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. Sunday, January 20, 2002 4:59 PM Comments on regulations The Federal Legislation that set up the Victims Compensation Fund also significantly limited the ability of victim's families to sue for damages by restricting damages against the airlines. In light of this, I think that your regulations are too stingy. Victims should be compensated for all their damages; pain and suffereing awards should be minimally $500,000 but potentially more for those who can show additional damages. Lost wages should be based on a model that more realistically reflects earning potential for the victims, many of whom were young and just starting out in their careers. Additionally, the only cap on damages should be on what can be proven. I also think that people who paid for private life insurance should not be penalized for making the sacrifices that buying expensive life insurance entails. Finally, when victims were supporting other family members life elderly parents, this should also be taken into consideration. We owe this and much more to the families of those who were lost. Thank you for your consideration. Individual Comment Scarsdale, NY September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-20 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 dojN002133.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. 2002-01-20