Victims of Oklahoma City Bombing Struggle to Get Along 10 Years Later. Howard Witt.
by Witt, Howard; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 9Global Issues. Publisher: Chicago Tribune, 2005ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Oklahoma City Federal Building Bombing (1995) | Reparation | September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001) | Terrorism -- United States | Terrorism victims' families | Victims of terrorismDDC classification: 050 Summary: "What is the value of American life claimed by terrorists? The answer it turns out, depends on where and when you die. Congress gave the families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks generous federal compensation payments. Most ended up millionaires. Congress gave the families of victims of the April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City bombing a two-year reprieve on their federal income taxes. Some ended up losing their homes. The families of the victims of future terrorist attacks may get nothing at all." (CHICAGO TRIBUNE) The author raises the issue that "for all the nation's focus on homeland security and the probability that the United States could someday be struck again by terrorists, the vexing question of what would happen afterward--whom the government should try to make whole--remains unasked." Personal accounts from victims of the Oklahoma City bombing are included.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Victims of Oklahoma City Bombing Struggle to Get Along 10 Years Later, April 17, 2005; pp. n.p..
"What is the value of American life claimed by terrorists? The answer it turns out, depends on where and when you die. Congress gave the families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks generous federal compensation payments. Most ended up millionaires. Congress gave the families of victims of the April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City bombing a two-year reprieve on their federal income taxes. Some ended up losing their homes. The families of the victims of future terrorist attacks may get nothing at all." (CHICAGO TRIBUNE) The author raises the issue that "for all the nation's focus on homeland security and the probability that the United States could someday be struck again by terrorists, the vexing question of what would happen afterward--whom the government should try to make whole--remains unasked." Personal accounts from victims of the Oklahoma City bombing are included.
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