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. Mr. Kenneth L. Zwick, Director Office of Management Programs Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice Main Building, Room 3140 950 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20530 1/14/2001 Dear Mr. Zwick, My son, &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp and his wife &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp worked for &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp at &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp World Trade Center. Both perished in the September 11th disaster. Ther were no children in the marriage. &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp name appeared in the NY Times several days later as one of the victims whose body was identified. The identification was confirmed by the New York City Medical Examiner's office. A representative of &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Funeral Home in &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp went up to New York City and brought &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp body back. Death certificates were issued. A private memorial service was arranged for the family with a memorial mass the next morning at &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Church &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp with cremation to follow in accordance with &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp previously expressed wishes. Shortly before the memorial service for the family was to begin, I received a telephone call from the Funeral Director advising that a key ring had been found in trousers on &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp body and initials on the key ring were not his. I furnished the Medical Examiners office with &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp dental X-Rays and his tooth brush for DNA testing. Later that same evening, I was advised by the Funeral Director that forensic Dentists retained by the Medical Examiner, confirmed that the body in the funeral home was &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp . We were aqdvised to proceed with the Memorial Mass the next morning and then the body would be cremated. A few days later, the Funeral Director called and advised that Assistant Medical Examiner &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp wanted to meet with myself, my wife, and our four children the next day at the funeral home. When we met with &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp , we were informed that the Forensic Dentists had made an error. The body that they had identified as &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp and that had been cremated was not &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp . &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp apologized on behalf of Mayor Guiliani and the Medical Examiner. Needless to say, this was an horrific experience for my wife and I as well as &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp three brothers and sister. Pursuant to title IV of Public Law 107-42, (September 11 Victim Compensation Fund of 2001) regulations were adopted for the filing of claims by Victims and/or their Families. However, Section 403(b)(6) requires that any award made by the Special Master Feinberg must be offset by monies received from collateral sources such as life insurance even though the insurance premiums were not paid by the federal government. This means that if we were to file a claim against (the fund), we would be entitled to receive about $250,000.00 (non- economic loss) less the offset for insurance benefits. Since the insurance benefits would be excess of $250,000.00, we would receive absolutely nothing from the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund. And to make matters worse, a claimant who files for compensation against the "Fund" waives any right to file a civil action. These unfair and onerous provisions of Act and the regulations adopted will force many victims and their families to file civil actions against the federal government and other entitles whose negligence contributed to the September 11 tragedy. I sincerely hope that you and other fair minded members of Congress will endeavor to have these unfair provisions of the Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder removed. Respectfully yours, Individual Comment Manahawkin, NJ September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-01-14 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 dojN002589.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. 2001-01-14