Eric's Heroes: Resilience and hope prevail in Seattle's Chinatown-International District

On a nice day, people play ping pong at historic Hing Hay Park in the heart of the Chinatown-International District of Seattle.

New lights and lanterns have been hung, the place is beautiful and clean, and watching the ping pong ball bounce back and forth, it's easy to find yourself wondering, "What could go wrong in a place like this?"

The Chinatown-International District came to be in the late 1800s, when Chinese immigrants first came to work on railroads, and in lumber mills and in the fishing industry.

The Wing-Luke Museum says it's the only place in the continental U.S. where Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Vietnamese and African Americans settled together and built one neighborhood.

Through the decades it thrived and survived, a true gem in the heart of the Emerald City.

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