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After Virginia Tech: Professor Liviu Librescu

104 words.

I first heard about this man on the radio this morning, and have subsequently seen many blog posts about him. This is one blog meme that I’m happy to keep propagating, though.

Professor Liviu Librescu, 76, threw himself in front of the shooter when the man attempted to enter his classroom. The Israeli mechanics and engineering lecturer was shot to death, “but all the students lived - because of him,” Virginia Tech student Asael Arad - also an Israeli - told Army Radio.

From the Jerusalem Post: Israeli professor killed in US attack.

Seems like a great candidate for a posthumous medal to me.

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