N001362
Sunday, January 06, 2002 5:31 PM
Feinberg's plan
Dear Sir:
I lost my son, a New York City Firefighter at the World Trade Center. As
the compensation plan now stands I do not plan on submitting an application
to it. I think the whole concept is unfair. It would appear that I would
receive next to nothing for my son's life. Despite the fact that you make a
lawsuit sound more like a threat than anything else, I would rather take my
chances with that. Although I have no desire to do so, unless you revise the
way you figure compensation I will go with the lawsuit. It appears that you
are rewarding people for being irresponsible and selfish. The way you figured
it, if a person took a high paying job such as bond trading, not considering
how he could help humanity, only looking out for himself, and he was
irresponsible enough to spend all his money instead of buying insurance, you
will reward him with a large amount of compensation.
Whereas, someone like my son who was Mensa eligible, had a B A in
Environmental Science but was more interested in helping his fellow man than
in making a lot of money is thought to be worth less to you. Additionally, my
son was aware that in helping his fellow man he was placing himself in mortal
danger. Therefore he had the foresight to insure himself. So, you place more
monetary value on the life of a selfish, greedy, uncaring individual than on
the life of a selfless, caring, humanitarian. I cannot let that stand. I can
spend as much time in court as all of your bureaucrats and I will. I am not
alone in my feelings. Judging from people that I speak with in my support
groups there are many people that feel the same way. I am sure that people
are not rushing to embrace your plan. If you were wondering why, now you
know. I would ask that you reconsider the deductibles. You will get more
cooperation and less rancor if you do.
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