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2002-03-16

March 16, 2002


Mr. Kenneth L. Zwick, Director
Office of Management Director
Civil Director
U.S. Department of Justice
Main Building - Room 3140
950 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20530

Dear Mr. Zwick:

I am writing the letter regarding the Federal Compensation Program. My husband, , was killed in the World Trade Center attack. He did not work in the towers. He and his partners unfortunately picked the wrong day to have a breakfast meeting at Windows on the World. My husband worked as a broker on the floor of the American Stock Exchange. He made a good living. The compensation program will not use his salary when it decides how much were are entitled too. The plan states he would have retired at 62 years of age. His father will be 93 years old next month. He is still working as a broker on the floor of the exchange. My son in college was hoping to work with him. Who is to say that my husband wouldn't have worked until he was 93. Both of his grandfathers lived into their nineties.

My children are 23, 20 and 17. Mr. Feinberg thinks that only dependant children under 18 are entitled to anything under this plan. Well, who has been providing financial and emotional support to these kids? Who pays for college tuition, food, shelter, clothes, etc. for children once they reach 18. Maybe my kids can go to Mr. Feinberg for support.

My husband, paid his own life insurance premiums. He had his own corporation as a self employed individual so any contributions made to his 401K plan was his own money.

My lawyer seems to think I will receive just about nothing when everything is deducted. It's as if my kids lost no one because of their age. My husband was alive when my son spoke to him on is cell phone, He was trapped and had no way out. I guess no one is responsible since no one wants to sue when people sue and get millions of dollars when they spill hot tea on themselves.

In August my daughter will be married. My sons will both be in college. I will be totally alone. Instead of going to Italy with my husband, I have to face the next 20 years of being alone. I only drive locally. My son has applied to colleges he hasn't seen yet because I can't drive there. My husband was supposed to be here to walk my daughter down the aisle, see his children graduate from high school and college. He was supposed to have grandchildren. He lost out on everything. We lose out on his financial support, emotional support, love and companionship. This seems to be worth only next to nothing. Because my children are too old to be counted as children. If his real salary were used then
maybe we would get some compensation but Mr. Feinberg has made it impossible to do even that.

Very truly yours,


Individual Comment
Massapequa Park, NY

2002-03-16