N001265
Monday, December 31, 2001 8:41 PM
MY HUSBAND WAS MURDERED IN THE WTC
MAY YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS LIKE TO LOOK AT YOUR FUTURE AND SEE A BLANK. TO
LAY IN YOUR BED AT NIGHT AND REALIZE YOU ARE ALL ALONE. THAT YOUR LOVE, YOUR
LIFE, YOUR PARTNER TO SHARE YOUR HOPES AND YOUR DREAMS THAT YOU BOTH HAD FOR
YOUR FUTURE ARE ALL GONE.AND MAY YOUR CHILDREN NEVER KNOW THE FELLING THAT MY
CHILDREN ARE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW THAT THE MAN THEY ADMIRED FOR ALL HIS
STRENGTHS AND GUIDANCE HAS BEEN MURDERED TAKEN FROM THEM AND THEY NO LONGER
HAVE A FATHER TO TALK TO AND GUIDE THEM THAT THE FOUNDATION OF OUR FAMILY WAS
BURNT ALIVE! I DO NOT THINK THAT THE GUIDELINES ARE FAIR AND JUST I, AM 42
YEAR OLD DISABLED WIDOW, MOTHER OF 3 AND THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN THE
WORLD TO EVER COMPENSATE FOR MY HERO, MY LOVE, MY LIFE. HOWEVER THESE
GUIDELINES ARE NOT JUST AND ARE VERY VAGUE. I DO ADMIRE OUR SERVICEMEN BUT
THAT WAS NOT MY HUSBAND CHOICE OF CAREER AND HE SHOULD BE RESPECTED FOR THAT.
TO SAY THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE IS 250,OOO AND THAT ONLY DEPENDENT CHILDREN
FEEL THE PAIN IS WRONG AND UNJUST.ALL CHILDREN FEEL THE LOSS OF THEIR FATHER
WHETHER YOUNG OR OLD DEPENDENT OR MARRIED THEY NO LONGER HAVE THE FOUNDATION
OF THEIR FAMILY AROUND THEIR ROCK IS GONE. THEIR GRANDCHILDREN WILL NEVER GET
TO HAVE A GRANDFATHER AND NEVER GET TO KNOW THE GREAT MAN THEIR GRANDFATHER
WAS AND HOW MUCH HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A GRANDFATHER AND HOW PROUD
HE WAS. HE WILL NOT GET TO SEE HIS CHILDREN GRADUATE IN JUNE AND MY CHILDREN
ARE NOT WELL AFTER THIS THEY NEED MEDICATION TO HELP THEM THROUGH THE DAY AND
GO TO THERAPY. I HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST THREE MUCH
AND THEY WATCH IN HORROR AS THEY SEE THEIR MOTHER SO SICK. WHEN YOU TOOK INTO
ACCOUNT CASE LAW YOU SHOULD HAVE LOOKED UP THE CASE WHEN THE WOMEN BURNT
HERSELF ON MCDONALDS COFFEE AND TIMES THAT TO EXTREMITY. I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE
WHAT MY HUSBAND WENT THROUGH IN THAT TOWER WAS HE GASPING FOR AIR? DID HE
FEEL HIMSELF BEING BURNT ALIVE? ALL I KNOW IS I HAVE AN EMPTY GRAVE AND AN
EMPTY LIFE WITHOUT THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AND THE GOVERNMENT MUST TAKE THAT IN
TO ACCOUNT. ALSO WORKMAN'S COMP SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN AWAY AND SHOULD NOT BE
DEDUCTED BY THE FUND THIS IS SOMETHING PEOPLE GET WITHER DEAD OR ALIVE THEY
CAN JUST BE INJURED AND THEY RECEIVE THAT FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.AND
THAT GOES FOR PENSIONS ALSO THEY WOULD HAVE COLLECTED THEM AT RETIREMENT AGE
AND SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN FROM THE AWARD. IF MY HUSBAND WAS ALIVE HE WOULD HAVE
MADE THE MONEY YOU OFFERING SO TELL ME WHAT IS IT THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS
DOING FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES WE ALL KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE DONE FOR
AFGHANISTAN AND PLAN TO DO. WHAT ABOUT THE VICTIMFAMILIES THEY NEED TO BE
TAKEN CARE OF THEY FACE A VERY UNCERTAIN FUTURE AND ALTHOUGH WE KNOW THAT
NOTHING WILL EVER BRING THE HUB OF UNIVERSE BACK TO US WE MUST BE COMPENSATED
FAIRLY!
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