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. Saturday, December 29, 2001 10:08 AM Compensation Formula I am writing this in response to ?A Fair Amount? which appeared in the Daily News Editorial page on Dec 28. I was frankly appalled by the tone taken in this editorial. While you cannot put a price on human life, that is, in fact, what Kenneth Feinberg has attempted to do with his formulas based on age, number of dependants and salary. Each victim was unique and had value and was irreplaceable. You say that the average amount will be $1.6 million dollars per family. Half of the families will receive considerably less, and half more. The author then says ?And people who think they they can get a better deal in court have the right to sue.? People, people! You are talking about bereaved families. Families who lost loved ones in the worst attack in history on American soil. These victims were martyrs and many were unsung heroes staying behind to help co-worker?s and losing their lives in the process. The airlines? bail out would not have been necessary if the government forced them to implement security measure that were consistent and appropriate to protect the safety of the American people. Why should families that have already endured unimaginable pain and suffering be forced to sue for compensation that should be rightfully given? The fair thing to do would be to do away with the formulas and award each victim?s family the same amount -- $2 million dollars would be fair and equitable. Again this article minimizes the pain of the victims? families. But given the fact that the Daily News, alone of the area papers, did not feel it necessary to cover any civilian victims? lives, this is not surprising. This article is callous and insulting to the memory of my 22-year-old son and to all the others that gave up their lives that day for their country in a war in which they were unknowing conscripts. Individual Comment Brooklyn, NY September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-29 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 dojN001183.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. 2001-12-29