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. Friday, January 18, 2002 4:03 PM Victims Compensation Fund Complaint Mr. Feinberg, My family and I lost my brother, &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp , in the terrorist attacks on September 11th. I'm writing to you today in response to the limitations you have set on the Victims Compensation Fund. My sister-in-law and nephew, &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp wife and 4 1/2 month old son, will receive little or no compensation under the current tables! This is extremely unfair and changes need to be made to the current tables. There should be no cap of yearly earning potential, and you should use up-to-date New York statistics in order to calculate their lifetime earnings! An increase needs to be made to the non-economic damages as well. The current tables for the Fund is absolute insult to all of the families who lost a loved one on September 11th. My brother, as well as the other thousands of innocent people that were there, didn't deserve to die like that. The least our government can do now is take care of the families. You were all very quick to protect the airlines - what about these families? The United States is always very quick to protect everyone else - how about this time we protect our own people! Thousands of families have been left without lifetime providers... it's time for the government to step up to the plate and provide for them. I cannot speak for the other innocent victims - but I can speak personally for my brother... on September 11th our family lost a very kind, caring, intelligent person and our lives will never be the same. My nephew was 10 days old when his father was taken away from him - and now he will never have the chance to really know him except through stories from our family. &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp would have been a wonderful father and my nephew will never be able to experience that now. And when the day comes when he asks me "WHY?" - What should I say? I ask myself that everyday. Do you know why? You know &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp isn't just a name - he was a person and he was &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp husband, &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp son, &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp brother and most importantly &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp father! Change the current tables - don't put these families through any more pain! Sincerely, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-18 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 dojN002035.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. 2002-01-18