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. Tuesday, January 22, 2002 8:43 AM Comments on Interim Final Rule I wish to address several issues that are of concern to me with regard to compensation for victims of the September 11, 2001 catastrophe. * Although there is no way to determine monetary compensation for the terror and fear these people have experienced, I believe it is wrong to say that those who have suffered emotional or mental problems as a result of the events are not entitled to benefits. The images and horrors of that day are something that these people will have to live with for the rest of their lives. It may affect their ablility to function in this society. To say that this nightmare that they will live with is not worthy off compensation is an abomination. There are many cases where people having witnessed devasting events have had their lives severely affected. I believe that these people need to be compensated also. These people have no life insurance or other charitable donations to help them move past what may be economic devastion for many. I suggest there should be at least a minimum monetary compensation for ALL people that were in the World Trade Center that fateful day. Addtional values then should be added for those with injuries etc with of course the ultimate value being to those who lives were lost. Another reason to consider a minimum compensation is that there are also people whose companies have been wiped out, their livelyhood taken away from them through no fault of their own. These people may be in severe economic hardship as well as not have health insurance benefits. It is easy for us not there that day to say that they can always get another job. For many that is not as easy as it may seem. I also urge you to consider the plight of the many gay/lesbian families and other non-married or non-traditional families that have also been affected. The Rule addresses the issue of a "personal representative" but that definition may be construed to exclude members of these "families". I believe that the rules set up in many jurisdiction to determine "domestic partnership" be considered in determining who is indeed is a survivor of that victim. Another defintion that could be used is if the company that person worked for provided benefits for domestic partners. I thank the Government of the United States for taking the initiative to indeed help and compenstate these victims. I only ask that you consider the ramifications of not helping ALL the victims. Individual Comment Columbus, Ohio September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-22 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 dojN002210.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. 2002-01-22