Holocaust Survivor Saved Students Lives

Professor Liviu Librescu of Virginia Tech, a survivor of the Holocaust as well as an escapee from communist Romania, was killed in the mass-murder of students at the school on Monday. He apparently blockaded the door of the classroom and allowed many students to jump from the windows and save themselves. He paid for this act of herosim with his life.

Ironically, his death came on the Israeli celebration of Holocaust Rememberance Day. He is survived by a son in Tel Aviv.

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