LA has had its recent tragedies of fires within the city. The people of LA have certainly been through it, losing their homes, belongings, and valuables due to the fires, forcing them to start over and rebuild what they once had. When the fires died down, previous home owners returned to their property and saw ashed rubble of what used to be their whole lives.

According to the LA times, more than 6,000 cars had been destroyed within the Pacific Palisades alone. Burnt to a shell, hardly recognizable, and covered with toxic chemicals.

Ben Tuna, a local LA artist, known for his work in stained glass art, decided to turn this tragedy into something meaningful. Tuna wanted to give the world another perspective and give them a reason to look at the glass half full, so he got to work and collected five burnt Porsches from the fires. He gave them a second chance of beauty and life, making their new purpose to fill the city with hope.

¨ It’s honestly really nice of this dude to bring these cars back to life… After so much had been lost.¨ said Kylie Rebudal, a former resident of LA.

He was able to retrieve five car shells from the aftermath, and he collected salvaged stained glass from old churches in the area. Using soldering iron, Tuna worked tirelessly to bring the cars back to life and restore the elegance that they once had.

Tuna had initially taken inspiration from seeing burnt cars being taken away on trailers. He empathized with the people collecting these cars, and he felt heartbroken.

¨It was all so sad to imagine losing something that you might have worked 30, 40, 50 years to collect,¨ said Tuna in an interview with LA times. ¨A lot of those cars were history. They´re not making new ones.¨

Tuna´s inspiration soon became a beautiful passion project, and the Porsches that were once burnt, sad shells, were now customized with stained glass with colorful and cathedral-like patterns.

¨He turned a man´s trash into treasure,¨ Claire Lapiz, another car enthusiast here in California, said.