Just across the river from Ground Zero is Atlantic Avenue, a lovely street, with a lot of Arab American businesses and one of the untold stories in the wake of 9/11 was the persecution many of them suffered- graffiti, taunts, even some destruction of property.

People felt threatened here, but it was not really reported in the news as people rallied around the flag in the wake of the attacks, but people here do remember.

CGTN’s Nathan King reports.

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