Fernando Molinar, an Ecuadorean immigrant, has not been seen or heard from since September 8, 2001. Last heard from when he told his mother on the telephone that he was starting a new job at a pizzeria near the World Trade Center.

I searched reddit for Fernando Molinar and was surprised nothing popped up. I was researching the disappearance of Sneha Anne Philip who was an Indian American physician who was last seen on September 10, 2001 by a department store surveillance camera near her Lower Manhattan apartment. Due to the proximity of the World Trade Center and her medical training, her family believes she perished trying to help victims of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

After her death was officially declared in court the decision left only one missing person whose possible death at the World Trade Center is unresolved. Fernando Molinar, an Ecuadorean immigrant, has not been seen or heard from since September 8, 2001, when he told his mother on the telephone that he was starting a new job at a pizzeria near the building. A similar petition to Surrogate's Court on his behalf also rejected and has not been appealed.

The problem is that the family has hardly any evidence to prove Fernando was near the World Trade Center or even in the city on Sept. 11, 2001. He was an illegal immigrant, and the lack of any documentation about his life in the Big Apple led authorities to remove him from the official death toll. The family says Molinar, who spelled his last name differently from his mother, came to the city as a 16-year-old in 1998. He washed dishes and delivered pizza. He shared a tiny downtown apartment with two other men – also illegal immigrants. After Fernando didn’t come home the night of 9/11, the roommates called his mother and spent the next week searching for him. Then they too disappeared, fearing the investigation into his disappearance would expose their illegal status. After Molinar’s family contacted Tepeyac, the group canvassed “every restaurant and pizzeria in the area".

The most obvious answer is the most likely but unfortunately this will probably always remained unresolved as even if he did perish on 9/11 the evidence no longer exists.

Sources:

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/two-years-on-9-11-attacks-still-haunt-new-york-1.374863

http://nypost.com/2003/11/02/anguish-over-2-off-the-911-list/ http://nymag.com/news/features/17336/index4.html