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IN THE VALLEY OF DEATH STOOD THE ONE. LET'S REMEMBER ONE HERO, NOT 701 COWARDS. SINCE 2003, 700 SUICIDE BOMBERS HAVE DETONATED THEMSELVES IN IRAQ KILLING HUNDREDS, PERHAPS THOUSANDS. HERE IN AMERICA, ONE MANIACAL MURDERER LOOSED HIMSELF ON STUDENTS AT VIRGINIA TECH UNIVERSITY. LET US NOT FORGET THE DAVID WHO WITHSTOOD HIM.

ONE JEW, ONE OCTOGENARIAN, ONE HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, IRONICALLY, GAVE HIS LIFE FOR NON-JEWS IN A CAMPUS CLASSROOM THAT FATAL MORNING ON HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY. GUNS NOT GAS MADE HIM A HERO AS HE FOUGHT BACK AGAINST THE AGGRESSOR, FACILITATING STUDENTS' ESCAPES.

DO TRAGIC IRONIES PROVE THAT GOD IS DEAD OR ALIVE? DO THEY PROVE THAT GOD EXISTS AFTER ALL? "ALL TRAGEDIES ARE FINISHED BY A DEATH, ALL COMEDIES ARE ENDED BY A MARRIAGE," THE POET LORD BYRON REMINDS US. PERHAPS THE PROFESSOR'S DEATH ENDED - BUT ALSO BEGINS IN THE IMAGINATIONS OF WE WHO CHOOSE TO REMEMBER - A TRAGI-COMEDY WITH THE MARRIAGE OF HIS COURAGE ON EARTH TO THE CERTAINTY OF HIS HEAVENLY REWARD,