What Is Life Worth?: The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate

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What Is Life Worth?: The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11

As head of the 9/11 victim compensation fund, Kenneth Feinberg was asked to do the impossible: calculate the dollar value of over 5,000 people killed and injured in the 9/11 terrorist attacks Just days after September 11th 2001, Kenneth Feinberg was appointed to administer the federal 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, a unique, unprecedented fund established by the US Congress to compensate families who lost a loved one on 9/11 and survivors who were physically injured in the attacks. Those who participated in the fund were required to waive their right to sue the airlines involved in the attacks, as well as other potentially responsible entities. When the programme was launched, many families criticized it as a brazen, tight-fisted attempt to protect the airlines from lawsuits. The Fund was also attacked as attempting to put insulting dollar values on the lives of lost loved ones. The families were in pain. And they were angry. Over the course of the next three years, Feinberg spent almost all of his time meeting the families, convincing them of the generosity and compassion of the programme and calculating appropriate awards for each and every claim. The Fund proved to be a dramatic success with over 97 per cent of eligible families participating. It also provided important lessons for Feinberg who became the filter, the arbitrator and the target of family suffering. Feinberg learned about the enduring power of family grief, love, fear, faith, frustration and courage. Most importantly, he learned that no cheque, no matter how large could make the families and victims of 9/11 whole again.

Country	USA
Author	Kenneth Feinberg
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9781586483234
Edition	First Edition
ISBN	1586483234
Label	PublicAffairs
Manufacturer	PublicAffairs
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	213
PublicationDate	2005-06
Publisher	PublicAffairs
ReleaseDate	2005-06-14
SKU	903766791
Studio	PublicAffairs

What Is Life Worth?: The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11

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