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. Tuesday, January 22, 2002 10:07 AM Absurdity of the Victims Compensation Plan To Whom It Concerns: The bleeding hearts need only go so far, this plan has far exceeded what is right and just. I, like all Americans, am appalled at the actions against all Americans on September 11, 2001. However, you have gone overboard with this proposed compensation plan! I feel a sense of great loss, but that does not transcend into a sense of public financial responsibility. Not to mention the absurd estimated average death benefit of $1,600,000.00! My office employs 23 individuals. If today a mad bomber, shooter, truck driver, car driver, airline pilot, helicopter pilot slammed into my offices killing everyone, I ask this, "What would you do for us?" Financially speaking, beyond any vested social security benefits, you would do nothing for our combined beneficiaries. Nor should you! It is our personal responsibility to plan for these catastrophic events, no matter how remote the possibility. Not the federal governments responsibility. We, moreover, you the financially irresponsible politicians are bankrupting this country. My conversations, with regular Americans, lead me to believe that this position represents the silent majority of our citizens whom feel that we have gone too far in taking financial responsibility for the victims of 9-11. Please reconsider. Perhaps, you will roll out a plan similar to that used for the embassy bombing in Africa, where the average victim received a suitable government settlement of less than $100,000. Thank you for considering my position. Sincerely, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-22 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 dojN002227.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. 2002-01-22