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, January 16, 2002 6:10 PM Dear Mr. Feinberg: As a widow due to the 9/11 attack, I find the regulations of the Victims' Compensation Fund totally inadequate in attempting to meet the family needs, make just compensation and live up to some form of moral responsibility. The non- economic award of $250,000 and $50,000 for each dependent is an insult when one considers the economic bailout given to the airline industry. I truly believe my husband's death falls under the category of "wrongful death". After all, he and all the other victims, were killed to an action that should have been avoided had the airlines acted competently and implemented security measures already in place. And now, that same industry is being bailed out by the government while the victim's are scratching for compensation while undergoing deep grief. You're rewarding incompetence while at the same time penalizing the innocent victims. Mr. Feinberg, please allow yourself to not think of us in terms of numbers, but as people - wives, husbands, parents and many children whose lives will never be the same. We have all suffered an unimaginable loss-the loss of a loved one due to a unprecedented terrorist attack. The loss of a loved one who's only mistake was going to work on time or early. A loved one who was working to support his/her family, and pay his/her taxes to the government. The same government that is now turning its back on the families. Mr. Feinberg, the majority of the victims were white-collared workers. Part of the corporate benefits is grou I sincerely urge you to modify the victim's compensation plan by excluding deduction of "collateral sources" and/or raising the monetary value of pain and loss. Sincerely, Individual Comment Cortlandt Manor, NY 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 dojN001908.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