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 15, 2002 2:37 PM victim compensation fund My name is and I am writing to express my unhappiness regarding the current regulations for the victims of the September 11th attacks. My brother in law, who was only 32 years old, was killed in the attacks. He worked for , and was attending a meeting on the floor of 1World Trade Center. My twin sister, , and her son, , who was only 10 days old on the day of the attacks,born September 1, 2001, are left without a husband, father and best friend. Under the current regulations, my twin sister and godson will receive little if any compensation, because the current regulations allow for a set off for life insurance and other benefits, and puts a limit on the amount of earning potential, along with non-economic losses. With all the other devastating and stressful issues my sister faces on a daily basis, to watch her worry about these financial issues makes her life only that much more difficult. Specifically, the current regulations put a cap at $225,000 for yearly earning potential, which does not reflect current NY statistics. Furthermore, the cap for non-economic damages is unfair and heartless, given the lifetime of suffering for the families. There is no way to put a cap on this immeasurable pain and suffering, and the non-economic damages should be guaranteed, given the offsets already being applied against the total compensation. Furthermore, families should be fully informed in writing of what their compensation would be before waiving their rights to litigate. I am writing to ask your position on the current regulations, and to ask how you are representing the families who have been traumatized by this event. We need your help; and I urge you to represent the victims in these difficult times. Please participate in Peter King's campaign on our behalf by singing onto his legislative letter. Please also consider interacting with the families at meeting and scheduled press conferences. Please send a letter to Special Master Feinberg requesting these changes. I thank you in advance on behalf of my sister and nephew, and on behalf of all the families who's lives have been forever altered by these cowardly acts. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-15 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 dojN001627.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. 2002-01-15