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, March 20, 2002 7:41 PM Express outrage over Exclusion Ladies and Gentlemen: I write to add my voice to the many who have written or called to request that the same-sex domestic partners of the gay and lesbian victims of September 11 disaster be allowed to recieve the same benefits as do the widows and widowers of the heterosexual victims. I am outraged that while the spouses or married illegal aliens working in the US illegally, and the unborn fetuses growing in the wombs of the spouses of married men killed in the tragedy are being extended a compassionate hand, the partners of gay victims will not necessarily receive the same treatment. Do not get me wrong, I am not in favor of restricting access to benefits that the first two groups might hope to receive, but I am against the exclusion of the domestic partners of people like who helped bring down the flight in Pennsylvania, who died in the line of duty when the first tower fell, and who was of the plane that crashed into the --these heroes--from receiving the same benefits. I ask that you act honorably in the memory of these people whose actions showed America the true definition of hero and of heroism on that day. Their families are deserving of your honor, too. Individual Comment Seattle, WA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-20 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 dojR002424.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. 2002-03-20