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. Wednesday, January 02, 2002 6:59 PM Comments from a victim's son My name is &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp . My mother, &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp , was killed during the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. I just wanted to share with you some of my thoughts concerning the September 11 Compensatory Fund. I have a real problem with some of the methodology that has gone into creating this fund. As a 31 year old adult I do not expect to receive any economic windfall. I feel safe to say that my 29-year-old sister would agree with me. But we have both lost someone extremely precious to us. I understand that the primary focus of the relief efforts should be directed to families with dependent children. But it is wrong to discount the loss that my family must deal with. My children, when I do have them, will never get to know their grandmother. I will never again get to visit with my mother, nor will I be able to look forward to our weekly conversations over the phone. My sister just got married on July 28th. She was supposed to have dinner with my mother on 9/11 and pick out wedding proofs. My sister was cheated out of much of her honeymoon, and the joy that would go along with sharing those moments with our mother. To take people like my sister and I out of any formula used to calculate the effects of the terrorist attack drastically underestimates the hurt and loss that was caused. I also strongly object to the practice of subtracting out life insurance from any claim that will be granted to the families of the victims. How is this at all pertinent to the loss that we have suffered? My mother planned ahead and took out life insurance. This death benefit was bequeathed to her grown children. This is my mother's gift to me and my sister. We would receive this regardless of whether my family submits a claim to the September 11 compensation fund. Choosing to subtract this money from the award we would receive punishes the family of the victims. Those who had the foresight, and the prudence, to plan for the future well being of their families are being penalized. This is ridiculous. My stepfather should not be penalized because my mother decided to take out a supplemental life insurance policy that named her two grown children as beneficiaries. This is just not right. It was bad enough to learn that my mother was taken from us entirely too soon. Then we were subjected to the barrage of media coverage that forced us to relive this tragedy on a daily basis. Then we watched as many charity efforts mismanaged their funds, chose not to distribute the funds in a timely manner, or decided that families like mine were somehow not worthy to receive them. Now our own government has come up with this ludicrous policy. You can only imagine how frustrating and hurtful this has been. It is for the above-mentioned reasons that I doubt my stepfather, &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp , will submit a claim to your fund. While it would be immensely healthier to be able to move past this entire experience, the illogical and often arbitrary methods used to settle these potential lawsuits are a lot to bear. I am sure our family will discuss this further in the coming months, but I thought you should know the effects of the policies being administered. If you have any questions regarding this email, feel free to contact me. My work number is &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp . My home number is . My email address is &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp . Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-02 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 dojN001305.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. 2002-01-02