The South Korean Consulate-General has received reports of 33 Koreans missing since the World Trade Center attack as fears grow of more victims from the airplanes that crashed into the twin towers.
Officials at the consulate-general said the 33 people were reported as being out of contact with family members and relatives since the terrorist attack.
Koo Bon-suk; the head of the LG Insurance branch office in New York, is among the missing, and is the only staff member at the branch office yet unaccounted for.
American Airlines and United Airlines have not yet disclosed the list of passengers aboard their flights that crashed into the towers.