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Thursday, December 20, 2001 8:31 PM
Families become victims of the compensation fund.
Mr Feinberg,
and I were upset today at what you put in place for victims
compensation. We were victimized on Sept. 11th when we lost our 23 year old
daughter, , on American Airlines flight 11 to a group of terrorists.
Today we became your victims. graduated from in
December of 2000 with honors and started working for
as in . Her mother and I were very proud of
her. The US Congress started out with very good intentions to compensate
the families in place of suing the airlines and to help the airlines
economically, you have accomplished neither. had life insurance and
was flying on business so we also received insurance from the credit card
insurance. With payments from the insurance companies and other government
payments we will receive $803,000 of which one third goes to
brother. Using the tables that you, Mr. Feinberg, published today we are
eligible for a settlement of approximately $840,000. We are not looking for
a large settlement as money will not replace our daughter, but the $37,000
net settlement from your fund, is a slap in the face - victims still. You
were trying to get people not to sue the Airlines and I believe that what
you did today will force many of us to initiate lawsuits which many of us
would prefer not to do. Mr. Feinberg, you should have put a minimum
settlement in place so that each family would receive something reasonable.
As it stands now, many will receive little to nothing. Mr. Feinberg, your
table does not accurately reflect the potential future earnings of each
individual. The $250,000 doesn't come close to reflecting the pain and
suffering that families are experiencing. Please consider a minimum amount
so that each family would get something from this fund. You know very well
that many of the people in the towers and on the planes were business
people with life insurance and pension plans.
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