Christine Kang search: Volunteers to fan out Saturday in NYC

The search for missing Edgemont student Christine Ji Woo Kang has moved to Fort Lee, New Jersey, and other places the teen might know people – and the community effort will continue Saturday.

Volunteers organized by the Edgemont Community Council fanned out Friday across Fort Lee and the area near the George Washington Bridge bus terminal in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan to look for the 16-year-old.

The search for the missing teen, last seen the night of Jan. 2, is entering its second week. Volunteers are planning to meet at 12:15 Saturday at Grand Central Station, near the information booth in the Main Hall by the big clock.

"We expect a large group," said Bob Bernstein, president of the group. "We are getting the community involved."

The Edgemont High School junioro hasn't been heard from since she left her Robin Hill Road home following an argument with her parents.

Surveillance cameras caught a glimpse of her boarding a New York City-bound train in Scarsdale and arriving in Grand Central Station.

But she vanished after that, despite efforts by police and family members to locate her.

Kang's family is of Korean ancestry, with friends and relatives in places with large Korean-American communities, including Fort Lee and the Flushing section of Queens.

"We have no evidence to think that she's there," said Greenburgh police Lieutenant Michael D'Alessio. "But we want to look everywhere we can."

Edgemont resident Jeehye Park organized a caravan of cars Friday that went to Manhattan and Fort Lee, where the volunteers handed out fliers.

"I just wanted to do something to help," she said.

Her group of about 25 people went to restaurants, stores, churches and other places in Korean neighborhoods of the New Jersey community as well as bus terminals in both Fort Lee and Manhattan.

"Just about everyone agreed to put up the fliers," she said. "They wanted to help."

Fliers have also been posted in Westchester train stations and other locations. The hashtag #findchristine is being used on social media to spread the word.

The Center for Missing and Exploited Children is helping with the search and has added Kang's name to its national database.

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Searchers for missing Edgemont resident Christine Kang will meet at 12:15 p.m. Saturday in Grand Central Station, near the information booth in the Main Hall by the big clock. Organizers will have fliers, tape and routes for distribution. The effort will be led by Edgemont resident Aubrey Graf, who can be reached at edgemontcares@gmail.com.

Check the group's website and Facebook page page for the latest information.