LifeNets Manhattan Project Launched September 15, 2001  August 1, 2003 UPDATE (project is now closed) LifeNets Home Manhattan Project Home   Five years later  2006 August 1, 2003 UPDATE project is closed November 16, 2001 UPDATE September 23, 2001 UPDATE September 21, 2001 UPDATE  Link to our LifeNets volunteers in lower Manhattan at Assemblages--their website and exclusive photos  (posted Sept 21) A Touching Letter from a Volunteer at Ground Zero (posted Sept 21) LifeNets Press release dated Sept 21, 2001   September 20, 2001 UPDATE LifeNets was very happy to help out in the 911 disaster.  Not only were we able to help out on the streets in Manhattan, we were able to individuals who suffered loss.   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.  Joyce 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. 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.