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. Sunday, January 20, 2002 4:03 PM Victims Compensation Fund I lost my husband in the WTC tragedy. He was an employee of working in Tower 1 on the floor. We had no children, was my everything. He was 32 years old and on the "corporate ladder fast track". In the 3 short years he was at , he was promoted from a Supervisor to an Assistant Vice President soon to be Vice President. I have recently attended a family rally and learned about the inadequencies of the current Victims Compensation Fund. 1. Personally, even though was young and would have been towards a higher level than some, I am not sure one life is worth more than another. Yes I am grieving and hurt to the core. Sometimes not even sure if I want to go on, but that does not mean that another who lost her husband/wife/love who may have been 55 years old has had less of a loss than myself. How can you possibly apply a mathematical table to a life? 2. How dare you determine an award and then apply collateral offset to that award. Yes I understand that the government was not obliged to set up this fund, but who are you kidding, this was done solely to save the Airlines and Airports, because lets be serious they had their constituents in Washington before the victims families where even out of shock. 3. If the Fund does decide to use a formula, this process should be applied on a person by person/case by case hearing. Not just calculating a life. 4. If the Special Master actually believes that the majority of the families are going to sign away their rights prior to a settlement being offered, he, the Fund and the Government are in a perpetual dream state. Not one other family that I spoke to the evening of the rally will do this. I know that not everyone will accept the Fund in any form, but unless some of these changes and others are made the majority will not accept it and how much money will you spend then in law suits that will probably drag on for 5 - 10 years. Just try to be decent. Because right now the American People believe that money is just being thrown at the families. But if this Fund is offered in its present form, the families will make sure that the American People find out exactly how they were treated by this Fund and just from the conversations I have had with people, the Government will never be trusted again. Just do the right thing for the families of the heroes that perished that day. Thank you for allowing me to contribute my concerns and feelings about the Fund. Individual Comment Mineola, NY September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-20 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 dojN002131.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. 2002-01-20