"Grief Doesn't Entitle Sept. 11 Families To Their Entitlement Attitude"

Finally, somebody says it — Nolan Finley at The Detroit News, May 23:

.... But grief doesn’t explain the increasingly inappropriate behavior of some September 11 family members. Greed might. Nearly as soon as the federal government established the $6 billion compensation fund — an average $1.3 million per victim — some survivors began squabbling over its size, who would be eligible and how much they’d get.

The fund was set up as an alternative to the families filing questionable lawsuits against airlines and building owners, and as a gesture of the nation’s sympathy. Other private funds provided for college scholarships for some of their children.

All this is good. But some family members forget that thousands of Americans die each day, many in incidents equally tragic and senseless, and their survivors get nothing.

The lack of gratitude by some September 11 families is unseemly. As is their venture into politics.

A group calling itself September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows exploits its victim status to attack the Bush administration on issues ranging far afield from the terrorist attacks.

They are leftists and peaceniks in mourner’s clothing. But they’re presented simply as September 11 families, allowing their rantings and ramblings to go out unfiltered....

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Tue. 05/25/04 09:39:52 PM
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