I lived in NYC during 9/11. The Twin Towers must be built back stronger and taller.
There is no other way! Dont let this great city have a symbol of fear embedded in its skyline.
Honor those who died! Dont let defeat be branded on all Americans .
I have been in Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Los Angelas and ….. New York – the big Apple. But the Apple is not big anymore. It lacks those great buildings for 4.5 years now. I cannot believe that the Americans are not going to rebuild the twin towers. Not rebuilding is ultimately the surrender to the terrorists!!!
I believe this is the third time I’ve signed the petition over the last few years. My sentiment remains the same: rebuilding the twin towers goes beyond those 2 buildings, beyond that one city, beyond any border. The human spirit and the resiliency of good over evil is really at stake here. It may sound a bit extreme, but in my mind anything other that seeing the twin towers stand again would be a defeat and the begining of an inevitable slide into darkness. Rebuild – now.
I simply won’t believe and can’t accept that New York, a city that has always cherished the history and identity of the melting pot that defines it, would turn its back on its own history and heritage. The Twin Towers are (in present tense on purpose) a symbol of New York, the USA and all people in the world who cherish freedom, democracy and global peace. Together they stand for what human kind can accomplish when they stop destroying each other for a moment. I guess the reactions of the citizens of New York, and all other people that cared on 9/11, speak for themselves. Everybody misses them, everybody feels the gaping hole, most of them want them back! Pataki and the likes, go home and put a statue of yourself in your garden if you want to be remembered once you pass away…
Minoru Yamasaki would be turning in his grave if he saw the state of the WTC today and the jokers in charge of it. REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!!! Building new twin towers is the only TRUE way to restore the New York skyline and also stand as a memorial to the heros of 9/11. When the towers fell I really expected the politicians and people in charge to do the right thing and rebuild new twin towers. It’s been very disappointing and sad that they’ve ignored what the majority want and to design a new symbol that only glorifies themselves.
We must restore this simbol of liberty along with a memorial in onor of victmis died. Rebuilding the World Trade Center Twin Towers, we show to all the world that terrorists have failed! Rebuld the Towers!!!!
Please let them come to their senses and rebuild the Twin Towers.
New York has to have it’s skyline restored.
I have been in this nice City several times but without the Twins there it’s skyline is just not NY anymore !
Rebuild and forget the Freedom Tower !!!!!
Please USA rebuild the Towers !
December 2001 was my first time in NY and it would be my first time on these Great Towers.
My Husband had already been there and now it was my turn.
9/11 came and it was horrible the Towers with all those people went down. I could not believe what i saw, tears where flooding.
For all these victims who died, who were proud to work in the Towers, REBUILD !!
And restore the famous Skyline of NY.
I want to see the Twin Towers raise. They have hidden beauty and characters, unlike the other buildings. When I see TV programmes or films without Twin Towers and it makes me angry. The Twins deserves to be back and I want to visit them when they are
The Twin Towers motif must be restored — and in a way that truly fills the unbelievable hole from September 11th. An identical second Freedom Tower could do that… but the Belton-Gardner design should really get first preference.
They wanted the Twin Towers gone. As long as the Towers stay gone, the haters of the US and all it stands for will feel a certain satisfaction. Let the WTC rise again to put these representatives of the premodern ages on notice that their world is on
I like the old skyline… Twin Towers was beautifull. I still believe that it will be rebuild. Do you think that something famous like Eifell tower or London Big Ben should be replaced with some twisted glass structure?
The Twin Towers, so beautiful! What an achievment! Rebuild them to show the world that terrorism will not win! Two Towers-side by side, united, sybolic of a desire for world unity! Give NY back it’s great skyline! Reach for the sky, reach for peace!
How else can you ‘lead’ the world if you cower behind the facade that is. Be strong and build strong, you will have many more shed a tear at the sight of the great towers rising high, a wondrous sight to behold.
If change is needed, make them taller. That’s all. Keep them looking the same as before, identical in all other respects, so that the enemies of democracy can see their misguided beliefs mocked and ridiculed.
We (the free and democratic world) need this symbol of freedom back. Let’s rebuild the twin towers as an enduring symbol of hope and peace. Let’s make them even stronger and taller. Terror will never win. Love, freedom and democracy will prevail.
The best thing would be in fact new twin towers, on the same ground, in a different spot, and as tall as, or higher, than the old ones. Without useless skeletron spires to make them seem higher than they are. Real skyscrapers..
If the “Freedom Tower” were to be allowed to go ahead then for the rest of living memory people would be asking “where is the other one?” It would be disrespectful to the victims for an act of terror to become an architect’s opportunity. Restore
Went to NYC once in 1998 , didn’t go to Lower Manhatten. I consider this one of the very few things I’ll regret on my deathbed! “RAISE THE TOWERS AGAIN” and let all mankind see
their greatness!!!
The Manhattan skyline looks incomplete without the Twin Towers. The so-called Freedom Tower would be the world’s biggest monument to the success of terrorists. In Dresden, they rebuilt the Frauenkirche, New York can do it too with the Twin Towers
This past Easter, having flown almost 12,000km from South Africa, I once again stood at Ground Zero to pay my respects to those people who died at the WTC.
New Yorkers and American Citizens, pay tribute by rebuilding the Twin Towers, please!
What greater memorial to the victims, families and survivors could there be. Please rebuild. New York deserves its skyline restored and the Western World, its dignity.
Rebuild! Man can take away a building in a negative challenge of cowardice! Let the real men and women of the fair world rebuild in a symbolic united way saying ‘you have not won and you never will!
