article_snippet.sent: (CNN)Giovanni Lo Porto put Lo Porto in harm's way to help, heading to Pakistan to work on a much needed reconstruction project following deadly flooding there.
article_snippet.sent: Lo Porto grew up in Sicily and then studied at London Metropolitan University, getting Lo Porto undergraduate degree there in Peace and Conflict Studies in 2010, according to the school.
article_snippet.sent: A professor there remembers Lo Porto as "passionate, friendly (and) open-minded," according to an ANSA report.
article_snippet.sent: And London Metropolitan University, in a statement, described Lo Porto as "a popular student who was committed to helping others."
article_snippet.sent: "We are tremendously proud of Lo Porto and the humanitarian work Lo Porto did," the school said.
article_snippet.sent: Lo Porto told me, 'I'm pleased to have returned to Asia and Pakistan, I love the people, culture and food in this part of the world,' " said the London Metropolitan University professor.
article_snippet.sent: Pott described Lo Porto as a lively, very positive man who made friends all over the world.
highlights_snippet.sent: NGO where Lo Porto works describes NGO where Lo Porto works as a lively, positive man with lots of friends .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: London university  says NGO where Lo Porto works was a "popular student ... committed to helping others"
  NGO where Lo Porto works was killed in a U.S. counterterrorism strike in January, authorities say .