It's difficult to believe one year has passed since Virginia Tech massacre. But as family and friends mourn today at remembrance ceremonies in Blacksburg, Va., a rabbi in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, honors Professor Liviu Librescu, who saved at least 22 people that fateful day by blocking the gunman and enabling his students to escape.
Librescu, a Holocaust survivor, was one of the 32 victims of the massacre.
Rabbi Shea Hecht, co-chairman of the Crown Heights Coalition, has produced an powerful 10-minute video documentary chronicling the life of Librescu, a Romanian-born "scientific superstar" who developed an experimental aircraft. Called "Courage Under Fire," Hecht remembers Librescu's heroism.
— Emily Ngo