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stupidjet
04-17-2007, 02:59 PM
amazing.


http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/US/04/17/vtech.shooting.victims/librescu.vt.jpg



Liviu Librescu, 76, a professor at Virginia Tech, was recognized internationally for his research in aeronautical engineering, the head of the Engineering Science and Mechanics Department at Virginia Tech told AP. Librescu, an Israeli Holocaust survivor, was born and received his advanced degrees in Romania.


Liviu Librescu, 76, an engineering science and mathematics lecturer, tried to stop the gunman from entering his classroom by blocking the door before he was fatally shot, his son said Tuesday from Tel Aviv, Israel.

"My father blocked the doorway with his body and asked the students to flee," said Joe Librescu. "Students started opening windows and jumping out."
Librescu 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.





i think none of his students were killed although some were injured by the jump out.

DORIGHT
04-17-2007, 03:43 PM
That was a real man right there !! May he rest in peace & God bless his family..

I just wish somebody had the chance to impale a chair or something in that guys skull before he killed all those people !!!!!!!

bmcox86
04-17-2007, 04:27 PM
i bet he was a great teacher also

RuddeDogg
04-17-2007, 06:28 PM
Truly a hero.

ivorcouple
04-17-2007, 07:08 PM
a man among men..words do not express the valor this HERO exihibeted..surviving the holocaust..only to lose his life to a demented and troubled soul...if god hands out tickets to heaven..this man just recieved a lifetime pass..may god bless his soul...i only hope that all of us can learn from his sacrifice...mike

rattler
04-17-2007, 09:46 PM
god had the way and the time...RIP...

ivorcouple
04-17-2007, 09:56 PM
sorry my first posts had to deal with this cowardly act by a coward with no respect for human life.....my name is mike ....fisherman..husband...father.. i look forward to talking and giving fishing reports..just so much sorrow in the past two days...anyways hello to all ....hope to make a lot of friends here...thanks ....mike