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What Is Life Worth?: The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11
by Feinberg, Kenneth R. | HC | VeryGood
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9781586483234
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Public Affairs
ISBN-10
1586483234
ISBN-13
9781586483234
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44173895
Product Key Features
Book Title
What Is Life Worth? : the Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11
Number of Pages
213 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
United States / 21st Century
Genre
History
Format
Perfect / Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
6.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-047699
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
362.88
Synopsis
Just days after September 11, 2001, Kenneth Feinberg was appointed to administer the federal 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, a unique, unprecedented fund established by 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 program 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 with the families, convincing them of the generosity and compassion of the program, and calculating appropriate awards for each and every claim. The Fund proved to be a dramatic success with over 97% 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 check, no matter how large, could make the families and victims of 9/11 whole again., As head of the 9/11 Compensation Fund, Kenneth Feinberg was asked, in the interest of fairness, to calculate the dollar value of 2,976 lives lost in the World Trade Center. The experience changed his own life forever., As head of the 9/11 Compensation Fund, Feinberg was asked, in the interest of fairness, to calculate the dollar value of 2,976 lives lost in the World Trade Center. The experience changed his own life forever.
LC Classification Number
KF1328.F45 2005
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