R002174
Tuesday, March 19, 2002 12:04 PM
September 11th fund
Hello,
My name is . I was lucky and didn't lose anyone on September 11th. Nor did my husband who is from New York whose father is a retired
firefighter from the Yonkers fire department. However, I hear that your
organization, in sending out compensation for victims who did lose someone
are doing two things which I find rather disturbing. One, you aren't
compensating the families of victims equally. You are in fact divying up
finances by how much the person made. People who had a higher income and
didn't plan for their families will get more than those who did or those who
made less for that matter. As someone who donated money to the cause, I
would hope my money would go to all in need equally. Second, I've read that
while you are covering those families who may be illegal immigrants and the
unborn, which I greatly admire, you are overlooking domestic partners in the
compensation package. I would hope you would review this policy as well. If
I had left someone behind and hadn't been married whether by choice or by
law, I do hope that this would not preclude my partner being given the same
benefits as those who were married.
Please reconsider how you distribute funds so that all are equally
represented.
Thank you for your attention.
Respectfully,
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