A Madman Finds His Place in a 24/7 News Cycle

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › April 20, 2007

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I'M NOT a violent man, but every time I see an image of Cho Seung- Hui, I want to pummel him with fists. His snarling visage and the sick, profane ranting on the video clips he mailed to NBC infuriate me. I'm disturbed that Cho's vileness is getting global attention. Such a man is not worth spit.

I would rather see the faces of the heroes of that horrible morning. One of the victims was Liviu Librescu. He was a 75-year- old Holocaust survivor who taught engineering at Virginia Tech. According to witnesses, he used his body to block the doorway of his classroom, enabling students to escape out windows. Librescu was killed.

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A Madman Finds His Place in a 24/7 News Cycle

What an extraordinary man. What an extraordinary fate to survive the Holocaust, to reach an age where most would be comfortably retired, and then to die saving the lives of stu...

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