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Bush honors Israeli professor killed in Virginia Tech shooting
Ynetnews ^
| April 18, 2007
| Yitzhak Benhorin
Posted on 04/18/2007 12:06:49 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
US President George W. Bush on Wednesday honored Professor Liviu Librescu, an Israeli Holocaust survivor who died trying to keep a gunman from shooting his students in a killing spree at Virginia Tech University.
Librescu, an aeronautics engineer and teacher at the school for 20 years, saved the lives of several students by using his body to barricade a classroom door before he was gunned down in Monday's massacre.
“That day we saw horror, but we also saw quiet acts of courage,” Bush said at a memorial service held at the US Holocaust Museum to a crowd that included many survivors.
“We saw this courage in a teacher named Liviu Librescu. With the gunman set to enter his class, this brave professor blocked the door with his body while his students fled to safety. On the Day of Remembrance, this Holocaust survivor gave his own life so that others may live. And this morning we honor his memory and we take strength from his example.
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TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: bush; librescu; vatech; virginiatech
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To: West Coast Conservative
Bush honors Israeli professor killed in Virginia Tech shootingThat'll piss off the arab-appeasing liberals.
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posted on
04/18/2007 12:08:03 PM PDT
by
South40
(Amnesty for ILLEGALS Is A Slap In The Face To The USBP!!)
To: West Coast Conservative
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posted on
04/18/2007 12:08:05 PM PDT
by
Sam Ketcham
(Amnesty means vote dilution, & increased taxes to bring us down to the world poverty level.)
To: Sam Ketcham
God Bless him.I agree. The man died a hero.
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posted on
04/18/2007 12:08:53 PM PDT
by
South40
(Amnesty for ILLEGALS Is A Slap In The Face To The USBP!!)
To: South40
G-d spared this man in the holocaust so he could save lives a long time later.
Rest in peace, brave sir.
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posted on
04/18/2007 12:10:32 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
To: West Coast Conservative
The only one who seemed to know what to do.
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posted on
04/18/2007 12:15:31 PM PDT
by
rhombus
To: rhombus
The only one who seemed to know what to do. We have become like scared rabbits in this country. Why, oh why, did not half a dozen men in each class lie in wait for this guy, and bash his head in with a chair or fire extinguisher the moment he walked in the door?
-ccm
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posted on
04/18/2007 12:28:39 PM PDT
by
ccmay
(Too much Law; not enough Order.)
To: West Coast Conservative
There is, no doubt, a special place in heaven for Liviu.
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posted on
04/18/2007 12:28:54 PM PDT
by
TheDon
(The DemocRAT party is the party of TREASON! Overthrow the terrorist's congress!)
To: rhombus
People who have lived under tyranny understand what coddled Americans don’t.
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posted on
04/18/2007 12:29:48 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
To: OldFriend
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04/18/2007 12:35:32 PM PDT
by
pgkdan
(Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions - G.K. Chesterton)
To: West Coast Conservative
Thank God for brave, wonderful, selfless souls like this remarkable man.
God Bless him!
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posted on
04/18/2007 12:47:08 PM PDT
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NordP
(I know why Hollywood is concerned about global warming...heat destroys plastic. (Thanks Ann!))
To: dfwgator
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04/18/2007 12:47:39 PM PDT
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NordP
(I know why Hollywood is concerned about global warming...heat destroys plastic. (Thanks Ann!))
To: sofaman
ping
A wonderful human and hero
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posted on
04/18/2007 12:49:43 PM PDT
by
SoCalPol
(Duncan Hunter '08 Tough on WOT & Illegals)
To: rhombus
The only one? Were you there? Did you see it all?
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04/18/2007 12:51:25 PM PDT
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1rudeboy
To: West Coast Conservative
I hope GWB presents this brave mans wife with this. He deserves it!
To: West Coast Conservative
Oops.....Presidential citizens medal.
To: West Coast Conservative
Quinn (from Quinn and Rose) Had a great suggestion. Said the door he blocked should be bronzed and a bronze statue of the hero professor be placed behind it blocking it as he did. This should be placed in front of the building and the building be renamed for him.
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04/18/2007 1:48:25 PM PDT
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E.Allen
To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.
High Volume. Articles on Israel can also be found by clicking on the Topic or Keyword Israel. or WOT [War on Terror]
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04/18/2007 3:35:44 PM PDT
by
SJackson
(restoring the Jews to their homeland is a noble dream shared by many Americans, A. Lincoln)
To: OldFriend
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04/18/2007 4:12:06 PM PDT
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Fiddlstix
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To: West Coast Conservative; ml/nj; juliej; ExTexasRedhead; MeanWestTexan; Mr. Mojo; Yaelle; TXRed; ...
"You who have survived evil know that the only way to defeat it is to look it in the face and not back down."That quote from the President belongs in Bartlett's and should be inscribed on the Holocaust Museum itself.
What a great line!
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