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. Tuesday, January 22, 2002 9:53 AM Federal Victims Compensation Program I'm am sending this e-mail a second time because only two of the three organizations listed above received it. Obviously, changes must be made to the Federal Victims Compensation Program so that the families of the 911 heroes are properly compensated by the government. The complete and total amount allocated by Congress must be given to the families. Anything less is a complete and total disgrace. It's obvious to all sane people that the victims' families have beyond any shadow of a doubt the right to sue many of the parties involved with the 911 disaster. (See paragraphs below.) And, furthermore, never in the history of the U.S. has a person with a legitimate cause to sue been told that they cannot receive compensation because they have other financial means of support such as life insurance and pension funds. I know that the government cannot name one single case like this in the history of the U.S. If the government and Ken Feinberg apply these rules to the victims' families, not only is it a disgrace, but then the exact same rules must apply to all plaintiffs in the future. Do I have to spell it out -- if the government does not change the rules for the distribution of funds for the Federal Victims Compensation Program and give the money to the victims' families, then in the future every single individual and corporation with a legitimate case who also has financial means must be treated in the exact same manner and never ever receive a "red cent" from any ligiation. Logan Airport and the governor of Massachusetts are the first ones that should be sued by the victims' families. I would like the government to explain to its citizens how in the world the governor of Massachusettes had the audicity, must less the authority, to appoint his former chauffer who had no experience in security to head security at Logan Airport in Boston? When I heard this on TV and read about it in the newspaper, I felt like I was living in the "twilight zone." Isn't it obvious to Congress that the governor of Massachusettes must be fired and put behind bars as he has the blood of the victims on his hands. How dare he appoint his former chauffer to head security at Logan when the chauffer had no experience whatsoever. Certainly there can be no doubt that Logan Airport and the governor deserve to be sued. They are guility. The second parties that are guilty are the airlines, airports, and FAA. Certainly these groups have proved to every rational and sane person that they do not have a clue as to how to run airports. The fact that the cockpit doors were not locked is a sin. I expected to hear that top executives at the FAA and airlines and airports were fired immediately the day of the disaster. I am appalled that this has not been the case. Certainly, unless every cent allocated by Congres is given to the victims' families, they have an extremely strong case against all three of the parties mentioned above. Next on the list to be sued is the federal government and WTC Twin Tower Security/Owners. Just where was security at the WTC on 911? I was watching TV with my co-workers as the first fire was buring the Tower. And, immediately everyone in the room said this must be a case of terrorism. Why weren't people evacuated immediately. Why was the warning from Israel (the best friend and alley of the U.S.) ignored. Was security at the WTC too stupied that it had to be spelled out for them with the second plan going into the other WTC Tower. Obviously, this building should have had one of the most up-to-date evacuation plans; however, it appears obvius that it had no plan whatsoever!!! The City of NY should be sued for the substandard radios it provided to the rescue workers. According to reports on TV and in the newspapers, the firemens' radios were not functioning on the day of the disaster. In fact, the firemen were ordered out of both WTC Tower buildings, but they could not hear the warnings on their radios. Certainly, the City of NY should not try to cut expanses by provideing substandard equipment to its rescue workers. Again, you must give the victims' families the money that they are entitled to. Friends and families of the 911 heroes are a united and growing group who fully intend to stay united and fight for what is the right and proper conduct by government. Government officials work for the people. Don't forget that. If you do, the people won't forget it on election day. Also, I'd like to know what the government is doing about awarding the Congressional Medal of Honor to the 911 Heroes. There was much talk about this award in September. What is happening? What haven't we heard more about it? Certainly there could not be a group more deserving of the award. The award would also help explain to the grief-stricken children who lost their parents on 911 what heroes their parents were. Individual Comment Forest Hills, N.Y. September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-22 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 dojN002225.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. 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