LOS ANGELES - At first glance, five Chevy Camaros lined along a street look like a muscle car show, but a closer look shows the cars are strong support for the families of 9/11 victims.
"Inscribed onto these cars are those that fell on that particular day," Kevyn Major Howard, founder of the "Fueled by the Fallen" organization, said.
Howard and his organization placed the names of each victim of 9/11 on the five cars to remember those that died and the sacrifices their families have made since the attack ten years ago.
"We put those names on one by one and you get to meet them in a funny way," said Howard.
The five cars will travel from California to Washington, DC to New York City and will be on display at the Statue of Liberty on Sept. 11. It's part of Howard's commitment to remembering those that paid the ultimate price for the country's freedom.
His "Fueled by the Fallen" organization created other tribute cars for military officers killed at war and law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
Howard, a former actor best known for his role as "Rafterman" in the movie "Full Metal Jacket, said he felt compelled to honor these heroes.
Auroa Allamillo, who lives just down the street from where all the cars are housed, found her brother's name on the car honoring Marines who died at war.
"I get very emotional to see so many names, but I know other people get to read their names and I think that means a lot to see someone's name on a car," Allamillo says.
It's a tribute, a honor and lesson in history.
"It will sit in museums one day. Some child with his/her friends will walk up to this car and say 'You see that name there? That's my family. That's my family tree.' And that's what makes this nation great still," says Howard.
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