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2002-01-14

Monday, January 14, 2002 3:22 AM
Federal Victims' Compensation fund unfair to single people

My brother &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp was 29. He spent the last 2 1/2 years of his life working for &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp . Before that he spent 5 years in school to earn his bachelors degree. He was an amazing person, and right as he finally got his life on track and where he wanted it to be it was taken from him in these horrible attacks.

My brother &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp was single. He wasn't married, he had no children. Does that mean that he left noone behind?????

My brother and i shared an apartment together. Now everyday i come home to an empty apartment and i am constantly reminded of the life that was so heinously taken from me.

My mother had to go through the horror that no mother should ever have to go through. As if it wasn't hard enough on her to have a Memorial, after some part of him was found, we had to do it all again and have a wake and a funeral.

But I ask you this is my Brother any less of a man because he is single??? My brother did have dependents. Maybe not in the conventional sense, but my whole family was dependant on &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp . For a laugh, help painting the house, or just company watching a movie, &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp was always there,

My big brother will be loved and missed, but the Federal Victims' Compensation Fund is unfair to us because he was single. It is unfair to my family and it is unfair to the memory of my brother.


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2002-01-14