Twelve Koreans are confirmed dead and 18 missing as a result of the worst terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
The Foreign Ministry said an official of the South Korean Consulate General in New York will stay at the U.S. Family Assistance Center to help families of Korean victims. They will provide DNA samples to U.S. authorities for identification of their families.
Meanwhile, the State Department said two hundred-18 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. More than five thousand-400 are still missing.
The State Department said the victims are from 63 countries.