Whether or not you agree with the Victims fund is beside the point. You can rest assured that this woman's motivation is not pointing out some sort of "inequity", and she doesn't deserve to be applauded for trying to capitalize on a fund set up that has nothing to do with the death of her husband. As the previous poster pointed out, he knowingly put himself in a dangerous situation. If this is your job you should have the forsight to make damn sure your family is taken care of in the event something happens to you.
If Richard Clarke's apology has any merit and you found any solace in it, then you are apparently of the mindset that the government did indeed "fail" us, and as such is responsible on some level for compensating those who were directly effected by their failure.
And out of curiousity, does anyone know how much of this fund is from private contributions?
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