Does Your Award Really Cut It?  

Since the creation of the Victims Compensation Fund there have been questions surrounding the monetary amount of each award. From death to injured benefits, all have been questioned, notwithstanding the amount of time that that whole process takes.

Chipping Away at the Past:

The New York Times Metro Section of April 16th 2003 had the front-page headline, ‘A Survivor Faces a Slow Death, Piece by Piece’. Wow! There’s a headline to grab one’s attention. The article was about the Deutsche Bank Building, or One Bankers Plaza; a forty storey behemoth that stood proudly in the shadow of the Twin Towers, located at 130 Liberty Street.  

04.16.04

What Questions Need to Be Asked & Answered

It seems that a diversionary controversy has arisen over whether Condaleezza Rice should testify before the 9/11 commission. More importantly, George Tenet (he has testified but he should answer questions on the important issues that have already appeared in the open press)

Black Tuesday to Super Tuesday:

November is getting closer and the razzmatazz of election fever has started. Senator John Kerry looks like he will be the democratic nominee following his sweep of the primaries. At the same time the Republican ‘machine’ changed gears to mount their battle to hold their spot in the Oval office.

Is Today A Turning Point in World History?

Today started unlike the normal I am used to. For a start I could not sleep last night, tossing and turning, the temperature dropped and I had heard that another storm was on its way. At 8.30 am I woke up, it looked cold outside, no one else was awake, and after all it was Sunday so I dove back under the covers!

Why the Fund Should Not Close it Doors:

The beginning of December 2003 marks the last month the Dept. of Justice will accept applications for the Federal Victims Compensation Fund will be accepting any applications in relation to the attacks of 9/11.

2 Years Later:  

It seems like yesterday doesn’t it? It’s not though. It’s another day that all those haunting memories will feel worse; building up inside cascading over the top.

How Much More Do We Need to Know: 

For some time the New York Times has been battling with the Port Authority to release the transcripts of the tapes relating to 9/11. Personal pleas for help and eerie struggles for survival, peppered with confusion and bewilderment.

Who Knew What?:  

The second anniversary of the day that shook the lives of many as well as the world is looming. It’s a day that I guess, no one wants to see come around each year, but unfortunately it does. Where memories hurt more than any other time of the year.     

Does Anyone Bother Anymore?:

Why are you here, on this particular site out of the billions of pages available? Curiosity, information, resources, or just bored and surfing? I ask this because I wonder if anyone is really that bothered about the effects and ramifications of 9/11. Or has there been such a saturation of information and attention that it seems to have worn thin?

The New Colors of Life:  

There is hardly a person on the planet that does not know what ‘nine-eleven’ means. It has become synonymous with pain, suffering and evil. Indeed when people ask me how I became injured I am now hesitant to say those words. It is always a reminder of what happened that day. Not that I really need a reminder; the handful of pills and the daily pain is enough. 

Who Wants this Job?: 

There has been much dismay in the press recently focused towards the Victims Compensation Fund and the Special Master that Congress has appointed to run it. From law suits to claimants who feel that their awards are improper or are the result of questionable calculations, economic and non-economic losses and so on, the list grows.  This includes the cases of injured people. 

What is An Award?:  

Recently in the news I have been reading about many people’s views concerning the awards that have been forthcoming, or not in some cases, from the Victims Compensation Fund.   

What Should We Accept, When Should We Protest?:

Today was a warm sunny day in New York and I found myself taking the subway downtown for a walk through Battery Park. 

TSA Plans to Cut back 6000 Airport Security Jobs: 

This morning I woke up to two things that I was not expecting; cool gloomy weather and Pat Keirnan on NY1 News breaking a story that the TSA have decided to cut airport security! Neither of these made me happy.

What is a Victim?: