More than 60 Bulgarian nationals from New York and Washington are being looked for by the Bulgarian General Consulate, Elena Poptodorova, spokeswoman of Foreign Ministry, said. Till now, contacts have been established with only ten of the searched people. Of the five missing persons only two are not found. There`s no contact with Kamen Bachiyski and Mitko Petrov. Petrov left for the USA 33 years ago, a first cousin of his is searching for him. No victims of Bulgarian extraction have been reported, Poptodorova said. It came out, that Dimitrina Pravcheva who was believed to be killed in the terrorist attacks, is on leave and that`s why was not found. The firm reassured her relatives of that. The search for Koycho Koev turned out to be misunderstanding, because he kept constantly in contact with his father and sister. The General Consulate got in touch with believed to be killed Steve Johnov, who was safe and sound. The inquiries about the fate of the Bulgarians in the USA increase avalanche-like, Poptodorova said. The General Consulate in New York has set up a special center, in which detailed written inquiries about the missing persons will be accepted from the relatives. Till now the applications have contained only the names, which impeded the work of the employees.

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