A profile in courage: Liviu Librescu
Kasia April 17th, 2007
Who, you may ask, is Liviu Librescu?
He was a lecturer at Virginia Tech. Until yesterday. During the massacre, as the gunman approached, he blocked the door to the classroom with his body and told his students to get out. They went out the windows. He was fatally shot.
He survived the Holocaust and died at 76 to save the lives of his students. And in my book he’s a hero. May God bless him and his family.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon him.
Curtsy to The Big Seester, who e-mailed me the story.
Wow…what an amazing soul!
Well, as John quoted Our Lord, “Greater love hath no man than this…”
Amen to both comments.
Condolences to his family may be posted here, according to a friend is Israel:
“If you would like to sign the Libresco family condolence book the link is
http://www.chabad.edu/templates/articlecco.html?AID=504498
Librescu Family Condolence Page”
Thanks for sending that link, TVS – I’ve just sent a condolence.