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. Monday, December 31, 2001 8:41 PM MY HUSBAND WAS MURDERED IN THE WTC MAY YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS LIKE TO LOOK AT YOUR FUTURE AND SEE A BLANK. TO LAY IN YOUR BED AT NIGHT AND REALIZE YOU ARE ALL ALONE. THAT YOUR LOVE, YOUR LIFE, YOUR PARTNER TO SHARE YOUR HOPES AND YOUR DREAMS THAT YOU BOTH HAD FOR YOUR FUTURE ARE ALL GONE.AND MAY YOUR CHILDREN NEVER KNOW THE FELLING THAT MY CHILDREN ARE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW THAT THE MAN THEY ADMIRED FOR ALL HIS STRENGTHS AND GUIDANCE HAS BEEN MURDERED TAKEN FROM THEM AND THEY NO LONGER HAVE A FATHER TO TALK TO AND GUIDE THEM THAT THE FOUNDATION OF OUR FAMILY WAS BURNT ALIVE! I DO NOT THINK THAT THE GUIDELINES ARE FAIR AND JUST I, AM 42 YEAR OLD DISABLED WIDOW, MOTHER OF 3 AND THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN THE WORLD TO EVER COMPENSATE FOR MY HERO, MY LOVE, MY LIFE. HOWEVER THESE GUIDELINES ARE NOT JUST AND ARE VERY VAGUE. I DO ADMIRE OUR SERVICEMEN BUT THAT WAS NOT MY HUSBAND CHOICE OF CAREER AND HE SHOULD BE RESPECTED FOR THAT. TO SAY THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE IS 250,OOO AND THAT ONLY DEPENDENT CHILDREN FEEL THE PAIN IS WRONG AND UNJUST.ALL CHILDREN FEEL THE LOSS OF THEIR FATHER WHETHER YOUNG OR OLD DEPENDENT OR MARRIED THEY NO LONGER HAVE THE FOUNDATION OF THEIR FAMILY AROUND THEIR ROCK IS GONE. THEIR GRANDCHILDREN WILL NEVER GET TO HAVE A GRANDFATHER AND NEVER GET TO KNOW THE GREAT MAN THEIR GRANDFATHER WAS AND HOW MUCH HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A GRANDFATHER AND HOW PROUD HE WAS. HE WILL NOT GET TO SEE HIS CHILDREN GRADUATE IN JUNE AND MY CHILDREN ARE NOT WELL AFTER THIS THEY NEED MEDICATION TO HELP THEM THROUGH THE DAY AND GO TO THERAPY. I HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST THREE MUCH AND THEY WATCH IN HORROR AS THEY SEE THEIR MOTHER SO SICK. WHEN YOU TOOK INTO ACCOUNT CASE LAW YOU SHOULD HAVE LOOKED UP THE CASE WHEN THE WOMEN BURNT HERSELF ON MCDONALDS COFFEE AND TIMES THAT TO EXTREMITY. I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT MY HUSBAND WENT THROUGH IN THAT TOWER WAS HE GASPING FOR AIR? DID HE FEEL HIMSELF BEING BURNT ALIVE? ALL I KNOW IS I HAVE AN EMPTY GRAVE AND AN EMPTY LIFE WITHOUT THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AND THE GOVERNMENT MUST TAKE THAT IN TO ACCOUNT. ALSO WORKMAN'S COMP SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN AWAY AND SHOULD NOT BE DEDUCTED BY THE FUND THIS IS SOMETHING PEOPLE GET WITHER DEAD OR ALIVE THEY CAN JUST BE INJURED AND THEY RECEIVE THAT FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.AND THAT GOES FOR PENSIONS ALSO THEY WOULD HAVE COLLECTED THEM AT RETIREMENT AGE AND SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN FROM THE AWARD. IF MY HUSBAND WAS ALIVE HE WOULD HAVE MADE THE MONEY YOU OFFERING SO TELL ME WHAT IS IT THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES WE ALL KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE DONE FOR AFGHANISTAN AND PLAN TO DO. WHAT ABOUT THE VICTIMFAMILIES THEY NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF THEY FACE A VERY UNCERTAIN FUTURE AND ALTHOUGH WE KNOW THAT NOTHING WILL EVER BRING THE HUB OF UNIVERSE BACK TO US WE MUST BE COMPENSATED FAIRLY! Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-31 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 dojN001265.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. 2001-12-31