Tyrone Woods Memorial Fund Holds Car Show Fundraiser

Woods' friends met in Kearney Mesa Sunday to honor the ex-Navy SEAL's memory and continue fundraising efforts for the Ty Woods Memorial Fund.

Posted Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 5:35 pm PT|Updated Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 1:30 am PT

A car show fundraiser was held Sunday in Kearney Mesa to benefit the family of ex-Navy SEAL Tyrone "Ty" Woods including his four-month-old son Kai.

Woods, who lived in Imperial Beach, was killed while saving American lives during a Sept. 11 attack at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

Led by Kai's godfather Matt Grenfell, thus far the group has raised about $450,000, NBC San Diego reported.

“He died with a sword in his hand, just how he’d like to,” Grenfell told U-T San Diego.

Click here to read a U-T San Diego story about the fundraiser.

To donate money to the Ty Woods Memorial Fund visit the SEAL-NSW Family Foundation website.

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