S6 Ep4: Stolen Valor: The Woman Who Wasn't There
Crimes of the Centuries
Amber Hunt and Audioboom
4.7 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
In the years after September 11, 2001, one survivor’s story rose above nearly all others. She said she had escaped from the South Tower, lost the man she loved on the 99th floor, and lived with injuries that would never fully heal. Her account became central to how the world understood survival, grief and resilience after the attacks. But when a reporter began asking routine questions ahead of an anniversary, the story quietly unraveled.
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| 0:26.6 | com and use the code Birmingham at checkout. Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking that they change laws, change society, or even |
| 0:43.3 | earn the label, Crime of the Century. |
| 0:45.3 | But the stories that made headlines in decades past aren't necessarily remembered today. |
| 0:52.3 | I'm Amber Hunt, a journalist, and author, |
| 0:55.4 | and in each episode of this show, |
| 0:57.4 | I'll examine a case that's maybe lesser known today, |
| 1:00.9 | but was huge when it happened. |
| 1:04.2 | This is Crimes of the Centuries. |
| 1:19.0 | Thank you. Dave was the love of her life. |
| 1:21.0 | They had met cute in New York. |
| 1:25.5 | After initially ignoring him, she gave in and both fell fast. |
| 1:32.3 | They soon moved in together and planned a wedding for October 2001, but on a whim had flown to Hawaii for a few days in August, where Dave surprised her with an impromptu wedding that |
| 1:37.6 | was witnessed by men who escorted her, barefoot, onto the sand to stand next to Dave. |
| 1:43.4 | And there were these four huge, |
| 1:46.0 | Hawaiian warriors with torches waiting for me outside, |
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