dojN000927.xml

dojN000927.xml

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2001-12-26

Wednesday, December 26, 2001 10:29 AM


To Whom it May Concern,

After seeing some of the guidelines I am extremely disheartened and angered.
The pain and suffering of the past few months is immeasurable in a dollar
amount. If it was however it would far exeed $100-500,000. Let's be
realistic. We,the families, went through weeks of not knowing if our loved
ones were alive, we are left to imagine the way in which they died, and we
have been forced to make many exhausting trips into the city. On top of that
we have bee bombarded with the recognition of NYPD and FDNY. Everyone died
doing their job. It is wrong to acknowledge people by occupation. A BADGE
DOES NOT MAKE A HERO. And the statue that will be erected with the firemen
putting the American flag on the antenna of the towers should not represent
the firemen who died. IT IS THE AMERICAN FLAG, IT IS WHERE MY FATHER DIED, IT
SHOULD REPRESENT EVERYONE.
Also, this is AMerica, land of opportunity. Who is to say that one of the
waiters, for example, working in Windows of the World was not saving money to
go to college to be a doctor. Congress passing laws granting FDNY NYPD
families $250,000 along with the biased Mayor Guiliani's Twin Tower fund is
utterly disgusting.
I think that the mayor is WRONG and DOING A TERRIBLE JOB WITH ASSISTING THE
FAMILIES OF ALL VICTIMS OF 9-11.
Something needs to be done, because right now I am not proud to be an
American.

I would appreciate a letter in return to my comments. I have made several
attempts to contact the president and vice president and all I get is a
response to donate money to the children of Afghanistan. FORGET ABOUT THEM,
LET'S CONCENTRATE ON OUR COUNTRY.

Respectfully yours,

son of the HERO (a carpenter)
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2001-12-26