LifeNets (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} lifenets) wrote,@ 2008-02-03 11:39:00 |
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We were just reminiscing about one of the first LifeNets projects going back to 2001 when were thrown into helping victims of 911 Tragedy. We were able to a variety of aid opportunities such as having volunteers drive a truck full of firefighting equipment and much more to the Javitts Center which was the staging area for the work on the Twin Towers site. We also over the next two years helped individuals. You may want to see some of the history of this project from the history archives on our LifeNets Web site. Home for the Manhattan Project is at www.lifenets.org/manhattan.
LifeNets Manhattan Project August 1, 2003 UPDATE
Our project closed with these last two grants.
One was to a pilot who worked for a cargo subsidiary of a major airline at Reagan Airport in Washington DC that was closed for a long time. The cargo carrier went out of business. Because of his age he was not able to find work and we helped him out with a one-time grant to tide him over.
The other grant was to a widow, Joyce Grant. J LifeNets volunteer JoAnn Hawker (left) with her son Denzel (right in blue shirt) and daughter Kayla (taking the photo) presented Joyce Grant a $1000 check to help with her disability. Joyce’s children, Winston Arthur II and Joya, are behind her. After 9-11 people donated to the LifeNets restricted Manhattan Project from which we continue to help victimized families. |
oyce Grant’s husband Winston (right) died on September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center. He was transferred from the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Staten Island Office two weeks earlier. He did get all the way down from the 30th floor to the ground, but he heard someone crying out for help and turned back to help. He was never seen 
again. His widow Joyce lives on Long Island. We have been humbled by her capacity to forgive those responsible for her husband’s death. She was married to Winston a few days shy of 35 years. 
