On the Western Shore of Staten Island, there’s a community known as Little Sri Lanka. As many as 5,000 people from the small Island nation halfway around the world call New York City home now. While a Civil War drove them out of their native lands, they have found harmony in this new city. Pat Kiernan sits down with Josh Rabin, who visited New York City's Little Sri Lanka.

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