Car enthusiast uses his photography skills to help Eaton Fire survivors heal
KCAL News
[{'start': '0.080', 'end': '4.240', 'text': 'The eaten fire destroyed thousands of'}, {'start': '2.159', 'end': '6.160', 'text': 'homes and thousands of cars. Some of'}, {'start': '4.240', 'end': '8.160', 'text': "these lost cars were people's prized"}, {'start': '6.160', 'end': '10.400', 'text': 'possessions from hot rods to classics.'}, {'start': '8.160', 'end': '12.320', 'text': 'Our Jasmine Beal met one man documenting'}, {'start': '10.400', 'end': '14.799', 'text': 'the stories behind the burned Corvettes'}, {'start': '12.320', 'end': '17.680', 'text': "and Porsches. And in doing so, he's"}, {'start': '14.799', 'end': '20.400', 'text': 'helping people heal. Okay, right here we'}, {'start': '17.680', 'end': '22.400', 'text': 'have a 1986 Corvette. Was my dream car.'}, {'start': '20.400', 'end': '25.519', 'text': 'Danny Robinson never even got a chance'}, {'start': '22.400', 'end': '27.760', 'text': "to drive his 1986 red Corvette that's"}, {'start': '25.519', 'end': '30.640', 'text': 'still sitting in the exact same spot in'}, {'start': '27.760', 'end': '32.719', 'text': 'his driveway torched by the eaten fire'}, {'start': '30.640', 'end': '34.320', 'text': 'along with his home on Harriet Street.'}, {'start': '32.719', 'end': '36.640', 'text': 'Then I had it one week before I got a'}, {'start': '34.320', 'end': '38.719', 'text': 'chance to really register it and get it'}, {'start': '36.640', 'end': '41.440', 'text': 'on the streets. The fire came leaving'}, {'start': '38.719', 'end': '43.920', 'text': 'behind scorched earth and broken dreams.'}, {'start': '41.440', 'end': '46.399', 'text': 'But Robinson can still tell you every'}, {'start': '43.920', 'end': '49.039', 'text': 'detail about his pride and joy. It was'}, {'start': '46.399', 'end': '51.039', 'text': 'peanut butter interior with the red'}, {'start': '49.039', 'end': '53.360', 'text': 'factory four-speed, which is my favorite'}, {'start': '51.039', 'end': '55.280', 'text': 'because I love sticks. A few weeks after'}, {'start': '53.360', 'end': '57.440', 'text': 'the fire, Robinson was sifting through'}, {'start': '55.280', 'end': '60.239', 'text': 'the rubble when Dave Stone, a complete'}, {'start': '57.440', 'end': '62.879', 'text': 'stranger, walked up wanting to hear his'}, {'start': '60.239', 'end': '64.479', 'text': 'story. And I met him and I told him what'}, {'start': '62.879', 'end': '66.720', 'text': 'I do and he invited me onto his lot and'}, {'start': '64.479', 'end': '69.119', 'text': 'it was whole crew here of neighbors who'}, {'start': '66.720', 'end': '71.760', 'text': 'all work on cars. It was like a burned'}, {'start': '69.119', 'end': '73.439', 'text': 'out Fast and Furious as I joke. Stone'}, {'start': '71.760', 'end': '75.760', 'text': "had started taking pictures of people's"}, {'start': '73.439', 'end': '77.520', 'text': 'burned cars in Altadena shortly after'}, {'start': '75.760', 'end': '78.640', 'text': "the eaten fire. I don't know why I"}, {'start': '77.520', 'end': '80.159', 'text': 'started doing it really. I just started'}, {'start': '78.640', 'end': '81.680', 'text': "taking photos after photos. I'm probably"}, {'start': '80.159', 'end': '83.600', 'text': 'like close to 10,000 images at this'}, {'start': '81.680', 'end': '86.000', 'text': 'point. He posts their stories and these'}, {'start': '83.600', 'end': '88.640', 'text': 'stark images of their destroyed cars to'}, {'start': '86.000', 'end': '91.119', 'text': 'his note Instagram account with ways to'}, {'start': '88.640', 'end': '93.360', 'text': 'help them through various fundraisers. I'}, {'start': '91.119', 'end': '94.880', 'text': 'just saw all these burned cars and uh I'}, {'start': '93.360', 'end': '97.360', 'text': 'saw one that was tagged not EV and'}, {'start': '94.880', 'end': '98.880', 'text': "that's what how the EPA did it and I"}, {'start': '97.360', 'end': '101.040', 'text': 'started to feel, you know, like really'}, {'start': '98.880', 'end': '103.280', 'text': 'bad for these owners. Stone then'}, {'start': '101.040', 'end': '105.759', 'text': 'recognized Robinson from an LA Times'}, {'start': '103.280', 'end': '107.920', 'text': 'article he had read in which Robinson'}, {'start': '105.759', 'end': '109.680', 'text': 'talked about the cars he had lost. It'}, {'start': '107.920', 'end': '112.079', 'text': "was actually Robinson's story that"}, {'start': '109.680', 'end': '113.920', 'text': 'initially inspired Stone to start'}, {'start': '112.079', 'end': '115.920', 'text': 'documenting. It broke my heart. The'}, {'start': '113.920', 'end': '118.240', 'text': 'ending. I hated the ending of a story.'}, {'start': '115.920', 'end': '120.640', 'text': 'Determined to change it for the better.'}, {'start': '118.240', 'end': '123.920', 'text': "They became fast friends. I'mma rebuild"}, {'start': '120.640', 'end': '126.240', 'text': 'him. No, just kidding. Stone started'}, {'start': '123.920', 'end': '128.800', 'text': 'Robinson an online fundraising page. But'}, {'start': '126.240', 'end': '131.680', 'text': 'more than that, he gave him support.'}, {'start': '128.800', 'end': '133.000', 'text': "He's an angel cuz he's taking his time"}, {'start': '131.680', 'end': '135.120', 'text': 'out to help'}, {'start': '133.000', 'end': '137.200', 'text': "everybody. You know, he don't have to do"}, {'start': '135.120', 'end': '139.120', 'text': 'that. It then grew into something'}, {'start': '137.200', 'end': '141.640', 'text': 'bigger, turning into these weekly'}, {'start': '139.120', 'end': '144.959', 'text': 'meetups at a coffee shop with car'}, {'start': '141.640', 'end': '147.120', 'text': 'enthusiasts all bonded over tragedy.'}, {'start': '144.959', 'end': '149.360', 'text': 'Aladina rebuilds uh the neighborhood.'}, {'start': '147.120', 'end': '150.720', 'text': "We're going to restock the cars and um"}, {'start': '149.360', 'end': '152.800', 'text': 'and build the greatest cars and coffee'}, {'start': '150.720', 'end': '155.120', 'text': 'in all of California. Restoring cars and'}, {'start': '152.800', 'end': '158.319', 'text': 'hope to the Altadena community.'}, {'start': '155.120', 'end': '160.879', 'text': 'Hopefully one day I can live that'}, {'start': '158.319', 'end': '163.760', 'text': 'complete the dream in Aladina Jasmine'}, {'start': '160.879', 'end': '163.760', 'text': 'Vio Kal News.'}]