I have been watching the coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings. There are still so many questions that are unanswered. Some we may never know the answer to. I am very curious as to if the shooter had an Islamic Connection or not. If he did we may never know since it seems like the Powers That Be always seem to cover that up. As the story unfolds, I will probably be posting more about this as more information comes out. Right now I am going to post the story of one of the victims of yesterdays massacre. Liviu Librescu, a Holocaust survivor who gave his life to save his students.
Professor Who Helped Students Escape Among Those Killed
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
JERUSALEM — An Israeli lecturer who died in the massacre at a U.S. university saved the lives of several students by blocking the doorway of his classroom from the approaching gunman before he was fatally shot, his son said Tuesday.
Students of Liviu Librescu, 76, a holocaust survivor who was an engineering science and mathematics lecturer at Virginia Tech for 20 years, sent e-mails to his wife, Marlena, telling of how he blocked the gunman's way and saved their lives, said the son, Joe.
"My father blocked the doorway with his body and asked the students to flee," Joe Librescu said in a telephone interview from his home outside of Tel Aviv. "Students started opening windows and jumping out."
Liviu Librescu, was respected in his field, his son said.
"His work was his life in a sense," Joe Librescu said. "That was a good place for him to practice his research."
The couple immigrated to Israel from Romania in 1978 and then moved to Virginia in 1985 for his sabbatical, but had stayed since then, said Joe Librescu, who himself studied at the school from 1989 to 1994. (Read the rest of the story here.)
Liviu Librescu
Librescu, 76, a lecturer in Engineering Science & Mechanics, was killed while holding off the gunman so his students could escape.
Librescu, an Israeli, was born in Romania and was known internationally for his research in aeronautical engineering.
A true hero. Rest in peace.
2 comments:
Not just born in Romania, but lived 50 years theere, and Romania shaped his education and caracter. So lets be honest and consider him romanian
What had Romanian have to do with anything? What is your point? The man was a Jew. He was a hero. He saved many of his students lives.
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