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 3:27 PM Inadequacies of compensation fund I am a recent widow as a result of the WTC tragedy. My husband was an employee of and was killed while at his job in Tower 2. He left behind two children (ages 18 and 12). I am deeply disappointed with the terms of the Victims' Compensation Fund. How in the world was the pain and suffering figure ever allowed to be just $250,000 for victim and $50,000 for surviving family members. Our loved ones encountered a savage way to die. Their last moments were filled with terror and panic. As I can attest to for I was on the phone with my husband in his final moments. The time of death had to be excruciating, but hopefully quick. My children and I are constantly reminded of this travesty every day of our lives. Nowhere can one go without seeing something about 9/11. We will live with these images for the rest of our lives. So not only is the pain and suffering settlement ridiculously too low, but then you have the nerve to deduct other compensation from it. My husband worked hard to provide for his family. In doing so he contributed to the company's life insurance plan. That life insurance payout is money we are entitled to and should not be taken into consideration when determining how much I receive from the Fund. Also your economic chart to determine lost wages does not take into account future salary increases and / or bonuses. I am willing to accept that detail, but I am not willing to accept your subtracting other compensation from that figure. We are been put in a horrific situation. All due to negligence on the Airline's part, on the Towers' architecture, on the inadequate fire-proofing and on the ineptitude of the Towers' management (advising my husband that Tower 2 was secure and he may return to his desk). We deserve a fair and just settlement or I will have no recourse but to sue. Sincerely, Individual Comment Selden, NY 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 dojN001529.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