April 17, 2007

An Amazing Hero

In doing my bloglines reading today I came across this Jerusalem Post news article via Wading Through The Mire:

"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 33 dead and over two dozen wounded...

Several of Librescu's students sent e-mails to his wife, Marlena, telling of how he had blocked the gunman's way and saved their lives, said Librescu's son, Joe.

"My father blocked the doorway with his body and asked the students to flee," Joe Librescu said in a telephone interview from his home outside of Tel Aviv. "Students started opening windows and jumping out."

Posted by Michele at April 17, 2007 01:05 PM
Comments

Thank you for sharing this with us.

Posted by: lisa at April 17, 2007 02:25 PM

I read this earlier today and just sat there and cried. What greater love has a man...God bless him and his family.

Posted by: Mrs. Who at April 17, 2007 09:55 PM

Thanks for the reference to my site. An amazing and ironic story of courage. After all is said and done with this story, this is what I will remember the most.

Posted by: The Dark Knight at April 18, 2007 12:15 PM

It's all so sad...

Posted by: Richmond at April 18, 2007 02:09 PM

Good to see you writing again!

Posted by: Cappy at April 19, 2007 06:32 PM