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. Wednesday, November 21, 2001 11:07 AM Victim's Compensation Fund To Whom It May Concern: I lost my cousin, who was working in the World Trade Center on September 11th. He is survived by his wife, and two daughters. I have a very strong interest in seeing that they, and the other victims' families, are fairly treated. The proposal to consider "any collateral sources of compensation" would unfairly penalize and her family because my cousin had the foresight to pay for life insurance over the past 18 years. Why should this have any bearing on compensation? A court would not consider it, were to sue the airlines for their security lapses, which led to the disaster. In fact, this federal compensation is meant to protect the airlines and the families from years of legal wrangling. would give up her right to sue in order to receive her share. In this context, it is patently unfair to gauge victims' compensation to other insurance claims or charitable contributions they receive. They were no less wronged than the poorest or most unprepared families. It is equally unacceptable that would be unable to appeal the Special Master's decision on what she and her family will receive. She is giving up all her legal rights, and putting herself at the mercy of the Department of Justice. Individual Comment San Diego, CA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-21 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 dojW000457.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. 2001-11-21