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. Sunday, January 20, 2002 12:01 PM Setp. 11 Victim's Compensation Fund To the U.S. Department of Justice: I am writing to protest the unfair distribution of money and other regulations of the Federal Victim's Compensation Fund for those who died in the attacks on Sept. 11. I write on behalf of several families I know who lost loved ones in the Twin Towers. Each of the victims was in a different income bracket, from a $17,000-a-year mailroom clerk to a computer expert earning 6 figures. Despite the huge disparity in their incomes, none of the victims' families should receive more than the others. It is impossible to put a financial value on an individual's life, but that seems to be what Special Master Feinberg is trying to do by distributing money on the basis of the deceased victim's income. While the gentleman mentioned above earning 6 figures left behind a wife and 3 children who live in a beautiful house on Long Island, the mailroom clerk was a young college graduate with a great deal of promise who financially supported and cared for his elderly parents (including his ailing mother), as is the tradition in Asian families. Since this young man was just starting out in his career, there is no telling how much he might have earned in the future. It is wrong and ignorant of anyone to assume that his family deserves less than that of the other, wealthier victim. It is also extremely unfair to force families who accept the funds to sign away their right to sue for a greater share of the millions that are being distributed, especially when they do not know at the time that they sign exactly how much they will be receiving up front. It seems un-American to force people to relinquish their right to protest a perceived injustice, and I am ashamed that our government is even suggesting they do so. There is only one fair way to distribute the millions of dollars donated by caring Americans to the victims of Sept. 11: Give an equal share to every family, regardless of the deceased victim's financial status. Thank you. Sincerely, Individual Comment Flushing, New York September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-20 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 dojN002114.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. 2002-01-20