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. Monday, January 21, 2002 8:27 PM Include natural parents in the pain and sufferring compensation formula The pain and suffering component of the VCF should be increased by $50, 000 for each surviving natural parent. The current definition of family is unduly restrictive and will cause un-necessary heartaches in many families. My bother &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp was killed in the terrorist attack on the WTC on Sept 11. At the time of his death, he was living alone in &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp with our mother, &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp who is 92 years old, although he had married in January 2001. My mother depended on &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp for physical support, emotional support and financial support. Their finances were very interterwined holding some credit cards and bank accounts jointly. &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp death has left my mother with bills she can hardly cope with. The proposed regulations for the Victims' Compensation Fund does not address this situation at all. My brother was about $150 000 in debt and as most debts are not being kept current by my sister-in-law, my mother receives dunning statements when the debts are reassigned to her as the guarantor. This increases the her hardship and bitterness. It looks like between the NY State intestate laws and the VCF, my mother or any other members of the family will receive no compensation for &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp death unless the VCF formula is changed to specifically include natural parents. The pain and suffering component of the VCF should be increased by $50, 000 for each surviving parent. Can I discuss this with anyone? Individual Comment Newtonville MA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-21 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 dojN002194.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. 2002-01-21