For decades, Youngstown, Ohio, was a red-hot beating heart of America's steel industry , providing families like Mike Chismar's with real prosperity.

"That's why my grandparents came to America. But seeing it now, it's heartbreaking," Chismar said.

The heartbreak was plain to see when CBS News recently visited the city as crews were knocking down a 100-year-old steel mill — the latest installment in a process that started nearly 50 years ago. One 1982 headline said it all: "Youngstown, Ohio, Jobless Rate Is Highest In Nation" — describing the city's then-25% unemployment rate.

But business owner Aspasia Lyras says the story of Youngstown today isn't about what they lost, it's about what they've forged.

"Tough times don't last. Tough cities do. That's our slogan," Lyras told CBS New

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