IP: WTC/Pentagon attack families accused of greed

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-victims-fund-backlash0125jan25.story?coll=sns%2Dap%2Dnationworld%2Dheadlines

Abstract

WASHINGTON -- Stephen Push was stunned at the angry e-mails that poured in 
after he went on TV calling the government's Sept. 11 compensation fund stingy.

"They were ugly," said Push of the correspondence sent to Families of 
September 11 Inc., for which he serves as treasurer.

Similarly harsh sentiment can be found in some of the more than 2,000 
letters and e-mails filed with the Department of Justice during a monthlong 
public comment period on the victims fund, which concluded on Tuesday.

The fund's overseer, special master Kenneth Feinberg, estimates the average 
award will be $1.6 million, though final details on how compensation will 
be determined are still being worked out.

Beverly Eckert's husband was earning $96,000 a year as an insurance 
executive when he was killed at the World Trade Center.

She has figured that under the fund she would be entitled to about $1.1 
million.

But her husband's life insurance and a supplemental policy from his 
employer total $1.4 million, so she fears she will get nothing from the 
government.


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