His name was Scott Michael Johnson.

The 26-year-old from Montclair, New Jersey loved to travel. He explored Cuba back in 1998, according to his obituary. He was even planning a trip to South America when the second plane crashed into 2 World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Johnson was one of the some 2,700 people who perished in New York that day. He worked as a securities analyst at Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods at the Twin Towers.

His remains were never identified — until Wednesday.

The Medical Examiner's office announced that Johnson was the latest victim to be positively identified through DNA retesting of remains originally recovered in 2001.

"I get chills. Like, I'm getting chills even talking about it right now, that I know it could happen for me," Monica Iken said. "I am optimistic it can, because technology is advancing all the time."

Iken lost her husband, Michael, on 9/11. The newlyweds had been married only 11 months. He worked on the 84th floor, just a few floors below Johnson's office.

That proximity gives her hope that Michael will be identified. He is one of more than 1,100 victims who remain unidentified. The Medical Examiner has positively identified 1,642 victims — 60 percent of the people who were killed in the terrorist attacks.

Iken says that while she has found peace through her work on the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, she also waits patiently in the halls for the call that would mean Michael has finally been found.

"And he's finally home. And that's closure, especially for someone like me who's been doing this for so long," Klein said, fighting back tears.

Iken says families searching for missing loved ones in the immediate days after the attack were told to bring DNA samples. She says she gave officials a razor the day after.

"Making sure that we never forget those lives we lost that horrific day and who were murdered," Klein says.

She says she is grateful there is a dedicated team, which she hopes will one day match the DNA to remains found in her husband's final resting place.

This has been an ongoing mission for the Medical Examiner's office. Officials say the last time a victim was positively identified was in August 2017, but the victim's name was withheld at the family's request.