Sept. 11 families would have been treated more fairly had they all received the same amount from the government's compensation fund rather than awards based on incomes, the program's administrator said Wednesday.
Special Master Kenneth Feinberg recommended in a final report that if Congress ever considers such a program again, it should offer a flat amount to all the victims, regardless of how much they earned, how much life insurance they carried or their individual family obligations.
Under the rules of the program, awards were made after considering a host of factors, which often led the families of emergency personnel to complain that the more affluent families of financial executives received far greater payouts.
The average award to families of those killed was $2.1 million, though the 2,880 individual payouts ranged from $250,000 up to $7.1 million.
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