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. Monday, November 26, 2001 5:46 PM comments I appreciate this opportunity to express my thoughts. My younger brother was killed in the Sept 11 attacks at the WTC. He was 37 yrs old, married for 1 year and did not yet have children. He was a trader at a firm in the North tower. He was very successful in his field, earning close to 1M per year. He was the kind of guy that makes America great. Competitive, athletic, generous, tenacious and trusting. My brother's generosity, his thoughtfulness, his capacity to bring about connection and understanding, his ability to lead and inspire are qualities that are lost forever. I've read through a few of the comments posted by others. Many make sense to me. A few of the clear sighted comments seem to be about not allowing any type of offset, and providing some idea of the potential min benefit if the Government requires that beneficiaries sign off on not filing suit. Many of those contributing comments will never know the type of loss our family has suffered. In reading their comments I feel distanced by their emphasis on a particular formula or an analogy to be used as a model. Very few reflect an awareness of the monumental tragedy that has transpired. My theme in writing this message is to express the symbolic significance of how the Victims Compensation is handled. Valuating life is usually God's task. Thousands of beautiful Americans, many the best and brightest, were murdered that day. Many more thousands were directly affected. The management of the victims compensation will say it all about how America responds to the unparalleled grief of its own. It will be a reflection of our national character, it should show generosity and dignity, it should realistically seek to compensate for the profound sacrifice that the victims and their families suffered. It should be the deeply compassionate response of a morally responsible world superpower. The message sent should seek to balance with the loss suffered. I am optimistic that the fund will be handled this way. Very truly yours. Individual Comment Philadelphia, PA September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-26 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 dojW000675.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. 2001-11-26