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THE WEEK, Page 29SOCIETYHalo, Goodbye
The head Guardian Angel admits some of his heroics were lies
First Superman dies and now this. Curtis Sliwa, founder and
leader of the crime-fighting, beret-wearing volunteer group
known as the Guardian Angels, says six of the group's early
exploits were just publicity stunts. The hoaxes, which Sliwa
says ended in 1980, ranged from a kidnapping Sliwa blamed on
cops to a story about a wallet returned to an elderly mugging
victim. The Angels have long been controversial, and some press
reports allege Sliwa has yet to own up to all such misdeeds.
Still, Sliwa says his honor is intact: "My reputation in New
York was almost mythically heroic, and this is just a hard
reality check." Hard indeed. He says his Angel wife Lisa
launched a spinning, kung-fu kick at his face when he told her
about his fabrications.