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. Thursday, January 03, 2002 8:06 AM Victim's Compensation Fund My husband, &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp was killed while working for &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp . at the World Trade Center, South Tower, on September 11th. He leaves behind myself, and our 12 year old daughter. He worked for for 14 years and the last 8 years he worked for them in their &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Office. Because he had a lot of New York clients, my husband often used the &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp offices when he was in town visiting. Unfortunately, he was in NY on that day. My husband was a hard working individual. A 12-13 hour work day was not unusual for him. He earned a sizable salary but the two of us used that salary to plan for our future and particularly, our daughter's. Because of advanced planning, and forethought to unseen events, my husband purchased life insurance above and beyond his company benefits so that in the event of his death, my daughter and I would be able to live comfortably, without worry. Because of the nature of his death, along with thousands of others, we have received charitable donations as well, to help us restart and get our lives back in order. As far as I can see, the Victim's Compensation Fund does not help people like myself because of the proposed deductions of all collateral source amounts which would include the life insurance I have received. Not being a litigious person, if the Fund were attractive, I would opt for that much more readily than I would for a lawsuit. However, if the Vicitim's Compensation Fund does not change, I will be forced to file a lawsuit as will many, many other victims. Believe me, we are angry enough and devastated enough to pursue a lawsuit for as long as it takes and we will fight for as much as we can get. Because of negligence, lax attitudes towards airline security and immigration laws, my husband is dead. He went to work on 9/11 like any other American that day and because of our lack of governmental regulations and ineptitude, he is dead. Now, all of a sudden, the government gets tough and imposes regulations. However,the regulations you now decide to impose are on the very people who have suffered the loss of a loved one because of your lack of INITIAL regulations. It doesn't make sense. How dare you punish those who have lost a loved one? Because my husband worked hard and made a very good salary and had life insurance, I don't deserve to be compensated for his loss? My loss is less because I have life insurance? My husband's life didn't matter because he had life insurance of his own? Is my suffering any less than someone who didn't have life insurance? What gives the government the right to make that distinction? How can you distinguish one life from another? The Victim's Compensation Fund is an opportunity for the government to make good on some really bad mistakes. If you would rather see a few thousand lawsuits, keep the fund the way it is, if you would like to be fair and just in the distribution of funds, consider my comments among the many others you have received. You need to decide what a claimant would receive as a minimum lump sum in lieu of lawsuit. People have the right to know what they will receive if they opt for the fund. You also need to reconsider the deduction of collateral source amounts from this amount. If you don't, you will be inviting lawsuit and I believe, the intention here is to avoid that at all costs. Be fair to the victims and they will be fair to you. Sincerely, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-03 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 dojN001312.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. 2002-01-03