Noah Gallagher Shannon writes in the New York Times that he lived through a near-death experience -- "The Plane Was About to Crash. Now What?" -- but now some are questioning his account. (I love that the thing they seem most skeptical about is that the airline would give passengers a voucher for a Personal Pan Pizza!)
Everyone's trying to track him down for an interview, but the only possible match I can find is an athletic profile from my alma mater -- Arizona State University! I'm terrible at matching faces (anyone wanna weigh in? they look like the same person to me), but the bio sounds like a match, from the unusual middle name to the destination his plane was heading (Denver). Wanna talk to a fellow Sun Devil, Noah? Contact me HERE.
Wisconsin: Competed in cross country and track & field for the Badgers for two years before transferring to Arizona State.
Everyone's trying to track him down for an interview, but the only possible match I can find is an athletic profile from my alma mater -- Arizona State University! I'm terrible at matching faces (anyone wanna weigh in? they look like the same person to me), but the bio sounds like a match, from the unusual middle name to the destination his plane was heading (Denver). Wanna talk to a fellow Sun Devil, Noah? Contact me HERE.
High School: A 2006 graduate of Ft. Collins High School (Ft. Collins, Colo.)... lettered in track & field and cross country three times each... captained both teams as a senior... won six state titles in his prep career... also was a finalist at the Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships... holds school and region records in the 800m, 1600m and 3200m runs... ran 8:57 in the two-mile event, becoming only the fourth in Colorado history to break nine minutes.
Personal: Majoring in English Literature... parents are Scott and Suzy Shannon... has one sister: Sarah... born December 15, 1987, in New York... hobbies include painting, writing and backpacking... full name is Noah Gallagher Shannon.
UPDATE: Doesn't sound like the story will be edited or removed, but the author -- who may or may not be the ASU athlete above -- sure got ripped a new one HERE.
UPDATE 2: This the outcome of the so-called investigation HERE. The Times stands by the work. I think the editor's explanation is a fair one.
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Aren't the shape of their faces different? The skin tone is off too when you cut and paste them into the same picture...
Same guy -- has learned not to look so geeky/nelly when posing.
My partner went through something similar some years ago so it didn't really ring false to me at all.
This was the Lives section of the NYT mag, not the news section of NYT itself. It wouldn't be surprising if the writer took some creative license. In fact, I was reading through the blogs of one of the people most adamant on this case, namely, James Fallows and he did some creative titling of his own lately. I had a few minutes to spare and made a poster -- http://i44.tinypic.com/2rhtc88.jpg
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