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. Sunday, January 06, 2002 11:29 PM Is $1.5 million in line with military death benefits I wish to provide a comment on the proposed level of compensation for victims of Osama bin Laden's attacks on Americans. On January 4, 2002, a Green Beret serving in Afghanistan was killed by forces supporting Osama bin Laden. In 2000, sailors aboard the USS Cole were murdered by supporters of bin Laden. In 1993, bin Laden sponsored the attack on U.S. military forces in Mogadishu. I'm wondering about the total compensation package for the families of those military members. As a veteran, I know it did not nearly approach the average $1.5 million, tax-free, currently extended by the federal government to families of victims of the September 11 attacks, in addition to any insurance, pension and charity they may receive. The maximum amount for Servicemembers Group Life Insurance is $200,000. Even the families of those who earn the Medal of Honor receive far less than $1.5 million. I wonder now whether this compensation package will be offered to the survivors of military members killed at the Pentagon on September 11, even though military members surrender their right to sue for injury incurred during active duty. It seems to me that those who serve and sacrifice for the nation deserve the greatest rememberance. In establishing a level of compensation, I would recommend that the government apply to WTC victims the same standard applied to members of our Armed Forces. If anyone doubts that servicemembers endure substantial pain and suffering in combat, they need only view the movie "Black Hawk Down" to remove such doubt. Remember that the dying servicemembers in Mogadishu or aboard the USS Cole never had a chance to phone home to say goodbye. Maybe we should consider the value of their sacrifice, their bravery, their honor to this country before we try to assess the value of the pain and suffering of an innocent bystander. Do we place a greater value on a victim of circumstances than we do the brave servicemembers who intentionally put themselves in harm's way to preserve our peace, our freedom and our nation? To do so would indeed be, to quote one of the WTC widows, "a sick joke." Individual Comment Millfield, OH September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-06 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 dojN001374.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. 2002-01-06