“Anybody who knows Gaurav loved him, and knew he was the boy with the biggest smile and the biggest hug,” Madan, who is in the Bahamas with the family, said in an interview. “He was a good kid, he was the perfect son.”

The senior student accidentally fell from a balcony while on an annual senior class trip, Bentley University officials said.

Gaurav Jaisingh was with fellow Bentley University students when he fell from the balcony of their hotel room on Sunday night around 10 p.m.