Professor Liviu Librescu

While a crazed gunman went around the campus of Virginia Tech shooting anyone who happened to be in his sight, there emerged a genuine hero.

Professor Liviu Librescu, a 76 year old Holocaust survivor, put his body against the door of his classroom and told his students to escape. This, on the day the world commemorated the Holocaust.

From the Jerusalem Post we read these words:

As Jews worldwide honored on Monday the memory of those who were murdered in the Holocaust, a 76-year-old survivor sacrificed his life to save his students in Monday’s shooting at Virginia Tech College that left 33 dead and over two dozen wounded.

Professor Liviu Librescu, 76, threw himself in front of the shooter when the man attempted to enter his classroom. The Israeli mechanics and engineering lecturer was shot to death, “but all the students lived - because of him,” Virginia Tech student Asael Arad - also an Israeli - told Army Radio.

Several of Librescu’s other students sent e-mails to his wife, Marlena, telling of how he had blocked the gunman’s way and saved their lives, said Librescu’s 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.”

Jesus said there is no greater love than for a man to give up his life for others.

May you rest in peace, Professor Librescu, and may we never forget the heroism you showed on your last day. He will be buried in Israel.

Written by ~J~
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2 Responses to “A Real Hero”

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   April 18, 2007 at 8:33 am

   Not everyone you see in the news called a hero is one. This man truly is.
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