"At the end of the process $7 billion was awarded to 97% of the families; the average payout was $1.8 million."
I KNOW New York is an expensive place, and I KNOW you can't put a price tag on a loved one's life -- but geez -- now they want to award MORE?
I agree; the families of the bond brokers and the other bystanders sadly killed at the WTC have gotten enough of taxpayers money. The families of the Oklahoma City bombing didn’t get a dime, as did virtually all families of those killed by other crimes; moreover, the families of those killed in service to their country used to get virtually nothing.
I wonder how much compensation other American victims families have recieved? 9/11 wasn’t the only attack against Americans or the first. I agree that the 9/11 victims have been taken care of enough,