Juan Ramon Ortiz, age 26

Lost to gun violence on April 16, 2007 in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Virginia Tech shooting
Juan died along with Prof. Loganathan and 8 other students in the Advanced Hydrology class.

He was a Master's Student (first year) from Bayamón, Puerto Rico. He was majoring in Civil Engineering (Water Resources)He was Married in Aug of 2006.

Virginia Tech shooting: A 23-year-old student, Seung-Hui Cho, armed with two pistols, a Glock 19 and a Walther P22, killed thirty-two students and faculty members at Virginia Tech and wounded another seventeen students and faculty members in two separate attacks before committing suicide.

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