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NEWS > ENTERTAINMENT > GWYNETH PALTROW OUTED AS SECRET HERO OF 9/11 ATTACKS
GWYNETH PALTROW OUTED AS SECRET HERO OF 9/11 ATTACKS
August 19 2011
New York, NY – There were many heroes on 9/11. Firefighters, police officers, and ordinary people rushed to the site of the attack doing whatever they could to help, many losing their own lives in the process. Even many victims of the attacks became 
heroes themselves, helping herd people out the buildings and not making it out themselves. The story of 9/11 is as much about heroism as it is about terrorism.
Most of those heroes have gone unsung, lost in the mire and chaos of the event but now, ten years after that fateful day, one prominent hero has been outed. GwynethPaltrow would seem to be an unlikely hero but that is apparently exactly what she was on that incredible day. The story goes that a woman, Lara Clarke, had been rushing to catch her train to work, at the twin towers. Crossing the street she was nearly hit by an SUV and consequently missed her train. That SUV was driven by Gwyneth Paltrow.
“Then all of the sudden a silver Mercedes SUV came barreling down towards me. I stopped and they screeched to a halt. Then it developed into one of those classic who-goes-first situations. It got ridiculous. Then I made eye contact with the Mercedes driver. OMG it was Gwyneth Paltrow,” Clarke told the Morton Report. “She waved me across. I crossed and she continued on her way. At least if I was late for work, I had a story to tell.”
Clarke also wrote a letter to Paltrow thanking her for almost mowing her down and making her late for work.
“Gwyneth was deeply moved by this story. She has little memory of the event but it is deeply touching nonetheless,” said Paltrow’s publicist. It’s not clear who might have been at fault in the near collision, but given the outcome it’s likely all will be forgiven.
“One could look at this story and just think there was nothing to it. It’s not like Paltrow pulled to woman out of the burning building. Chance has an odd effect on people. She could just as easily thank the person who made her lousy alarm clock, or the show that kept her up late the night before. Of course that would take a lot away from Paltrow,” said Scrape TV Disaster analyst Walter Lim. “After all, those things are hard to see and articulate by Gwyneth Paltrow is not. It is New York and you will run into celebrities there, but rarely do celebrities run into you. That would have been a great story even if thousands of people hadn’t died that day.”
It’s not clear what Paltrow did after the SUV incident but it’s not believed she rushed to the disaster.
“I really think that Paltrow deserves a lot of credit for this. I mean she did wave the woman past her which is really not a New York thing to do. That shows how pleasant a person she really is. Actress, singer, vegan, and humanitarian. Not many people can claim that,” continued Lim. “Now she is also a life saver and who knows where that will go. Clarke has now had an impact on other people and maybe one of those people will go onto to be the next Mother Teresa, and all because of Gwyneth Paltrow. She truly is a saint.”
Paltrow apparently celebrated the news with an organic feast.
Samantha Dryden, Entertainment Correspondent
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