In the days after September 11, 2001, Kenneth Feinberg took on an unenviable task. Congress had created the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, and it was his job to figure out who should receive money and how much they should get. But much of his time was spent doing something else: listening to people's stories. Nearly two decades later, he's still the person we turn to in the wake of our worst catastrophes.
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