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, December 21, 2001 6:02 PM September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 To whom it may concern: First of all, this letter is not in any way meant to sound callous, greedy, or inconsiderate. However, I feel that I must voice my emotions to the people that I feel can best assist me, my United States Government. To my best knowledge, the September 11th Victim Compensation fund was created by the passing of the Airline System, Safety and Stabilization Act. However, I cannot see where any airline employees have been included in this compensation fund. I am a flight attendant who was laid off directly, by the events of September 11th. I have not been able to locate work in almost three months. I have mounting expenses that my "unemployment insurance" checks are not covering. Since September 11th, I have been forced to cope with the horror of that day, loss of my colleauges, and then the loss of my job. This has require me to undergo the treatment of a therapist, which after January 7, 2002, I will no longer be able to do since my health insurance will be terminated by my company. I feel deeply for those families that lost loved ones in the attacks on New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania, but what about those people also have been affected. I feel that the thousands of airline employees and other Americans who lost their jobs should be able to apply for some sort of compensation, for the amounts of money they have lost since September 11th. I have read from governmentguide.com, that the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund was created because of the Airline System, Safety and Stabilization Act. Apparently, the latter act only compensated airline companies for monies lost during the few days the nation's air system was shut down. It did not prevent one airline job from being lost during the aftermath. Shortly after September 11th, President Bush spoke to Americans from Chicago's O'Hare airport. He told Americans, to start flying, go about your business, and keep America rolling. Well, this holiday season I, as well as thousands of other Americans, would very much like to do what President Bush told us. Unfortunately, President Bush and our government, have not done a whole lot to get those who are unemployed due to this tragic event, to go about our business, our daily lives. Please tell me what we are supposed to do. I would like to apply for compensation but it appears that I am not allowed since I did not have any family who died in the attacks. I have not been assisted by the millions of dollars collected by charitable organizations, nor by my own government. All I want for Christmas this year, is my job back and a sense of normalcy in my life. The way things are looking, I guess I wont be getting those two things on my wish list. Which is just as well, since I cannot afford to buy anyone gifts this year. I realize this letter has been long winded and I appreciate you taking the time to read it. Again, please do not misinterpret me as a callous whiner, who doesnt care about others. My thoughts and prayers are with all of the families and friends of the victims of September 11th, who were true heros that died for their country. However, who is thinking and praying for all those people, including me, who have not been able to truly live their lives since that horrific, sad day. Please do not forget about us. Thank you. Sincerely, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-21 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 dojN000600.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. 2001-12-21