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Monday, January 21, 2002 9:22 PM
(no subject)
January 21, 2002
Dear Mr. Zwick:
I would like to take this opportunity to express my disappointment in the way
the Victim Compensation Fund is currently being regulated.
My husband lost his life on September 11, 2001. He
in Building 1 of the World Trade Center. He and I had
two daughters together and they are soon to turn three years old. My husband
worked very hard, day and night, weekday and weekend, to ensure that our
daughters would have a prosperous future, one which would provide them with
opportunities to grow and learn and live in the best way possible. My
husband is gone now; I want to make sure that his dreams for our daughters
live on.
I find it unjust that the Victim Compensation Fund currently deducts life
insurance and 401K plan payments from money to be donated to victims'
families. Life insurance and 401 K plans were paid for by victims and their
families, not by the government. Though my husband did not earn very much in
salary last year-- he did, after all, have to pay the rent for two offices
and the salary for four employees--his potential earning power as both a
lawyer and an accountant was enormous. My husband, through his diligence,
intelligence, and hard work, had built a great reputation in his field, and
his clients counted on his expertise and sound advice. Now, according to the
current regulations and charts, our family is entitled to almost nothing.
How can I continue to build a future when I am asked to subsist on so little?
The loss of my husband haunts me each and every day, and now I feel as though
the tremendous pain I am suffering is being compounded by regulations that
are insensitive to the needs of my family and our future.
We, the victims' families, should have the right to know how much we will be
compensated before we renounce our right to sue. It is crucial that we be
provided with this information as we prepare for the difficult and painful
times ahead.
Please consider changing these regulations. Knowing that my family is
provided for, that my daughters' futures are bright and without conceivable
limits, will alleviate, ever so slightly, some of our anguish. It will give
us the peace we so desperately need at this heartbreaking time.
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter.
Sincerely,
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