Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Department of Justice Emails Description An account of the resource The Department of Justice received more than 11,000 e-mails in response to the agency's public solicitation for comments upon its plans to distribute the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 established by Congress to benefit the victims of September 11 and their families. These e-mails have been organized here by date. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. January 17, 2002 Mr. Kenneth L. Zwick, Director Office of Management Programs, Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice Main Building, Room 3140 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Dear Mr. Zwick: I am writing in response to your invitation to comment on the "Interim Final Rule" which was issued on December 21, 2001. My wife, , was killed on September 11, 2001. She was a aboard American Airlines Flight 77 which was hijacked and intentionally crashed into the Pentagon. was my wife, my life partner and the heart of our family. 's death has left a void in my life and in the lives of our two children which no amount of money can fill. My children and I represent only three of the many thousands of individuals who lost family on September 11, 2001, but I hope you will hear our voices. The "chart" that was published in conjunction with the guidelines strips and each of the other victims of any shred of identity they have as individuals. The "cap" on non-economic damages represents a harsh, un-realistic pre-determination of my family's loss. Furthermore, the nation of a "cap" in place before any consideration of our family's non- economic loss is an affront to the families. Death, unfortunately is individualistic to each and every family and not as the Fund wishes it to be: collective. Each individual that died on September 11, 2001, was unique and special, please do not allow the guidelines to treat them as anything less. I am also unable to understand the logic that supports an offset of collateral sources. The offset removes the incentive for families to plan ahead for their children's current and future needs. The life insurance policies, pension plans and defined benefits plans that will be deducted as "collateral sources" represent the hard work in the industry of the decedents and their families; the same hard work in industry that has contributed to the wealth of our government that provides the source of the Victim's Compensation Fund. This day, September 11, 2001 will NEVER be forgotten. Like it or not, this day is far greater than December 7, 1941: "a day of infamy". There will NEVER be another day like that September day, I implore you to support the rebuilding of these families through the use of these government funds with the same enthusiasm and commitment the government had directed toward rebuilding the airline industry in the days that followed September 11, 2001. Sincerely, Individual Comment Chevy Chase, Maryland September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-17 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource dojN002404.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. email Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-01-17