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. Thursday, February 07, 2002 1:44 AM aid for people who have lost loved ones in the Sept. 11 attack Special Master Kenneth Feinberg I saw Mr. Feinberg on television news tonight, and I was very upset to discover the victims our government is trying to help are not happy with the amount of money the government is kind enough to offer them. I don't think they understand. As a 55 year old taxpayer who makes $18,500 a year, I am glad our government is willing to use some of the money I pay out of my paycheck to help people who have suffered a terrible tragedy. I would like these complainers to think about the fact that some of the people who were killed were not wearing business suits and did not have lots of insurance. There were waiters and store clerks, busboys and other people making minimum wages who perhaps leave families who could use a bit of assistance. This aid is "in case you need it", it's not so people who have enough can have more. Sept. 11 was an act of war, not some kind of negligence thing. If there were civilians killed at Pearl Harbor, I'm sure it never occurred to them to demand money from the government because their houses were burnt down and loved ones killed or maimed. There are some people who will never have enough, no matter how much they have. I sincerely hope the people complaining are a very few who are just not themselves right now, because they are still in shock and grief-stricken. I am sorry for their loss, perhaps they could channel their grief in a better way, maybe they could try to aid some of the less fortunate victims, the ones who usually fall through the cracks. Somewhere there is a woman with several small children, perhaps she doesn't speak English so well, her man was killed, and with the two of them, they were just about making it. Now that he's gone, she needs help. So let's try to help her, and tell the greedy ones to try a little compassion. I would like to say, Mr. Feinberg, that I am sorry this has become such an unpleasant job and you are having to take so much abuse. You have my sympathies. Individual Comment Spokane WA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-02-07 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 dojP000450.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. 2002-02-07