Virginia Tech Professor Liviu Librescu saved his students’ lives by blocking the door with his body while they escaped out the window (via VC). Haaretz reports:
“My father blocked the doorway with his body and asked the students to flee,” Joe Librescu said from his home outside of Tel Aviv. …
“He himself was killed but thanks to him his students stayed alive,” an Israeli student who survived the massacre told Army Radio on Tuesday.
May God comfort his family among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
Incredible courage this man showed. Not many people would knowingly die for the sake of his students. Character is born in the face of adversity and this man’s character was already shaped during another horific time. Hopefully out of the ashes of this tragedy, other men and women will also rise up and demonstrate the love and courage this elderly teacher did and not become bitter and damaged.
Comment by Ev — April 18, 2007 @ 7:41 am