A000827
Wednesday, December 05, 2001 3:06 PM
Attn: Kenneth L. Zwick, Director: Office of Management
Programs, DOJ
Dear Mr. Zwick: I am writing to ask the Justice
Department to include among relatives eligible
for compensation those who lost their life
partners as well as de facto parents
or children, without regard to sexual orientation
or marital status to those directly affected by
the WTC attacks on September 11, 2001.
I also ask the U.S. Government to follow the
example already set by New York Governor Pataki
in granting compensation benefits "on a showing
of mutual interdependence with the victim, in
recognition that anyone who shared with
the victim living expenses, day-to-day activities
and the emotional bonds of family deserves help
in this time of need."
Sincerely,
Individual Comment
Oklahoma City, OK