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, November 23, 2001 10:11 AM Victims Compensation Fund Dear Sir/Madam: The below comments are in reference to the Victims Compensation Fund and how the funds would be administred. Our very dear friends and were lost in this horrific tragedy. To cope and to try to deal with their absence from this life is sometimes so overwhelming for me I can hardly breath, and I am only a friend and neighbor. To try to comprehend what my friends and their families are experiencing is unimaginable. The nature of the fund, If I understand correctly would be to provide financial security for spouses and their children. If it is the governments intent to ask the families who opt into the Fund to forego the right to sue, then I think in order to expedite this Fund the following should be considered: The amount awarded as damages should encompass all funeral, burial and estate administration expenses incurred. It should be an amount that would "fairly and adequately" compensate family for wages lost from the time of his death until his retirement date. It should also emcompass mortgage, education, medical expenses. I also believe the physical pain and suffering endured by at the time of this tragedy should be a factor of consideration along with the fact that these monies are intended to help restore the family's loss and the money therefore should not be considered "taxable". was a diligent father, husband, friend and neighbor. He provided for his children, loved them and was their biggest advocate. His presence is so painfully missed. The grieving and sorrow that the families are trying to work through now doesnot need to be interupted by the continuous amount of paperwork and correpondence that has monopolized their time to date. I went to a Grief Support Meeting with my neighbors on Wednesday evening and the families are overwhelmed by the red tape, paperwork, correspondence and the continuous "uncertainty" their future holds. Please consider their feelings, and the fact that the more time they have to spend on the uncertainty of their future, the less time they have to spend with their children and dealing with their sorrow. They are all trying to get their lives back into some kind of order, if and whenever that is possible. Therefore, I feel at this time it is extremely important for the government of the United States to make the families fully aware of its intent with reference to the fund and its provisions, only then can the government ensure that there will be an incentive for the families to sign onto the Victims Compensation Fund. Sincerely, Individual Comment West Windsor, NJ September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-23 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 dojW000505.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. 2001-11-23