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 18, 2002 6:49 PM Compensation for Parents and Siblings January 18, 2002 Kenneth L. Wick, Director Office of Management Programs U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division Main Building, Room 3140 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20530 RE: Victim Compensation Fund Dear Mr. Zwick, I lost my only sibling in the WTC attack. I will live with this horror for the rest of my life. My brother was married and had no children. This loss has completely shattered my life. In spite of the fact that I have now become an only child and that I will have to look after my elderly parents on my own, and that I lost a year of my postgraduate studies, that I had to have masses of therapy, and have been barely functioning in my job, I don?t seem to be eligible for any compensation according to the Final Interim Rule. The fund only recognises the spouse and children as family members. The fund does not consider my own or my parents heartache, and I am outraged by that!. What family values are reflected in the rule? How ould parents and siblings not be considered to be affected by this terrible tragedy? Did my brother stop being my brother the moment he got married? Not only spouses, but also all parents, children and siblings of victims (whether survived by a spouse) have been affected by the trauma of the September 11th disaster and must be presumed to be eligible for compensation under the Act. A Parents' and Siblings? Pain and Suffering should be part of the fund's regulation also. More than monetarily, it will acknowledge that we do exist and that we are suffering too. Additionally, the regulation should clearly state that surviving family members have their own , derivative claims. The regulations should also create uniform rules addressing which family members are entitled to share in an award and how they will share in the award. Thank you, Sincerely yours, Individual Comment London, United Kingdom September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-18 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 dojN002012.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. 2002-01-18