Often from tragedy a few stories emerge of amazing people that have risen above fear and self preservation and displayed amazing acts of heroism. Seventy-six-year-old engineering professor Liviu Librescu, a Holocaust survivor, was such a man and his sacrifice is nothing short of heroic.
With the gunman, 23-year-old Tech senior Seung-hui Cho, trying to force his way into his classroom, Professor Librescu held his body against the door and told his students to escape through the windows. All leapt to safety but, moments after the last student was safe, Cho apparently forced open the door and shot Librescu to death.
What Librescu did was one of the most conspicuous acts of heroism to surface thus far in the bloodiest massacre inflicted on an American campus by a lone gunman. At the cost of his life, Librescu exemplified heroism. Thanks to his selfless act, many students were saved.
It makes me proud to know that such men still exist. Story