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. January 16, 2002 Dear, Kenneth L Zwick: Our son, &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp , was lost in the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center. He leaves his wife, &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp , and his &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp daughters, &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp , as well as &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp brothers and &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp sister. On the night Mr. Kenneth Feinberg and the Department of Justice announced the "Interim Final Rules" which establish certain parameters for distributing compensation to bereaved families, we also watched another news segment. In this report we learned that our government is subsidizing the building of two giant luxury liners for a cruise company in Mississippi. To our shock and dismay we also learned that, if the cruise company should fail and declare bankruptcy, we taxpayers will foot the bill. We question the priorities of a government which seeks to limit awards to bereaved families but is willing to risk millions of taxpayer dollars on so frivolous a project. &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp was the youngest of our five children, a loving husband, an involved parent, a caring brother and a respectful son. His family and other close family members require therapy. His children are fearful when their mother is out of sight. Each day we awaken to face the reality that our son was burned to death. He and nearly three thousand other victims are lost because our government agencies of protection (e.g. the CIA, FBI, FAA, etc.) dropped the ball following the 1993 Trade Center bombings. In the name of humanity we ask that you revoke the arbitrary limits you have set on economic and non- economic loss. We believe these limits are discriminatory and anything less than full compensation for the families of all victims is a betrayal of our trust in our government to assume its responsibilities and do the right thing. Respectfully, Individual Comment Montvale, New Jersey September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-16 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 dojN002383.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. 2002-01-16