23 April 2007
Liviu Librescu, the 76-year-old professor and Holocaust survivor who was killed in last week's Virgina Tech massacre and who saved many of his students' lives, has been buried in Israel. Dozens of people gathered at the Ra'anana cemetery to pay their last respects to Librescu. Born in Romania, he survived the Holocaust and later migrated to Israel before moving to the United States. Family members, friends and rabbis eulogized Lubrescu before his body was lowered into the grave. "My years are now open to your legacy ... to do the best I can to live," his son, Joe Librescu, said before ending with "goodbye, father." In the aftermath of Monday's shooting, Librescu was hailed as a hero for holding the gunman at bay by blocking a classroom door while students escaped through a window.
