Dr. Liviu Librescu, age 76

Lost to gun violence on April 16, 2007 in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Virginia Tech shooting
Dr. Librescu was a professor of Engineering

He was from Ploiești, Romania

At the sound of gunshots, Librescu blocked the door of his classroom while 22 of his students climbed out a window and jumped to safety

Virginia Tech shooting: A 23-year-old student, Seung-Hui Cho, armed with two pistols, a Glock 19 and a Walther P22, killed thirty-two students and faculty members at Virginia Tech and wounded another seventeen students and faculty members in two separate attacks before committing suicide.

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