Steven Brill, an attorney and author of a book on the aftermath of Sept. 11, says Feinberg's chart was certain to offend all families, regardless of income. At the same time that some of the wealthy families are angry at him, the poor families are angry at him too, ... 'How dare Ken Feinberg do that How dare someone put a value on human life that says that my husband and the father of my children is worth one-tenth of what this other person is worth'
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The problem, though, is with the precedent, ... If you were a firefighter on 9-11 and you ran into the World Trade Center, your widow got 7 million or 8 million. But if you were a firefighter and you ran into a burning building on 9-12, your death benefit was something like 250,000.Steven Brill
No, ... This is the only time in history of this country that we've ever passed a law that says one person literally has the ability to write a check on his say-so to an American citizen with no appeal, with no way to stop it.
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We're not dealing with kidnappers here. When you see the way they continued to raise him and take care of him, you're dealing with parents that love their kid and would do anything they could to keep him.
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