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, January 11, 2002 8:08 PM I am American and my life as I knew ended on 9/11/01 Dear Sir, I need to start by thanking the NYS Crime Victim's Board, Red Cross, United Way, Salvation Army, various other charities and the American People who showed me understanding and kindness when I turned to them for help and guidance. These organizations recognized my needs and could throughly understand my GRIEF and LOSS over my PARTNER of nearly 20 years -- all you needed to do was to just to LOOK AT ME the times I had to visit Pier 94 in NY. Because of the monies given to me and with careful budgeting, I don't have to worry this new year about losing the house we shared and I am truly, truly grateful. I am worried and concerned that I, and other same-sex devoted partners in the interim regulations have as yet not been elevated to the APPROPRIATE and meaningful stature of "SPOUSE". If you understand, sympathize with AND want to take care of a husband who's lost a wife or a wife missing her husband - then you should understand, sympathize and want to take care of me and everyone else in my situation - there is NO DIFFERENCE. and I shared our love and lives together, we had made a conscientious CHOICE TO LIVE TOGETHER FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES and to take care of one another. How is it now RIGHT that because unlike some other countries we NEVER had the option to be LEGALLY recognized (as in marriage) I am not given the right and dignity of any other surviving spouse. My EMOTIONAL as well as financial loss is as great as is any "traditional" spouse's. I am calling upon YOU to change the rules and to CLEARLY ACKNOWLEDGE and AFFORD the SAME SPOUSAL RIGHTS to ALL same-sex and heterosexual couples who can demonstrate a loving and committed relationship. Put it clearly IN WRITING. If all of these aforementioned agencies and organizations can recognize and assist then how can you turn a "BLIND EYE" and NOT RECOGNIZE AND ASSIST. I can be reached at home anytime day or night as my life has been turned upside down and I have been unable to concentrate subsequently in danger of losing my job and losing my mind in tears of grief. I have AS YET to accept what I have lost, I do not really believe I will NEVER again see or talk with for the rest of my life. Can you conceptualize the true depth of what I am feeling...think back then to the loss of your beloved mother or father or perhaps your wife - BUT now just place them at 1WTC at 8:48AM September 11 and like me see the smoke rising over NYC then, LIVE as it is happening -- watch the entire event on TV as the Towers begin to crumble.... - I remembered I screamed out her name,.. !! !!! !!!! -- Now I just cry, and cry, and in-between tears I say, , , ! I would very much appreciate an actual response not the FORM letter response I have been sent in my previous email to this site. Thank you sincerely, Individual Comment New York September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-11 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 dojN001549.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. 2002-01-11