N002626
December 30, 2001
Mr. Kenneth Feinberg
Special Master
U.S. Dept. Of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 205530-0001
Dear Mr. Feinberg,
We feel it is totally unfair that insurance payments received by families of victims of the
WTC disaster should be deducted from any settlement payments. If the victim's families
go the litigation route, insurance payments as well as pensions would not be deducted
from the final settlement costs. The government is subjecting families to a double hit. First
they lose their loved ones to the tragedy of the WTC disaster that should have been
prevented by an alert government. Now that same government is penalizing the victim's
families by saying that we are going to subject you to further anguish by saying :" If your
spouse loved you and wanted to protect you and your family in the event he/she died and
had taken out life insurance then this insurance will be deducted from any settlement and
you will receive nothing". This is wrong and is an injustice that needs correcting. To do
otherwise is to force victim's families to go the litigation route which no one wants.
Victim's families want closure. It is the very least the U.S. government can do.
Individual Comment
West Hempstead, NY