Professor Dies to Save His Students

Liviu Librescu, an Israeli professor at Virginia Tech, gave up his life yesterday to save his students. He died; they all lived.

Jerusalem Post has the story:

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 32 dead and over two dozen wounded.

Professor Liviu Librescu, 76, threw himself in front of the shooter, who had 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.

HT: DallasNews Religion

See also:

• Times Online: Liviu Librescu

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