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 9:20 PM Victims Compensation Act My name is &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp . My husband, &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp was a Firefighter at the WTC on 9/11/01. I am 41 years old and now a widow. My children are ages 9, 7 and 3 and will never again be able to have the love and support of their father. If it were not for my husband and his 342 other colleagues there would have been many other lives lost and hence, many more claims to pay. I do not understand how my husband's life and particularly his contribution to the saving of lives is worth nothing to you. He did not have to be there. He could have run the other way. Instead, he faced the danger and made the ultimate sacrifice. Why would the $250,000 award I received for a LINE OF DUTY death be deducted from this award? By doing so, you are simply doing away with that award, and thereby, not recognizing his sacrifice. Why would you deduct a pension from this award? The only reason that I will be getting a pension is because his death was in the line of duty. If he had passed away at home, I would not receive a pension. This is simply a benefit because his death was on-the-job. By making this deduction, you are saying that he deserves no special financial accommodations just because his death was caused by his occupation. Why would you deduct life insurance? My husband could have elected to accept the $8,500 life insurance policy that the Fire Department provides. Instead, he opted to contribute to a special life insurance policy ($150,000) each paycheck. First of all, this cost us money, which I doubt you will reimburse us and secondly, why should my husband be penalized for looking out for his family? How can you possibly calculate future earnings? How do you know what increases they would have received? How do you know how many promotions they may have received in the future? How do you know upon retirement that they may not have obtained a position that might have proven to be more financially lucrative? To me, this is not a matter of dollars and cents, but rather putting a different price tag on each individual's life. That is the part that is most unsettling to me. Why not just split the money evenly amongst all of those who lost their spouse, etc.? To me that is the only fair and equitable way to settle this matter. This way, NO ONE can claim any bias or favoritism. If for some reason, this is not an acceptable option, then some reasonable calculation method must be utilized. YOU MUST NOT LOOK TO SAVE MONEY AT THE EXPENSE OF THOSE WHO SAVED SO MANY LIVES!!! To say our husband's lives are worth less than a Stock Broker's or a Bus Boy's is an insult. Please re-evaluate your current plans for the distribution of the funds to ensure an equitable settlement for all. Thank you for your consideration, Individual Comment Carmel, 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 dojN001564.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