It is my hope, before this brave soul died, he was able to see the last student jump to safety, and while surely he was thinking of his family and loved one’s, he may also thought of the shooter, “… take that, you son of a bit”h”…

Pero casi todos los dias se presenta la ocasión de no ser cobarde.

“In life you are given two or three occasions to be a hero, but every day of your life you are given the occasion to not be a coward.”

This man was both. He was no coward, and when it really counted, he was a hero.

Vaya con dios profesor.

and the fact that he died WHEN he did… That was a life of purpose.

God bless you, Liviu. We honor your memory with heads held as high as your son’s!

I wish this one had 500 comments in it.

White House should consider award this hero for The Presidential Medal of Freedom.

comments@whitehouse.gov

Last night my wife and I attended the symphony. The orchestra opened with a piece called Fratres by Arvo Part. Now, I am usually not one for sentimentality – but sometimes, music can explain things and feelings that words just cannot. As I listened,…

Nazi’s, Communists, Dictators, Terrorists, Murdering Thugs 0,

One brave, loving and courageous man 1

I said it before and I’ll say it again: how many times do you think he asked why his life was spared during the Holocaust? I think we now know the answer.

Thank you, Professor Librescu. Thank you, good and faithful servant.

JinxMcHue on April 20, 2007 at 11:22 AM

I never thought of that. Thank you.

May you walk through the streets with your head held high every day of your life.

A representative of the Romanian government posthumously awarded the Romanian-born Librescu the country’s highest medal for his scientific accomplishments and heroism. Romanian officials laid a wreath at the grave.

”I walked through the streets today with my head held high because I have such a father,” his elder son, Joe, said.

I cried when I read this. All this week this standard of duty, humanity and sacrifice should have been the main topic, along with honoring the lives of the victims.

Marlena is a beautiful name. All true Romanian female names end in ‘a’. My heart breakes for this beautiful lady. I cry for you and I cry for us.

I said it before and I’ll say it again: how many times do you think he asked why his life was spared during the Holocaust? I think we now know the answer.

Thank you, Professor Librescu. Thank you, good and faithful servant.

JinxMcHue on April 20, 2007 at 11:22 AM

It truly makes you wonder, doesn’t it? I’m not particularly religious … but you have to have a pretty stale imagination not to wonder.

What are the odds of this kind of man, who’d been through all that he survived, being right there at that moment?

Thank you, Professor Librescu. Thank you, good and faithful servant.