Steven Weiss

Brand/reputation builder and defender. Strategic communications, crisis management, media relations. Daddy. Pilot. Photographer. BU Terrier. New Yorker.

[Steven Weiss @SHWeiss01]

@garyweissel Are you flying right seat?

[Steven Weiss @SHWeiss01]

@RealPitino Better than Johnny Ray Wall's 38-inch vertical jump?

[myles brown @mdotbrown]

This is the only angle that does that miracle justice.

[Steven Weiss @SHWeiss01]

@trengriffin @RyanDetrick Where is Marty Zweig?
https://t.co/RH9gwBxfn5

[Nancy Sinatra @NancySinatra]

Dad said, "It was the beginning of a young nation. I wanted to help."

[amNewYork™ @amNewYork]

Nearly 150 residents rallied on Saturday, asking the city to put the brakes on bike lanes being considered for West 72nd Street, citing potential problems for pedestrians, the elderly and residents in general. https://t.co/ZHaCf0KAEb

[Steven Weiss @SHWeiss01]

@SKastenbaum @AFineBlogger @NYC_DOT @GaleBrewerNYC @SpeakerMenin @nyc_evsa @BobHoldenNYC @jimfornyc @CMShaunAbreu It would be honest and credible if you just said no you do not live on W. 72nd St. And therefore you have no clue as to how this will endanger hundreds of W 72nd Street residents and destroy aspects of a very vibrant neighborhood.

[Steven Weiss @SHWeiss01]

@SKastenbaum @AFineBlogger @NYC_DOT @GaleBrewerNYC @SpeakerMenin @nyc_evsa @BobHoldenNYC @jimfornyc @CMShaunAbreu Do you live on W. 72nd St. like I do?

[N A T U R E @Globe32048]

Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona 😍

[The Joint Staff 🇺🇸 @thejointstaff]

On behalf of the Joint Force and the Joint Chiefs, we extend our deepest gratitude to Chief of Staff of the Army, General Randy George, for his decades of steadfast service to our nation. Since 1988, General George and his family have consistently answered the nation’s call with honor and dedication. We are profoundly thankful to General George and his wife, Patty, for their many years of sacrifice and devotion to those who serve. As they graduate from this distinguished chapter of service and look toward the future, we wish them both continued happiness and success in all that lies ahead.

[Steven Weiss @SHWeiss01]

@NiallStanage @EStreetMax "No Ginger Bakers"

IYKYK

[Steven Weiss @SHWeiss01]

@dailyfreepress Excellent reporting from the @dailyfreepress

[Jane Sasseen @janesasseen]

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[Steven Weiss @SHWeiss01]

Hey @RealPitino Coach Rick! Did you see this??!! @glennconsor #terriers

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[Steven Weiss @SHWeiss01]

RIP El Malo de Salsa 🥺❤️

[Juana Peña @Chris_Montz]

Se hizo una convocatoria pública para que todos los trombonistas de Nueva York llevaran su instrumento y despidieran a Willie Colón hoy, a la salida de su féretro de la Catedral de San Patricio, donde se celebró una misa en su honor. Mira el resultado:

[Steven Weiss @SHWeiss01]

@JoeyWahler @adamdigital Wow! How lucky you are! Marty is an inspiration. What a story. There was also another guy on WNEW who did a Sunday night sports show after Mazer and I thought he was pretty good, too. I can't remember his name.

[Steven Weiss @SHWeiss01]

@JoeyWahler @adamdigital Don't forget Marty Glickman, and, Bill Mazer (WNEW)

[Steven Weiss @SHWeiss01]

How in the heck are 4 @StJohnsRedStorm @StJohnsBBall players ejected? Dirty, dirty play by @PCFriarsmbb

[⭕️Faerie ❤️ @LiquidFaerie]

On 16 April 2007, a quiet Monday morning at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, turned into tragedy.

Students entered Norris Hall for their classes, carrying backpacks, coffee & thoughts of the day ahead.
In Room 204, Professor Liviu Librescu, a 76-year-old aerospace engineering expert, was preparing to teach his solid mechanics class.

Born in 1930 in Ploiești, Romania, to a Jewish family, he had endured the Holocaust as a child. Confined in ghettos and labour camps, he witnessed his father’s death and survived the horrors that claimed millions. After the war, he earned degrees in aeronautical engineering under Romania’s communist regime, despite discrimination and restrictions on his work as a Jew. He published research secretly and smuggled papers abroad.

In 1978, after years of denied emigration requests and personal intervention by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, he left for Israel. He later moved to the United States in 1985, joining Virginia Tech, where he became a respected professor known for his brilliance, high standards, and genuine care for students.

At around 9:40 a.m., gunshots echoed through Norris Hall. The shooter, Seung-Hui Cho, moved methodically, killing students and faculty.

In Room 204, the sounds were unmistakable. Professor Librescu, who had heard gunfire in his youth, reacted without hesitation. He shouted for his students to escape through the windows, urging them to jump to safety despite the second-floor drop.

Students hesitated at first, fearing injury, but he insisted. They scrambled to the windows, some climbing out quickly, others lowering themselves before dropping. Many landed hard, suffering broken bones or cuts, but they ran to safety.

Meanwhile, Librescu positioned himself against the door, which could not be locked from inside. He pressed his body against it, using his weight to hold it shut as the shooter approached and tried to enter.

Cho fired through the door, bullets piercing the wood and striking the professor multiple times. Librescu did not yield. He held firm, buying precious time for his students to flee.

Of the roughly 23 students in the class, most escaped through the windows. One student, Minal Panchal, was killed when the shooter finally forced entry, and two others were injured but survived. Professor Librescu was shot fatally, his body found near the door he had defended.

The Virginia Tech shooting claimed 32 lives in total, including students and faculty, before the gunman took his own. It remains one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history.

Yet in Room 204, nearly all the students survived because of one man’s sacrifice.

Survivors later recounted his final commands, his refusal to leave the door, and the shots they heard as he stood his ground. His actions were no surprise to those who knew him; his life had been defined by resilience and quiet courage.

Librescu was buried in Israel with honours. Romania awarded him its highest civilian honour posthumously. Virginia Tech established a scholarship in his name, and his memory endures as a symbol of selfless protection.

He had survived history’s greatest evils once, only to face violence again and choose to shield others.
In his last moments, this 76-year-old professor, who had rebuilt his life from persecution and loss, became a literal barrier against harm.

His students lived because he stood, refusing to let evil pass while he still could stop it. His sacrifice was an act of profound love and defiance.

May his memory forever be a blessing.

[🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🕉Stevie Van Zandt☮️💙 @StevieVanZandt]

I can imagine that.