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9/11 Victim's Estranged Dad Wants Death Benefits

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Jun 20, 2007 7:07 pm US/Eastern

9/11 Victim's Estranged Dad Wants Death Benefits

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) ― A New Jersey man -- who reportedly was estranged from his 30-year-old son for most of his life -- is going to court to fight for half of the $2.9 million benefit awarded after he died at the World Trade Center.

Leon Caldwell and his ex-wife, Elsie Goss-Caldwell, will appear in a Brooklyn courtroom Wednesday to determine whether to divide the death benefits awarded to the estate of their son, Kenneth Caldwell. The money is in escrow.

He was a technology manager at the World Trade Center and was killed in the 9-11 attacks. He was single with no will, so his mother is his estate's administrator.

Goss-Caldwell, who lives in Philadelphia, said her ex-husband abandoned her and their two sons when Kenneth was 2, and had little contact with him.

Kenneth Caldwell's estate was awarded the money by the Victims' Compensation Fund.

(© 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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