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. November 26, 2001 Kenneth L. Zwick, Director Office of Management Programs U.S. Department of justice Civil Division Main Building, Room 3140 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Dear Mr. Zwick, Unfortunately I need to write this letter of concern to you since we lost our husband/father on that heartbreaking day of September 11th 2001. like thousands of others was simply doing his job when they became victims of a terrorist attack on the United States of America. The Victims Compensation Fund will help us claim some control over our scattered lives. However it would be only fair to give each family an opportunity to be heard. Our financial future is quite bleak without 's earnings. He grew up in an extremely poor neighborhood and worked his way through college. rose up the corporate ladder with hard work, long hours and steady determination to provide for his family. That was all taken away from us on September 11th. We would appreciate the option to receive any payments made either in one lump sum or through a structured pay out to the family. While every case is unique we should know how the economic damages would be calculated and there should be NO cap of any kind placed on the individual case. There should be no family penalized simply because their loved ones worked long hard hours and was "successful". This should also apply to any non-economic loss also. Another major concern is the possible use of collateral sources to offset any amount received from the Fund. My husband as many others planned and sacrificed for such plans as pension funds, savings and life insurance. They were victims resulting from the hatred of America's great government. Please don't make them victims again this time directly from their own loved country. Thank you for considering our comments. No one can give us what we want the most - our loved ones back. This fund can make one difference in our lives and that is the financial security that was taken away from us while and the others were simply doing their jobs. Sincerely, Individual Comment Basking Ridge, NJ September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-26 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 dojW000794.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. 2001-11-26