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. Monday, March 11, 2002 4:21 PM A letter to Kenneth Feinberg 11 March 2002 Dear Mr. Feinberg: My sister was killed six months ago, a victim of the first plane to strike #1 World Trade Center. She left behind a loving husband, two young children, and a large grieving family. I am grateful to you and the Victims' Compensation Fund for the monies that will be made available for my brother-in-law, my niece, and my nephew. But, as a gay man, I am shocked and appalled to find that gay partners of September 11 victims are to be treated as second-class citizens, at best. Can you fathom the depth of my rage, when I watch you on television throwing your hands up and saying, in effect, "I'll do what the states tell me to do, but, other than that, sorry, they're simply out of luck because they're homosexuals." Can you fathom the insanity of, first of all, barring us from the right to be married and then penalizing us for not being married? Why are the laws of the United States being bent all out of shape to accomodate and excuse illegal aliens - and the wealthy Wall Street companies that knowingly employed such illegal labor - while you deal with the gay victims of this atrocity with a callous shrug? My sister's death was a horror. Your stance on this issue is no less a horror. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-11 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 dojR000236.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. 2002-03-11