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, November 12, 2001 2:11 PM SEPT 11th VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND OF 2001 TO: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DATE: NOVEMBER 12, 2001 RE: SEPT 11th VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND OF 2001 Enclosed are my comments: Because of the terrorist attack on September 11th, I am, as of this writing, with no end in sight to my homeless situation, still one of the "Battery Park City Displaced" While the majority of us have sustained no personal physical injury, we are suffering psychologically, financially, and emotionally. I usually take the subway every morning at the WTC. That morning, I was late and took a taxi at 8:40AM. I saw the first tower burning in flames minutes after from the West Street. My building is directly opposite what is commonly referred to as "Ground Zero" My apartment did not sustain any damage in the initial collapse of the towers...unacceptable damage occurred in the weeks following the disaster. Until September 20th, more than a week after the disaster, no information was available as to the condition of my apartment, the building or to my estimated time of occupancy. I can understand that during this time, the area was designated a "crime scene" and sealed off. Although I left numerous messages with the management office, no phone calls were returned until the 20th. I indicated to the management that there was to be no access to my apartment without my authorization. I was advised that this was "on the record" and assured that they would adhere to my wishes. On the 25th, I received an anonymous voice mail message at work that gave me a number I could call for more information. The number was perpetually busy. The next day (9/26) I asked a Sgt. , who is a friend of mine, to take a look at my apartment for me. He found my door wide open and the lock removed. There were other apartment doors on that floor in the same state which were being installed with new locks for which the building refused to turn over the new keys. I had to argue with them over the phone to authorize their turning over my keys to a uniformed police officer. I returned to my apartment. I came with a police escort, had exactly 10 minutes to survey the scene and discovered that someone had entered my apartment, made some semblance of cleaning, but basically just moved all my personal possessions. In the 2 days that followed, I had little success in reaching someone to talk with at building management or who would return my e-mails. I did have people assure me that no apartments had been cleaned unless permission had been granted by the tenant. No one could give me an estimated time of occupancy or when I might go to the apartment to retrieve some personal items. At this point, I had alternately stayed at (and moved between) one apartment, 3 different hotels and was wearing a combination of borrowed clothes, new clothes and the clothes I was wearing on September 11th, and eating nearly all my meals in restaurants (not inexpensive in this city). I have had enormous dry-cleaning and laundry bills, food bills, personal care items. I did not gain "official" access to my apartment until October 2nd, and, again, only briefly. I realized that my soft furnishings (mattress, couch, chairs) would be unusable or, at the very least, require expensive and specialized cleaning to remove microscopic asbestos. Even a full month after the disaster, there was no definitive word when we might return. All we were advised was that the apartments would require intensive (and, no doubt, expensive) cleaning of filters and ducts and vents. As of October 31st, I moved out of my apartment. All of my possessions are in storage. I am still living temporarily with a friend. In total, the costs and stress of moving coupled with the health hazards of the area have had a huge effect on my life. Sincerely, Individual Comment New York, NY September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-12 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 dojW000319.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. 2001-11-12