One stood up against the murderer
It shouldn't surprise anyone that the one professor with the chutzpah to so much as lift a finger against the Virginia Tech murderer yesterday morning was a Holocaust survivor. He was shot through the door but continued to hold it closed to prevent the killer from entering his classroom, while his students jumped from the windows.
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what a waste[V] 0 -
For every person there is a reason. He lived through one terror to save others in another.
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That is a man who is a man/ Saving lives of his students..what else can you save/ imo,,nambu 0 -
Liviu Librescu, 76, was a Holocaust survivor who, his son said, will be remembered as a hero. He "blocked the doorway with his body and asked the students to flee," Joe Librescu told the AP. "Students started opening windows and jumping out." The elder Librescu, 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 the AP. He was born and received his advanced degrees in Romania.
Professor Edward Smith of Penn State University wrote:
"Professor Librescu was well known in the aerospace engineering community. I have known professor Librescu for the past 18 years, ever since I was in graduate school. We attended the same annual conferences and worked in the same research area (composite structures). He was a true gentleman. [He was] always very professional and 'formal,' dressed in a business suit and very serious about his work. Professor Librescu had a good sense of humor and had many friends in the aerospace community. We are all deeply saddened by this tragic loss."0 -
newt, i see no brainwashing, just a brave soul willing to give his life so that others may escape, and just happened to be a holocaust survivor. i salute the man. if everyone would have attacked at the first shot, i reckon not as many would have died. sad 0 -
Uhh...Newt's not here. 0 -
oh i figured that woud'nt last long. no need to downgrade people, not polite. thanks 0 -
quote:Originally posted by cartod
Liviu Librescu, 76, was a Holocaust survivor who, his son said, will be remembered as a hero. He "blocked the doorway with his body and asked the students to flee," Joe Librescu told the AP. "Students started opening windows and jumping out." The elder Librescu, 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 the AP. He was born and received his advanced degrees in Romania.
Professor Edward Smith of Penn State University wrote:
"Professor Librescu was well known in the aerospace engineering community. I have known professor Librescu for the past 18 years, ever since I was in graduate school. We attended the same annual conferences and worked in the same research area (composite structures). He was a true gentleman. [He was] always very professional and 'formal,' dressed in a business suit and very serious about his work. Professor Librescu had a good sense of humor and had many friends in the aerospace community. We are all deeply saddened by this tragic loss."
The world is a better place becauce he walked with us. May God grant his soul peace.0 -
AMEN[V] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by nunn
Uhh...Newt's not here.
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Newt, I dont appreciate your post, personally. The man did what im sure alot of people would have done. If he wouldnt have done that, it would have been ALOT more than one, probably a whole class full more. 0 -
A heroic man. May he rest in peace. 0 -
There's no bigger sign of love towards anything.. than to willingly lay your life on the line and see what happens.
He did good.0 -
I've said it before, but it bears repeating: There are no living heroes. And the media has cheapened the word in recent years. But this man was one. I am just saddened that nobody else in that building had learned the lessons he did as a child. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by ZERODIN
I've said it before, but it bears repeating: There are no living heroes. And the media has cheapened the word in recent years. But this man was one. I am just saddened that nobody else in that building had learned the lessons he did as a child.
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I hope the able bodied males in that room and who jumped out windows remember, and learn.0 -
this MAN survived one of history's vilest events when he was but a child and still had the courage as a senior citizen to stand up against an attacker in a no win situation for his students....he deserves no less a statue or place of honor on that campus...& his last lesson to those students was of courage & placing others first, his greatest...who among us would have been so brave??????????? 0 -
We lost a true hero.....[:(]
We can all learn something from his example....0 -
What a guy, what a life! 0 -
Shalom 0 -
I don't like the idea of giving out the Medal of Honor to civilians, but I might make an exception in this case.
He at least needs to get a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Shalom, and rest well!0 -
It was reported that a female student was shot in the hand for doing the same thing. I believe she's a hero who survived the massacre. Perhaps there were more heroes, too. 0 -
what I can't understand is why those people just laid and took it.
why did'nt they stand up and take the guy yes some would have been shot but they were any way.people stood up on 9/11
and at columbine.0 -
God bless that man. A true hero. 0 -
In one of the classrooms, the shooter came in and shot almost everyone in the room. Then he left.
Two male students got up and discussed their situation. They decided the shooter might return. They closed the door, and stood with their shoes wedged against the bottom of the door. One of these students had been shot in the arm, the other was uninjured.
In a minute the shooter did return. He tried to shove the door open, but could not. He fired into the door five or six times, and then left. Neither student was hit by the shots through the door.
In a minute they could hear him shooting in an adjacent classroom.
I saw separate interviews with both students and they both gave the same account. The one guy had his arm in a sling so it sounds like they were giving the straight story.0 -
this is an example of the huge generation dividing line. old timers knew death amd defended freedom.
the young dont and flee the minute its attacked.
he died for strangers. would you?
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He just looks like a nice man don't he? 0 -
Not to in any way disparage what this guy did, which really was brave and heroic, but ironically, he probably didn't save any lives.
Apparently, the limiting factor in the shooting was the quantity of the shooter's ammo. The shooter kept going until he ran out of ammo.
After murdering this brave holocaust survivor, the shooter just went on and killed other people.
The net effect was that the brave professor managed to save HIS students, but others were killed instead.0 -
Very sad, but also uplifting.
God only knows how many others took heroic action that day, only no one survived to tell their story.0 -
If he saved just 1 then he is a hero in my book ! 0 -
quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
In one of the classrooms, the shooter came in and shot almost everyone in the room. Then he left.
Two male students got up and discussed their situation. They decided the shooter might return. They closed the door, and stood with their shoes wedged against the bottom of the door. One of these students had been shot in the arm, the other was uninjured.
In a minute the shooter did return. He tried to shove the door open, but could not. He fired into the door five or six times, and then left. Neither student was hit by the shots through the door.
In a minute they could hear him shooting in an adjacent classroom.
I saw separate interviews with both students and they both gave the same account. The one guy had his arm in a sling so it sounds like they were giving the straight story.
Not to take away from the professor's act, but to highlight more courageous acts, thus giving credit where credit is due, there were apparently other heroic acts to fend off the killer, like the girl who was shot in the hand, and these boys. More stories like these three will probably surface as the full story becomes known.0
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