dojA000643.xml

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2001-12-04

Tuesday, December 04, 2001 11:45 PM
Regarding September 11 Victim Compensation Fund

Kenneth L. Zwick, Director
Office of Management Programs
U.S. Department of Justice

Dear Sir,
I am writing to express my concern that victim relief funds be made available to all who were life partners of victims of the Sept 11 attacks, including de facto parents or children, regardless of sexual orientation or marital status.

I sincerely wish the U.S. Government to follow the example already set by the governor of New York in granting compensation benefits "on a showing of mutual interdependence with the victim, in recognition that anyone who shared with the victim living expenses, day-to-day activities and the emotional bonds of family deserves help in this time of need."

I truly believe that this is just. So many are suffering who lost loved ones; please make sure that all the Americans who are in grief are helped, and don't have to suffer even more by being excluded for 'who they are'.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Individual Comment
Huntsville, AL

2001-12-04