9/11 Victim’s Remains Identified Nearly 17 Years Later Using DNA Testing

The south tower of New York's World Trade Center (L) begins to collapse after a terrorist attack on the buildings on Sept. 11, 2001. Gulnara Samoilova/AP

The remains of a 26-year-old securities analyst who worked at the World Trade Center on 9/11 have been identified nearly 17 years after the attacks.

The Office of Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York on Wednesday identified the victim as Scott Michael Johnson, who was an employee at the investment banking company Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, working on the 89th floor of the World Trade Center south tower, reported the NJ Advance Media.