It's tough to find nice stories when things like this happen but there is one:
Several professors were among the 32 people killed Monday. The Associated Press identified them as math teacher Liviu Librescu, 75, and G.V. Loganathan, a 51-year-old lecturer in civil and environmental engineering.
The campus newspaper also identified Kevin Granata, an engineering science and mechanics professor and Christopher James Bishop, a German instructor, as victims.
Librescu, a Holocaust survivor, reportedly saved the lives of students by blocking the doorway from the gunman while he ordered them to leave.
- From the people I talked to today, 15 students jumped out from that classroom out the window while Librescu was holding off the gunman. Once the last student jumped out, the 75 year old Librescu couldn't hold off the gunman any longer and had to let go of the door and then was shot and killed. What a hero.
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