N001908
Wednesday, January 16, 2002 6:10 PM
Dear Mr. Feinberg:
As a widow due to the 9/11 attack, I find the regulations of the
Victims' Compensation
Fund totally inadequate in attempting to meet the family needs,
make just compensation
and live up to some form of moral responsibility.
The non-
economic award of
$250,000 and $50,000 for each dependent is an insult when one
considers the
economic bailout given to the airline industry.
I truly believe my husband's death falls under the category
of "wrongful death".
After all, he and all the other victims, were killed to an
action that should
have been avoided had the airlines acted competently and
implemented security
measures already in place.
And now, that same industry is being
bailed out
by the government while the victim's are scratching for
compensation while undergoing
deep grief. You're rewarding incompetence while at the same
time penalizing
the innocent victims.
Mr. Feinberg, please allow yourself to not think of us in terms
of numbers,
but as people - wives, husbands, parents and many
children whose lives will never be the same. We have all
suffered an unimaginable
loss-the loss of a loved one due to a unprecedented terrorist
attack. The loss
of a loved one who's only mistake was going to work on time or
early. A loved
one who was working to support his/her family, and pay his/her
taxes to the
government. The same government that is now turning its back on
the families.
Mr. Feinberg, the majority of the victims were white-collared
workers. Part
of the corporate benefits is grou
I sincerely urge you to modify the victim's compensation plan by
excluding deduction
of "collateral sources" and/or raising the monetary value of pain
and loss.
Sincerely,
Individual Comment
Cortlandt Manor, NY