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, November 28, 2001 1:03 PM VictimCompensation Dear Mr. Zwick... On September 11, 2001, my youngest son , along with thousands of others,was killed in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The pain of his loss and subsequent grief has been incredibly difficult to bear as I am certain you can understand. I am continuously haunted by the thought that he suffered a harrowing death by fire , unable to escape from the 104th floor of WTC1. I do understand the need to resolve the issue of compensation to avoid prolonged litigation which could potentially have long term economic effects on our country . I also believe that the Victim Compensation Bill addresses these issues perfectly. For it to work effectively though, I believe it must be applied equally, simply and non-discriminately. My suggestions are, as follows: 1. The amount of the Settlement should be set ? the same for every applicant, no discretionary decisions . All of us are suffering the same grief regardless of our position in life. Arbitrary decisions made on a ?case by case? basis will only require us to hire attorneys to write our appeals to insure that our cases are pleaded properly. What will happen to those who do not have the funds to afford a top lawyer? A pre-determined offer of settlement based on relationship would also eliminate need for appeal. Take it or leave it. 2. Insurance and other payments should play no role in determining amount of settlement. To do otherwise would require the submission of reams of documentation . The loss of life and subsequent pain and suffering is the same for all of us. 3. Most important, please try to keep a simple, uncomplicated process. We have already been through so much, I can?t believe any of us want to endure a long, discretionery process. Thank you for concern. Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-28 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 dojA000074.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. 2001-11-28