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 5:17 PM comment Hello, I live four blocks from Ground Zero and I am still working on dealing with the trauma of watching the attack and seeing the towers fall. It was the first time in my life I saw people die in front of my eyes. I am fortunate in that I have help (non financial) and am here to move on with my life. I have seen the representatives of the advocacy groups and read the press. I find it disturbing to see how this has become a political platform for opportunists. The world contributed to help. An unprecedented amount of money was raised. Mind boggling in fact. The families should get help yet the perspective seems to be out of control. Survivors need to accept that that is what they are. Their life did not end on Sept. 11 although it did for someone they loved. Had the loved one died in any other tragic way or other form of violence survivors would be in the position of benefiting from what they took care of in the event of a death. They would benefit from what they took responsibility for like life insurance and employer compensation packages. Anything above and beyond that is a gift. The ingratitude is stunning. The following was in the press: 's husband was earning $96,000 a year as an insurance executive when he was killed at the World Trade Center. She has figured that under the fund she would be entitled to about $1.1 million. But her husband's life insurance and a supplemental policy from his employer total $1.4 million, so she fears she will get nothing from the government. The help is needed for the non-executive victims. The ones who don't have mega life insurance and supplemental packages that include loss of life compensation. will do just fine with her 1.4 million. Well invested she should net the same income. The janitors wife will need a little help and should get it. Do the families think that people and specifically me felt heartsick at the financial loss of those who would receive 1.4 million from their own resources? Do they believe that the money that poured in from across the globe was meant to provide the lap of luxury beyond what they had before Sept 11? I don't think we were thinking about executives with healthy compensation and insurance. I think we were all picking up our checkbooks for the minimally insured and lower income families with children to feed, a mortgage to pay and no provider. Yes, there are those in more need than others. I don't believe this should be an equal opportunity fund. How much money do you think the fund would have collected if the lead in to asking for donations was: Please help. A victims family will be left with only 1.4 million from insurence and supplemental policies for their financial survival so every contribution no matter how small is desperately needed. You can't put a dollar value on this kind of loss. Reality creeps in and so apparently does greed. I am ashamed that the world will see just how greedy the American culture is. Isn't that what our attackers accused us of? Half the worlds population lives on less than 2 dollars a day! I feel traumatized again by this uncharitable, selfish, self centered response by certain families of victims and political opportunists. The world did an enormous big hearted thing. It is time for the families of victims to do likewise. If not, the damage done to charitable organizations will be devastating. You need to show the good that the fund is doing. Get spokespeople who have been helped and appreciate what they have received. Individual Comment 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 dojP000137.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