Virginia Tech Tragedy: The Lives Lost

From the freshman with a "luminous smile" to the hero Holocaust survivor who helped save his students' lives, see the portraits of the victims

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MINAL PANCHAL, 26

Panchal, a native of Mumbai, India, was pursuing a master's degree in architecture, and he had hopes of following in the footsteps of her successful architect father. The nature-lover was remembered by a childhood friend, Neeta Bhivankar, as "a brilliant student and warm and friendly," according to the Indo-Asian News Service.