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, February 01, 2002 3:44 AM Please Explain to me.................. I am having a real hard time understanding the reasoning behind the $1.6 million pay outs to the families of 9/11. Why would it be the airlines fault? Didn't all the hijackers follow (at that time) all the legal requirements? Why is the government held liable for the deaths? Let me qualify that I have a great deal of emotional identification for their losses on 9/11, but life is not a guarantee certainty for any one. That's why there are certain entities like Life Insurance, 401 Ks, Social Security, Pension's, etc., to provide economic security for those left behind. My story is not special nor do I wish it to be special. In the summer of 1990, I recently moved to Phoenix, AZ and became a third party contractor for IBM. I also was a member of the USAF Reserves. As a trained medic in a ATH (Air Transport Hospital) unit, located at Luke AFB, AZ. The civilian job I held had great promise for a future with a possible income in the 6-figures. All that changed on February 2, 1991 at 11:15am. As I stood on a street corner (had just come from the base postal office), I was struck from behind by a British Service vehicle. I was medically retired from the military in June 1992 at 100%. Yes I receive a decent disability income, but nowhere near the income I would be making today. No I did not lose my life but I did lose my bread winner status. I have suffered great emotional distress. Not only from the career ending injury but from the process of gathering the help everyone said I deserve. So it is why I wonder "why is it again that these people are entitled to $1.6 million?" It just makes me cry when I hear them complain "it isn't nearly enough!" Respectfully yours, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-02-01 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 dojP000319.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. 2002-02-01