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VT Professor gave life to save students...

Comprehend

Comprehend

Res Ipsa Loquitur
This is amazing. What an incredible man.

"Then the gunfire started coming closer. Librescu, 77, fearlessly braced himself against the door, holding it shut against the gunman in the hall, while students darted to the windows of the second-floor classroom to escape the slaughter, survivors said."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...-04-17_courageous_final_act_of_professor.html


John 15:13
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
 
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standing_alone

Well-Known Member
A heroic act indeed.

That's the one thing about these tragedies... They show you what terrible things people are capable of, but then they also show you the self-less acts of heroism people are also capable of.
 
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angellous_evangellous

Guest
It may have been better to blockade the door with his desk.
 
Sunstone

Sunstone

De Diablo Del Fora
Premium Member
At 77, it might be more practical to block a door with your body than try to quickly move a heavy desk.
 
nutshell

nutshell

Well-Known Member
People, don't turn this into a debate about what he should have done or had time for. Just recognize that this man was a hero.
 
lunamoth

lunamoth

Will to love
Comprehend said:
This is amazing. What an incredible man.

"Then the gunfire started coming closer. Librescu, 77, fearlessly braced himself against the door, holding it shut against the gunman in the hall, while students darted to the windows of the second-floor classroom to escape the slaughter, survivors said."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cri...-04-17_courageous_final_act_of_professor.html


John 15:13
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
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That is an astounding act of heroism...I had not yet heard this.
 
bflydad

bflydad

Member
I think we each of us hope that if the time came that we would do the same. But there is always that doubt. Actually hearing of someone who had that courage is both inspiring and encouraging. Goddess Bless Him.
 
Hope

Hope

Princesinha
From what I've read, Librescu was also a Holocaust survivor.

He truly lived an amazing life.
 
Jaymes

Jaymes

The cake is a lie
nutshell said:
People, don't turn this into a debate about what he should have done or had time for. Just recognize that this man was a hero.
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Exactly. Good lord... it must have been difficult enough to even have the presence of mind to do something besides doing what most every other victim did: Freeze up. The man's a hero.
 
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