Vanessa Bryant announced a fund to direct donations to other families of victims of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe and Gianna

• Vanessa Bryant, wife of late NBA icon Kobe Bryant, set up a fund to support the families of the seven other people who died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on Sunday.
• The crash killed her husband Kobe Bryant and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna "Gigi" Bryant.
• Bryant wrote announced the fund on Instagram, and said it is being set up in conjunction with Kobe Bryant's youth sports charity, the Mamba Sports Foundation, in order to further Kobe and Gianna's legacy.
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Vanessa Bryant has started a fund in order to support the families of those killed in the Sikorsky S-76 helicopter crash on Sunday. 

The crash killed her husband and NBA icon Kobe Bryant, their daughter, 13-year-old daughter Gianna "Gigi" Bryant, and seven others on board including the pilot.

On Wednesday, Bryant posted on Instagram about the crash, thanking the "millions of people who've shown support and love during this horrific time." 

My girls and I want to thank the millions of people who’ve shown support and love during this horrific time. Thank you for all the prayers. We definitely need them. We are completely devastated by the sudden loss of my adoring husband, Kobe — the amazing father of our children; and my beautiful, sweet Gianna — a loving, thoughtful, and wonderful daughter, and amazing sister to Natalia, Bianka, and Capri. We are also devastated for the families who lost their loved ones on Sunday, and we share in their grief intimately. There aren’t enough words to describe our pain right now. I take comfort in knowing that Kobe and Gigi both knew that they were so deeply loved. We were so incredibly blessed to have them in our lives. I wish they were here with us forever. They were our beautiful blessings taken from us too soon. I’m not sure what our lives hold beyond today, and it’s impossible to imagine life without them. But we wake up each day, trying to keep pushing because Kobe, and our baby girl, Gigi, are shining on us to light the way. Our love for them is endless — and that’s to say, immeasurable. I just wish I could hug them, kiss them and bless them. Have them here with us, forever. Thank you for sharing your joy, your grief and your support with us. We ask that you grant us the respect and privacy we will need to navigate this new reality. To honor our Team Mamba family, the Mamba Sports Foundation has set up the MambaOnThree Fund to help support the other families affected by this tragedy. To donate, please go to MambaOnThree.org. To further Kobe and Gianna’s legacy in youth sports, please visit MambaSportsFoundation.org. Thank you so much for lifting us up in your prayers, and for loving Kobe, Gigi, Natalia, Bianka, Capri and me. #Mamba #Mambacita #GirlsDad #DaddysGirls #Family ❤️

A post shared by Vanessa Bryant 🦋 (@vanessabryant) on Jan 29, 2020 at 4:59pm PST on Jan 29, 2020 at 4:59pm PST

 

She also announced a new fund called MambaOnThree Foundation set up to support the families affected by the tragedy. The new fund is being set up in conjunction with Kobe Bryant's youth sports charity, the Mamba Sports Foundation, in order to further Kobe and Gianna's legacy, she said.

"We ask that you grant us the respect and privacy we will need to navigate this new reality," she wrote in her post. 

According to its website, the MambaOnThree Fund "was created to honor Team Mamba's mantra, 'Mamba on Three.'"

"It's with that customary chant for togetherness, sisterhood and the ability to take on every challenge that this Fund was named," the website says. 

The site says all proceeds from the fund will be directed to the families of the other victims.

The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the crash. 

SEE ALSO: This timeline shows everything we know — and what we don't — about the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and 7 other people

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