Who were the victims in the Washington Navy Yard shooting?
Thirteen people were killed when 34-year-old Aaron Alexis opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, Sept. 16. The shooter himself was killed in a gun b...
Vishnu Pandit, 61, Potomac, Md. Vishnu Pandit poses for a photo with his golden retriever, Bailey.
Pandit had a 30-year civilian Navy career as a marine engineer and naval architect.
He earned a bachelor's degree in marine engineering in India in 1973 before coming to the U.S. and earning a degree in naval architecture from the University of Michigan.
"The only saving grace in this horrible incident is that he died doing what he loved the most in the service of his nation," Pandit's friend, M. Nuns Jain, said.