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 07, 2002 1:00 AM Dispute over Victims' Fund I, along with hundreds of thousands other Americans was horrified at the murderous act of the terrorists. I personally feel there should be some assistance given to the victims' families. However, I am sorely disappointed in the hoopla that has surrounded the various funds, in that what would have any one individual family had done had their spouse just dropped dead of a heart attack. Just yesterday, a truck driver died in my city, as a result of an auto/truck accident. No one will come forth to help his family. He was on the job, I assume, and will be entitled to Worker's compensation. Hopefully, he had life insurance or some means too provide for his family. I do not wish to diminish in any way the suffering of the families affectved by September 11. However, I think we all fail to forget that EVERY DAY, many times a day, someone's loved one, spouse, breadwinner, etc. dies unexpectedly. I cannot for the life of me see where the families of September 11 are any different. What had one man gone to work at the WTC and just dropped dead at his desk of a heart attack? You'd never heard of it, much lest have billions of dollars raised to provide for him or the many others just like him throughout our country. I just think it is time we put into perspective that these families on a one on one basis, just as if a horrible accident had just happened to one of them. It just was multiplied by this horrendous act. However, in reality, it is no different than the customer in a convenience store that got gunned down by a robber. These families should be greatful for the amounts of monies that have poured in from around the country, or world, for that matter. Many widows/widowers have nothing when their spouse just happens to get killed out here in the day to day scene of living. I just think we should make every effort to give them some relief, see that worker's compensation is paid promptly, life policies paid promptly, and then assist then each in some way. I don't think we owe them hundreds of thousands of dollars for each family, but should be based on a need. Individual Comment Helena, AL September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-07 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 dojN001388.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. 2002-01-07