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. Friday, January 25, 2002 10:03 PM I think that $250,000 life insurance policy compensation for this disaster is appropriate. If a natural disaster came in and wiped out an entire block or city, they aren't given this kind of compensation. Yes, it is sad and unfortunate of the circumstances of September 11 but every day people die for no reason and not be compensated. You can't bring them back so the victims of September 11 will go on with their life as many other countless people have to after a love one dies, without huge monetary compensation. It is not the nations or our government's fault but the cruelty of a select few. While this has affected numerous people besides the loved ones and families of the tragedy, it has also caused massive layoffs and slow growth to companies that are hurting and they are not getting help from the government. How can an unemployed person survive on less than $250 a week for a family of 4 in order to pay all expenses? Is the government helping these people? No, they are not, so $250,000 is at least a boost to help these people to survive for a few years where the unemployed will be bankrupted and lose everything until they find another job. $1.4 million for a death is unbelievable. I can't believe that a woman was complaining she wasn't getting anything considering she was fortunate enough to have life insurance, pension plans in place that still exceeded $250,000. Let's put things in prospective. Some of us don't have the money for life insurance or to provide for our kids and $250,000 would certainly allow for any person to get back on their feet either through training to get another job or to help with college funds for children. Let's spread the funds so everyone can eventually get back on their feet, not to profit for a loved ones death. They should be grateful that there is a fund that will give them that kind of money. Money shouldn't be used to measure a person's death because no matter what, nothing can bring them back so let's stop this excessive compensation to victims. Otherwise, how can companies survive or grow to keep our population employed. Some people can not afford higher prices or premiums so that the greedy can be compensated. If I had died in this tragedy, I would not want my children to be greedy. Just given the opportunity to make their own way. Thank you.. Individual Comment Hermitage, TN September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-25 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 dojP000142.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. 2002-01-25