esteve in the documentary because Esteve refused to participate. (corroborated by 3 sources) ## Timeline ### 2026-09-11: Alicia Esteve documentary explores 9/11 survivor hoax A new documentary by Kike Maíllo, ‘La superviviente’, examines the life of Alicia Esteve, who posed as a 9/11 survivor and led a major survivors' association through elaborate lies. 5 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/alicia-esteve-documentary-explores-911-survivor-hoax ### 2026-09-02: Alicia Esteve Head: Documentary explores 9/11 impostor story A new documentary, ‘La superviviente’, examines the life of Alicia Esteve Head, the woman who famously posed as a 9/11 survivor under the name Tania Head. 2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/alicia-esteve-head-documentary-explores-911-impostor-story ### 2026-08-27: La superviviente documentary explores 9/11 survivor hoax The documentary ‘La superviviente’ details the story of Alicia Esteve Head, a Spanish woman who successfully posed as a 9/11 survivor and led a survivors' network before her hoax was exposed. 9 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/la-superviviente-documentary-explores-911-survivor-hoax --- Cite as: Alicia Esteve Head 9/11 impersonation documentary. CLSTR, https://clstr.news/situations/alicia-esteve-head-911-impersonation-documentary