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. Thursday, January 17, 2002 9:01 AM A UNITED NATION ???? January 17, 2002 Mr. Zwick, We were a UNITED NATION on September 11th after they murdered my brother ( ). We were a UNITED NATION when CONGRESS tried to do something to help the families. We were in Shock. Reality is we WERE a UNITED NATION until it started coming apart again. WHY??? Because government, the media and the selfish "Me-American" came out. Now we want the politicly correct statue. Now it is about race--not the real event. And DIVIDE the nation a little. Now we want what will sell the papers and pay for the million dollar salaries of the news anchors. NOT the TRUTH. We tell the public all the families will receive one and half million dollars in benefits for the government fund. The average American (the ones that are not living this nightmare) say, "that is great the families are taken care of". Then they hear the families ask for justice because in reality they are receiving ZERO. The same average American is now calling the same grieving family GREEDY-they don't get my tax dollar!!. Who do you think created that monster ????? And DIVIDE the nation a little more. The government fund (the compassionate answer for the families--[ or is it the salvation for the airlines and corporate America]) comes out with charts and numbers and formulas to show how everyone is different and not equal. Pitting one family against another. When they are just trying to hang onto any sense of reality. And DIVIDE the nation a little more. My family paid a HIGH price to see our nation come together on September 11th. To see the flag fly high again, sing our patriotic songs. To see the NATION UNITED. My family will continue to pay a high price because the government program is an insult to the families of the September 11th victims. It is an insult to the nation that was UNITED and wanted to help it's citizens who lost loved ones that day. Are you going to DIVIDE this nation or are you going to help it heal and REUNITE ????? Start with the families. Equal amounts to all. You have a budget for this fund. Divide it across the board then it is fair--- everyone is equal. Drop the collateral sources deduction and STOP tormenting the families. We have had enough, let us heal. When you think about the pain and suffering, please don't forget we must endure this suffering forever. We will get to see the planes kill our loved ones every September 11th. Put yourself in our position. Watch your mother, farther, sister, brother, wife, son, daughter, husband, grandchild be killed every night on the news. Relive it every anniversary. Now don't breeze over this. STOP ----HOW DO YOU FEEL????? What A SHORT MEMORY OUR CONGRESS, OUR MEDIA AND OUR AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE. Remember HOW YOU FELT ON SEPT 11th. Do the right thing. Don't make the families who suffered the most be victimized twice. IT IS IN YOUR HANDS. Sincerely, Individual Comment Scituate, Ma 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 dojN001924.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