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 23, 2002 11:14 PM Definition Of Victim We are also Victims of Sept. 11th. The definition of "victim" needs to be expanded to include those who suffered non-physical injuries. I was working in the area of the WTC and watched in horror as the tragedy unfolded. I saw the towers hit, saw bodies raining from the towers, saw people jumping to their deaths and ran for my life as the first tower collapsed. These events have left psychological scars which I do not think will ever be healed. I sought treatment on Sept. 12th due to the extreme emotional response caused by what I witnessed. I was out of work for almost three weeks because of my emotional state. I have been on medication for months so that I can cope with the event and having to go back to my job in the Ground Zero area each day. In fact, I was back in my office on September 17th - approximately two blocks from the site. I had to go through police/military checkpoints to reach my office, had to wear a respiratory mask in order to walk to my office from the subway and endured day after day of noxious odors emanating from the site which infiltrated our building despite efforts to make the building air-tight. I have endured headaches, sinus pain, nightmares and insomnia in addition to my emotional problems, yet I am not considered a victim because my "injuries" are not physical in nature. While my injuries are not physical or visible, they are there none the less and my life has been permanently affected as a result. Please, I ask you, reconsider the definition of victim to include those who are suffering from psychological and emotional problems as a result of the Sept. 11th attacks. Thank you for your time and consideration. Regards, Individual Comment Reeders, Pa September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-23 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 dojP000045.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. 2002-01-23