Agent Orange, the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, the Virginia Tech massacre, the 2008 Financial crisis, and the Deep Horizon gulf oil spill: each was a disaster in its own right.
In each instance, an objective third party had to step up and dole out allocated funds: in each instance, Presidents, Attorneys General, and other public off.
What they had in common was their aftermath--each required Compensation for lives lost, bodies maimed, livelihoods wrecked, economies and ecosystems upended.
Agent Orange, the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, the Virginia Tech massacre, the 2008 Financial crisis, and the Deep Horizon gulf oil spill: each was a disaster in its own right