David Kim and his family at Seatac airport on February 23, 1974. From David Kim: "Our family on the day we arrived in Seattle from Korea. It was February 23, 1974.My father immigrated to Seattle in 1972, and it was 2 years later in 1974 that the rest of the family joined him. I was 8 years old and I remember eating ice cream and running around the whole plane (a 747) during our flight (the plane was nearly empty). It was a Northwest Airlines flight with layover in Anchorage.My mother dressed the boys in matching outfits and the girls in matching outfits. We were all excited to be together with our father whom we haven't seen in 2 years. This photo was taken just minutes after we landed at Sea-Tac airport. My father drove us directly to Royal Fork Buffet (precursor to today's popular Old Country Buffet) in Wallingford neighborhood (the restaurant is now gone, replaced by a condo). A buffet was quite a spectacular treat for a boy from Korea (there was no such thing as a buffet in Korea). From the left are my father, my brother John (age 4), my sister Mary (age 6), me (age 8), my sister Susan (age 10), and my mother."

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