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augustine johnson
December 23, 2012 | Birmingham, AL
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Obituary
Liviu Librescu
Professor, Engineering Science & Mechanics
Librescu, an Israeli engineering and math lecturer, was known for his research, but his son said the Holocaust survivor will be remembered as a hero for protecting students as the gunman tried to enter his classroom.
Librescu taught at Virginia Tech for 20 years and had an international reputation for his work in aeronautical engineering.
"His research has enabled better aircraft, superior composite materials, and more robust aerospace structures," said Ishwar K. Puri, the head of the engineering science and mechanics department.
After surviving the Nazi killings, Librescu escaped from Communist Romania and made his way to the United States before he was killed in Monday's massacre, which coincided with Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Librescu's son, Joe, said his father's students sent e-mails detailing how the professor saved their lives by blocking the doorway of his classroom from the approaching gunman before Librescu was fatally shot.
"My father blocked the doorway with his body and asked the students to flee," Librescu's son, Joe Librescu, said Tuesday in a telephone interview from his home outside of Tel Aviv. "Students started opening windows and jumping out."
Please sign the Guest Book for this victim of the shootings on Monday, April 16, 2007, at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Copyright © 2007 The Associated Press
Guest Book
Jen
August 23, 2011
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God Blees You
jen narciso
August 19, 2008 | Clifton, NJ
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It is so difficult to think of you without tears. You were such a dear sweet man who had suffered so much in your life, yet you gave your life to save the students you loved. I remember talking about your time in Romania and Israel.You are my hero just for being you-an extraordinary man.
Linda Blevins
April 17, 2008 | Morgantown, WV
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You had been a hero all of your life and you just proved it again on that tragic day, that we now remember on this first anniversary.
May you rest in God's eternal peace for all you suffered and sacrificed in laying down your life so that others might live.
God's blessings on you and your family.
aleec
April 16, 2008
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I hope to continue to remember and remind others of Professor Librescu's sacrifice, not only this year and at this time, but for many years to come.
William Hadfield-Burkardt
April 16, 2008 | Wiesbaden Germany
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Saturday 4/19/2008, at sundown, Pasover begins. May I say to you I shall mention you in my prayers on this most holy night. To you and all the victims of this horrific crime against humanity, I wish that G_d will bring peace to your family on Pesach. SHALOM Sir!
April 15, 2008 | Manahawkin, NJ
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I think that was very sweet and courageous of you to take your lives for your students to escape. I also think that it's pretty cool how you were a survivor of the holocaust, if I knew you I would have so many questions for you. For you to stand in front of the door the way you did was a heroic move, because any other teacher or professor wouldn't have done that for their stundents. Simply because there aren't alot of real teachers out there like you. Even though I don't know you I will say I...
Janine Faraneh
March 31, 2008 | Hermitage, TN
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May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
jennifer narciso
October 27, 2007 | Clifton, NJ
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