I knew Mora as an optimistic person, extremely polite, gentle, unselfish and kind. I'll miss him as a cousin. Not once he said bad things about people, not once he give up on pursuing his study in VT. Not once he forget all of his cousin birthdays, on their birthday he will call and congratulate even though it cost him quite a lot to call overseas. And he will never miss out reading his bible. He always said "you have to follow Jesus 100 percent not even 99.9 percent." He is very faithful in his faith. He's been struggling to get his visa from US embassy to go to United States for his study but he never gave up and keep on trying. He always trust all his plan to the Lord. We will miss you and cherish you always in our heart. You leave us with a warm and beautiful memories. Goodbye Mora...we love you.

Mora was a very good friend of mine. I remember how he helped me and my wife arrange my wedding, he is very very helpful and supportive. It is a sad day for anyone who knew him. His big smile says it all indeed. His faith in his Saviour unquestionable. He just love Jesus very very much. I offer condolences to his family, His father, mother, his oldest brother Bindu who is also my friend and his youngest brother.

Mora Lumbantoruan was such an inspiring person. I never saw him without a big smile on his face. He had an amazing work ethic, was so intelligent and such an asset to anyone who had the privilege of working with him or just being around him. I am happy to have gotten the chance to know him while we were at Virginia Tech.

All who knew Mora will miss his friendship and his laugh. Whenever you met him he would always greet you with a kind and warm smile. I remember when he would come by my lab to sit down and chat. His technical discussion was always inspired by great people in the geotechnical engineering profession. Our conversations for Indonesia and specifically for the Formula 1 Championship are memorable.

To our friend Mora and all the people who tragically lost their lives at Tech, fare well and rest in peace.

I had the privilege of knowing Mora at Virginia Tech while studying for a Master's Degree. He was always curious as to other's well being and how their projects were coming along. I too, as many of my classmates will recall, remember his big smile and great attitude every day in our shared graduate office...even on the days we all got a little loud and disrupting, he diligently worked away at his desk. Mora's death is a very unfortunate loss.

Mora, as we knew him, was a quiet man when he entered the graduate program at Virginia Tech at the beginning of my second semester. In the student library, his desk was a few down from mine. And while he didn't talk much, he did smile a lot. A great big smile.

Friends and I recently remembered a camping trip we all made to celebrate the end of our second semester and the onset of summer. All of the grad students were invited. Mora came out, and although I can't be sure it was his first time, we did show him how to roast marshmallows over the bonfire. Again, his big smile said it all.

Mora always encouraged me to stay for a PhD. I always told him he was crazy and I would never stay, but I did. He had an amazing smile and sense of peace. I am so privileged to have known him.

Mora was an amazing person, and often looked just as you see him in the picture...smiling and happy. Mora was a Christian from Indonesia, a place where Christians are a small minority. The prejudices Mora had to face as a Christian in Indonesia made his love of this country and its freedoms great.

He was working toward a graduate degree in geotechnical engineering, and planned on moving his family here after he graduated and started his professional career. I never heard Mora say a negative word about anyone, and his smiling face always seemed to uplift those around him. It is sad to see such a great person be taken from us in this way.

Known as "Mora" to his friends and professors, Partahi was fixture in our office during the last year of his Master's degree. He quietly and diligently pursued his dream of earning his Ph.D. He enjoyed his studies, and often talked about how fortunate we were to be at Virginia Tech and to be studying in the States. Mora never took a day at Tech for granted. He always had a smile and eased the rigors of graduate school by sharing a laugh.

I did not know Mora very well, but what I will remember about him is his warm, friendly smile every time I said hello or passed by in the hallways of Patton. He was a good person who I wish I had gotten to know better.

Partahi was an alumni of our alma mater Parahyangan Catholic University in Bandung, Indonesia. On behalf Unika Parahyangan Alumnis, I would like to offer the deepest of condolences and grief for the loss of lives at VA Tech. Partahi and others shall always be remembered.

Mora was a good friend of mine. I remember the time he help me and my wife arrange our wedding. He was so helpfull and supportive. His big smile did says it all indeed. His love for his Savior was unquestionable. He just loved Jesus very, very much. I offer my deepest condolences to his family: his father, his mother, his oldest brother Bindu who is also my friend and to his youngest brother. May God bless them all!

I was in the geotechincal engineering masters program while Mora was working on his Ph.D. I was in the U.S. Air Force and Mora would often talk to me with pride about how his father was in the military in Indonesia. He was a very kind and gentle spirit and was very happy to be at Virginia Tech.