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. Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:19 AM Comments on being declared a non-victim! Sirs: I certainly would not deny compensation to anyone who lost a loved one during the horrid tragedy at the World Trade Center. I do feel that I and my neighbors are also victims. I suffered only minor damage to my apartment corrected by cleaning people. I had some insurance which helped compensate me for unusual expenses during the period. A good friend put me up for some time. When she needed her spare room back, the Red Cross put me a hotel and paid for an air filter (I have serious allergies) for my apartment when I returned. FEMA also chipped in some cash so I am not as hard hit as I might've been. None of this takes into account the endless waiting, filling out forms, etc to get these services. It was my full-time job for three weeks. Union scale for my time for three weeks is almost $20,000. Nor will I be compensated if my proposal (now over a month late) for a project is rejected. My fee for this project could be as high as $50,000. And there is the quality-of-life here. My commute to a health club used be under 5 minutes. It is now almost an hour going and over an hour to return. The market used to around the corner. It is now 4 blocks away. There is no bank. ATM machines in the stores charge a fee each time and I can't make deposits. My drug store is across town now where it was across the street before. It goes on. I haven't mentioned the health issues as I know others have detailed them in their comments. Or the mental anguish. My therapist was on vacation at the time. A short call to him cost $88. which may or may not be compensated. Or the problems in asking friends over to my home. Since the transit system seems to vary from hour to hour, I never know exactly what to tell people how to get here. Last, let me mention how emotionally devastated I was for my friends and neighbors. While all my friends are accounted for, I was in the WTC all the time. I worked out with people who were in the towers. I stood on line at the Duane Reade drug store with other tower workers. While I never knew them by name, they were part of my life, my neighbors. Should I be compensated as a Crime Victim? I believe so. How much? I'd have to guess. I spent more money for food than usual. My phone bills were higher. etc. etc. etc. The major thing is the emotional stress and strain. How much is that worth? You tell me. Just don't tell me I'm not a crime victim. Individual Comment New York, NY September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-08 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 dojW000226.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. 2001-11-08