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, January 21, 2002 11:10 PM September 11th Victim Compensation Fund for 2001 comment January 21, 2002 The Honorable John Ashcroft Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 10th Street and Constitution Avenue Washington, D.C. 40530 Dear Attorney General Ashcroft: I was in shock at the level of destruction and loss of life from the September 11th terrorist attacks. My hearts goes out to the family and friends of the victims of this most despicable act. Even though our family struggles from paycheck to paycheck like many Americans, we still felt that we needed to give assistance to the families who lost loved ones. This assistance was given by making a donation to one of the national charities that setup a fund for providing such assistance. Part of the reason for our financial struggle is we plan for the death of either my wife or myself. A reasonable person knows or should know that death can happen at any time. Thousands of people die each day in America unexpectedly from a multitude of causes. All of us as individuals need to plan for an unexpected or expected death of a husband and/or wife. My wife and I specifically budget for life insurance to compensate the survivor for loss of income. We do not expect the American taxpayer, through our federal government to come to our rescue if either one of us dies. Life insurance is affordable if you are willing to make the commitment. It is our belief that minimal assistance should be provided by our federal government to the victim's families. To provide such a huge sum of money to the victim?s families does a great disservice to the American taxpayer and families who have lost loved ones from an accident, crime, or other non-preventable cause. Millions of American?s, multinational companies, and other people around the world have given very generously to relief agencies and charities that have received more than one billion dollars in donations. We sincerely believe that these funds should be used to assist the victim's families to compensate for the loss income. It is also our belief that the victim?s families should hold responsible and seek compensation from the airline companies whose aircraft were hijacked. We feel the American taxpayer should not be forced to absorb the burden of compensating the victim?s families who did not pre-plan for the loss of a spouse or both husband and wife. Very Sincerely, Individual Comment Bothell, WA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-21 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 dojN002200.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. 2002-01-21