9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Case Study

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One of those situations that tragically did not have the same outcome as that of Roger Ebert was that of the 9/11 victim compensation fund. The 9/11 victim compensation fund was set up to help grieving families after the tragedy but, it unintentionally made it seem that the victims were not human but dollar signs. This was especially hard for Kenneth Feinberg ,the lawyer that was in charge of handling the funds. You get a clear understanding of how the system worked through the following quote, “On the morning of Jan. 18, about 70 family members file into the rows of crimson seats at the Norwalk, Conn., city hall auditorium. They listen quietly to special master Kenneth Feinberg, whom the government has entrusted with dispersing its money to

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