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Sometimes one image cuts through the chaos and reminds us what resilience looks like
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Take a look. You might remember this viral photo from the Palisades fire back in January
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A single bright blue 1977 Volkswagen van, you can't miss it right there, called Azul
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standing untouched while everything around it was reduced to rubble and ash
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A snapshot of the devastation with one stubborn splash of color, refusing to give in
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Well, get this. Azul is back. Restored, repainted, reborn. Volkswagen's class car team in Oxnard spent months rebuilding the van piece by piece
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replacing melted parts, scrubbing out the smoke, bringing back the shine that the fire tried to steal
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Azul goes on display later today at the L.A. Auto Show. How about that
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Not as a collector's item, but as something simpler. Proof that even when everything around burns, something can still stand
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something can still survive, and sometimes can even come back brighter
