I’m sure that in the coming days there will be many stories of people who took heroic actions during the Virginia Tech shooting. So far, this story stands out:
A 75-year-old Israeli professor and Holocaust survivor was killed in the massacre at Virginia Tech on Holocaust Memorial Day, Monday when he leaped between the gunner and his students.
According to eye witnesses the heroic action of Liviu Librescu, a lecturer in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, saved the lives of an unknown number of students in his class. Asael Arad, an Israeli Virginia Tech student told Army Radio that “all the students lived — because of him,” The Jerusalem Post reported.
Even in tragedy, and even in the face of the worst kind of evil, people are still self-sacrificing and people still do good. That restores my faith a little bit.
Thanks to Noam for the link.