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. Tuesday, March 19, 2002 7:33 PM Discrimination in a time of sorrow. To Whom It May Concern, I have just been informed that there are some exclusions when it comes to the definition of a hero from the September 11 attacks. I have always thought of a hero as someone who, without regard for safety or comfort, risked himself/herself for the benefit of others. It appears that I am incorrect. With this in mind, a compenstion fund, and who will benefit from it becomes rather unclear. It is my understanding that families of the victims/heroes will be receiving monies to help them with the repair of their lives which were so badly damaged by the terrorists. This is a beautiful sentiment. One of which all Americans should be proud. However, when it comes to the beneficiaries themselves, that's where we get selective. Apparently, parents, siblings, spouses and undocumented immigrants are all considered worthy of these benefits. It does not even seem to matter whether or not one lives in this country legally or illegally. If they lost a loved one, they qualify. Unless, of course, they are a member of the homosexual population. Then the rules change. Forget about the fact that one of the airline pilots died attempting to redirect the plane away from its target. Or that an ordained Man of God was killed giving the last rights to his firefighting brethren. They were gay and the families will receive nothing. I find this to be disgustingly hypocritical. Openly gay men and women are now able to be drafted and/or serve in fighting these terrorists if needed. (Since "don't ask, don't tell" has been "suspended" due to this crisis.) However, once they've been used for fighting and serving their country then promptly dishonorably discharged, they or their families should not expect any compensation whatsoever regardless of the heroism displayed by that family member. I am shocked, horrified, disgusted and saddened by this. Just when our country was supposed to be coming together to fight this war on terrorism, I find that bigotry is more alive than ever, and nowhere is it more evident than here. The leaders of this country and of this compensation fund should be ashamed of themselves. I know I am certainly ashamed of them. Thank you for your time in reading this. Individual Comment California September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-03-19 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 dojR002255.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. 2002-03-19