N002090
Saturday, January 19, 2002 11:55 PM
Victims Compensation Fund - Domestic Partners/Fiancees
Dear Mr. Zwick,
I am writing to you to express my concern for fiancées and domestic partners
of the victims of the tragic event of September 11th. Why wouldn't we be
considered for the fund since all charities like the New York State World
Trade Center Relief Fund is honoring and respecting fiancées and domestic
partners? These are the people that lost financial support as well as their
lifetime partners.
My domestic partner and I have been with each other for 15 years. We lived
together for the past 9 years. We were committed to each other as husband
and wife. And had a more committed relationship than most married couples.
We were together every day, ate, slept and went to work together. He was my
lifetime partner and we had planned to grow old together. We believed that a
piece of paper didn't mean anything. Why wouldn't you follow the guidelines
of international human rights organization, such as Amnesty International?
Why are we being punished for living the life we chose? This fund should
compensate the people that lost financial support as well as their lifetime
partner as other funds are doing.
I hope that you will seriously consider my concern for all that are in my
situation because I know I am one of many. I hope that you will be able to
come up with fair and reasonable eligibility requirements for domestic
partners and fiancées.
I appreciate your time and consideration in this matter.
Thank you,
Individual Comment
Brooklyn, NY