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 1:54 PM VCF Letter To Whom it May Concern: My sister, , perished in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. She worked for on the Floor of the South Tower. By many accounts, she stepped out of her role as an administrative assistant to help co-workers to the stairway exits. Would she have survived if she hadn't stopped to help others? Did she listen to the public address announcement that the building was safe? We'll never know. Was she a hero? I'd like to think so. But what we do know is that my sister, along with thousands of others, was one of the many innocent victims who lost their lives in the most diabolical and violent attack on the American mainland in this country's history. No doubt she faced unimaginable horror before her death. Our family fears, but dare not speak about the excruciating pain she may have suffered. My father lost his eldest child and his three surviving children lost a sister - and we are all putting on a brave face for each other. Perhaps we find some comfort in trying to comfort each other. Our pain is intense and it is not limited to the loss of. Indeed, we have come to know many people who have lost loved ones - there is a special bond among us - we share in their pain. Our hearts go out to all the families of the victims. My sister's body has not been recovered or even identified. Will there ever be closure? Probably not - the scars of this horrible nightmare will be with us forever. And as Americans, we are all outraged. Indeed, the American people have responded to this outrage with both a renewed sense of national pride, and empathy for the victims and their survivors as expressed by generous donations to charities and funds. But my father has recieved very little monies either from charity of from these funds - and it now appears that, because of the insurance offset rule, he will recieve ZERO from the federal Victims Compensation Fund (the Fund). I find it unconscionable that after receiving little charity and never recovering the body and not wanting to pursue a lawsuit, that my father stands to receive nothing from the federal Government. I cannot accept that this was the Government's intent here. I had believed that the Fund was created a part of a national response to provide meaningful compensation (and some closure) to the victims' families while simultaneously protecting Airliine industry, including limiting tort liability. I do not believe the Government intended to ignore the plight of the innocent at the benefit of the priveledged (my sister was innocent, no doubt the Airline's and other parties may be negligent!!!). Thus with all due respects, I urge that changes be adopted to either the Law or how the Fund is it is administered, in order to provide my father some meaningful compensation in the form of a Net Minimum Payment from the Fund. In this way, the spirit and intent of the American people, as represented by their Government, will be met in dealing with this extraordinary national tragedy. Most Sincerely, Individual Comment Douglaston, 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 dojN002124.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