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. Tuesday, January 08, 2002 9:59 PM Comments to September 11th Victim's Compensation Fund We feel it imperative to voice our opinion regarding the September 11th Victim's Compensation Fund. As the criteria for the fund has been published, it has shocked us that it resembles nothing as the impression given when the Program was in its planning stage. Our concerns are as follows: 1. The earnings are based on the years 2000, 1999 and 1998. In our particular case, our brother/son had substantial earnings in the year 2001. His income jumped from 50,000+/- in 2000 to over $275,000 as of September 11, 2001. 2001 was the year in which he began to achieve his success. Now, he is being penalized for that. 2. A "cap" has been placed on the salaries of $250,000. How can you have a cap of that value when you are dealing with individuals who worked in the financial capital of the "world"? The elite of the elite in the financial industry. Their earnings far surpass yearly incomes of $250,000. And how is the earning potential factored into the equation? 3. The pain and suffering award of $250,000 is UNCONCIONABLE! In this country, there are lawsuits that surpass that figure by the tens for slipping on ice in a parking lot. According to reports, an average for pain and suffering pay out for an airline lawsuit is approximately 2.5 million dollars. Why are our loved ones being penalized so drastically for such a horrific death in a terrorist attack? Nothing about that figure indicates a fair settlement in any form. It is a disgrace to award such a dollar amount for such a horrific terrorist attack on the most innocent working individuals. I think it is safe to say that their civil rights have been violated in the most brutal of forms. First, their right to live brutally taken from them; and second, their right to be protected by their government, which as we have seen over the past years has fallen grossly short. And now, their pain and death is humiliated by such an award. There is no other word to describe that award then "outrage". We are once again made to suffer, by the hands of our own government now. It further deepens the wounds in our hearts (that we fear will never heal) created by the events of September 11th, that we live with every day since then and will continue to for the rest of our lives, that our government finds this award to be reasonable and just. Our loved ones were sacrificed in the most brutal way, simply for being successful, working in the "symbol" of American greatness and striving for all that America stands for. Their sacrifice is so brutal that even our government, over the past years, pushed aside all warnings thinking it could never happen; However, we will remain hopeful that our government will see the misappropriation of this fund and come to the proper aid of the victims' families in a true effort to attempt to try and make whole what was so horrifically taken from us and our Country. Sincerely, Individual Comment Parsippany, NJ September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-08 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 dojN001461.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. 2002-01-08