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. Saturday, January 26, 2002 11:42 PM Comments Regarding Federal Victims Compensation Program To: Mr. Feinberg - Department of Justice From: - Staten Island, NY My husband, , was a fireman who heroically died on September 11th. He was a hardworking man, dedicated husband, father and firefighter. We have 3 children (babies) - 4 years old, 3 years old and 1 year, who now have to spend their entire lives without a father. I lost my husband who was a kind and wonderful individual whom I loved with all my heart. Now you tell us that he will receive nothing from this so called compensation fund. provided for us immensely. Although being a fireman did not afford him a big salary, he knew that his pension would provide for us after his retirement. He always understood that the FDNY was not a high paying job but the pension made it more attractive and helping people was part of his gift. The goal for his pension was for our family's future not to "compensate" for the loss of his life. How can you negate something that he strived for his entire career? This fund was designed to aid families in this tragic incident -- how are you helping me by scrutinizing my husband's financial intentions? Yes, my husband had a pension plan but we always thought we would revel in it together. Every day he went to work to do his job to the best of his ability but on September 11th, he was murdered doing that job. He died helping to save the city that he loved and it's citizens. Is that not punishment enough? This fund was earmarked for the victims and you want to deny me money that can help me accomplish the goals that we set for our children. Without , I am faced with raising 3 babies on my own. I have a whole life time ahead of me to try to provide for them. Three life times of doctors, food, clothing, education and some sort of normalcy without their Daddy. I myself had to resign from my job to take care of them and forfeit my yearly salary. I do not know when or if I will ever be able to return to work. In my eyes, on 9/11 the government failed us all. This heinous act of terrorism occurred in our very own country with no warning. We were blind sided and I wonder exactly who was not doing their job. Now my family is destroyed and I wish for all the victims to be recognized and fairly compensation by this federal fund. How can you possibly ask me to justify how much my husband's life was worth and how difficult our lives will be without him? Individual Comment Staten Island, NY September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-26 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 dojP000194.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. 2002-01-26