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 9:19 PM Good Plan While it is profoundly horrendous, the loss that so many families suffered in this single tragedy, the compensation plan outlined appears reasonable to me. Although I did not lose any loved one in this disaster, I have lost loved ones in other ways. Americans lose loved ones, old and young, each and every day, many of them in accidents and violence no less horrendous than those who died in these terrorist acts. But for those families, there is no "Big Brother" to even attempt to assure their future, beyond what they as a family may actually have created in areas of insurance, retirement or alternate incomes. Make no mistake, the whole of America wants these families to be assisted and are heartfeltly in favor of this fund from the government and also that the families should benefit directly from the ARC WTC Victims Fund, but America is also a country that recognizes greed when it raises it's ugly head. While reading the AP description of the this Federal Victims Compensation Fund, I was repulsed to see the quote of one woman (&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp, whose dissatisfaction with the fund as outlined so far was very apparent) that said in speaking of her husband, "No amount of money is ever going to replace him but my children should never have to want for anything." That unfortunately has the ring of greed in it. If her husband died in some other unfortunate manner, (as people have continued to do since 9/11) would they have had enough personal resources to make her comment come true? Perhaps, perhaps not. It's not for me to say. It is true that there is not enough money in the world to fully compensate for the loss of a loved one, a mate, a son or daughter, aunt, uncle, grandfather, or grandmother, or grandchildren. What about the soldiers killed so far in Afganistan. Aren't they part and parcel of this tragedy too. How much will the fund pay their families? Nothing, I know. And that is the point. But until the government gets into the business of compensating every family, every time any family member dies. . .well let's just hope that the majority of victims families can see beyond their own greed and realize everyone in America is pained by this loss of life, everyone in America truely wishes that this fund along with other funds, will help them bridge to their future. America does not want the victims to be forgotten a bit, and ask that they accept these funds in the spirit that they were set aside in and with the other funds in the spirit in which the givers intended, as heartfelt assistance in a time and circumstance of incredible sadness (not pity), and not as some form of deserved compensation. Sorry for rambling, best of luck in your work ahead. Individual Comment San Diego, California 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 dojN000646.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