The
September 11th Victims Compensation Fund has begun accepting claim
applications on its website, the U.S. Justice Department said yesterday.
Officials said claimants who have registered for the fund can complete
an online eligibility form that will be used to determine whether they
are eligible for compensation. The fund was created by Congress shortly
after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the United States to
compensate the victims of the attack or their families in exchange for
their agreement not to sue the airline corporations involved. The
website is www.vcf.gov.
Claimants who suffer from a covered condition have until October 3,
2013, to file a claim. Others will have two years from the date on which
they knew or should have known of the condition for which they seek
compensation until the fund stops accepting claims in 2016.