New Yorkers, New York, the USA and the Western World deserve nothing less but those two symbols of freedom, hope, identity and ultimately defiance against terrorism.
Please rebuild the Twin Towers
The only changes I’d introduce would be to add one more floor and suppress the high-rise base that the old towers had that impeded the characteristic perspective of the grid of streets in Manhattan that allow you to see the horizon almost anywhere
The greatest victory for the terrorists who planned and executed this armaggedon would be NOT to raise the “9/11 towers”.Rebuilding would be the permanent monument to those who lost their life embracing freedom and democracy, not a hole in the ground
Caus we all love USA, we absolutly need to rebuild the WTC minimum as big as it was. It notjust for American but it’s also to show to all anti-american that our great nation will never ever be destroy . GOD BLESS AMERICA
They should be rebuilt one story higher, but I think the new towers should be much more focussed on safety and a better build quality is drastically needed to ensure 9/11 doesn’t happen again (that would be a real kick in the nuts).
Also, I love the latest design for the WTC – I just think there should be two of them!
Rebuilding is a no-brainer. If the Twins are not rebuilt, it is an incentive to the terrorists to target other landmarks on the assumption they won’t be rebuilt either. Bit by bit, cities would be reshaped, with Al Qaeda as their architects.
I would never again go to New York if they don’t rebuild the towers (alltough I loved NY before 9.11.), because New York without the towers is a symbol for the victory of terrorism.
I think it’s the choice of the people of New York if they want the Twin Towers back, not of the other countries. But I would like to see them back up. Pat
My belief is that the twin towers should be rebuilt to be visually identical to how they were, internally, the structure should be reinforced as a preparation for any further attack, should it happen. I agree that a memorial should be built on the site, but what better memorial than the twin towers, rising out of the ashes to stand tall again!
I AM CURRENTLY IN CONTACT WITH BERNIE GOETZ FROM MAKENYNYAGAIN, KENNETH GARDNER AND HERBERT BELTON. I HAVE SENT THEM MY SUGGESTIONS, COMMENTS AND ADDITIONAL CONCEPT IDEAS, AND THEY HAVE CONSIDERED SOME OF THEM.
THE IDEA PROPOSED BY YOU, KENNETH GARDNER, HERBERT BELTON AND DONALD TRUMP FOR HAVING THE TOWERS REBUILT, IS THE GREATEST MEMORIAL THAT CAN BE BUILT TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO PERISHED.
The twin towers were a beautiful landmark of Manhattan, and there is no reason whatsover not to rebuild it, if that is what the owner and also the people want.
America should stand proud of its acheivements and not COW down to the Islamic Fundamentalists or any other fanatic in this world. These moneuments will remind us of the values we attach to freedom liberty , and a strong resolve to ward off the haters of mankind. Anything less will be an act of Cowardice. And America is a brave country. Dont go down. Rise up.
I am a Canadian who had always loved respected and admired our proud, free, neighbors to the south. I am privileged to now live in the US, the freest nation in the world. But America must get back on the right track – starting with the WTC Towers!
Thank you for providing a means for non-Americans to voice their support for this worthy goal. While I’m a proud Canadian, I am also proud to be your neighbour and definitely believe the World Trade Center should be rebuilt – taller and better than before – and that this is the only way to show honour, and a fitting memorial, for those who died there.
“Strong and the Free” is a matter of character. Political freedom means being free from having to alter one’s actions due to the violent or threatening acts of other men (whether foreign or domestic). Political ‘strength’ is the economic power of free, productive individuals (and the proper source of military strength). Only weak character will stop American *citizens* from building the towers to 1776′, or to a record height. Please “roll!”
I loved the Twin Towers. I want to see them rise again, not only for their beauty but also in defiance of the mystical savages who hate life and seek to destory the products of human greatness and what they depend on: reason, egoism and liberty.
To build anything smaller–by any measurement–would display meekness to those who attacked. What must be shown is defiance, strength and a resolve to fight back.
In a world increasingly vulnerable to symbolism, it is the powerful message this would send that’s vital: destruction achieves nothing of lasting significance; what we built we can – and will – rebuild.
Our twins were 10 days old when 9/11 happened, the day before we found out 1 of them had heart troubles. To wake up in Australia the next day to find the world had changed forever saddened us, WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO BRING KIDS INTO A WORLD LIKE THIS. The towers ned to stand again!
I have always hoped to see the towers rebuilt. I was living in Brooklyn at the time of the attacks, and have visited the city once since, the viod in the skyline is almost surreal. Bring back a great attraction and symbol to a wonderful city
I was born + raised in England but my Mom is a New Yorker. You guys MUST rebuild the Twin Towers.Show the world that NYC is bigger + better tham any other city in the world. F*ck Bin Laden + God Bless America !!!!
The Twin Towers were always a symbolic statement about the power of human intelligence as they soared into the sky. There is no better way to reconfirm the power of the human mind over those who promote mindlessness.
They need to be similar to what was there, for all the countless movies out portraying the NYC skyline, and the towers included, it would simply be a shame to replace it with a sky-needle.
Planning to rebuild the towers – exactly as built – should have started 9/12, as a matter of principle. Allowing terrorists the final say on the shape of New York’s skyline increases the danger to every American by signalling a lack of resolve.
The Alliance is correct – there’s much more at stake here than the buildings themselves. The terrorists understand symbolism very well and the reconstruction of these structures which are now embedded in everyone’s psyche would represent a hammer blow to their ambition to weaken our resolve and undermine western civilisation. I only hope those in power can be pursuaded to see the bigger picture. This will be Pataki’s legacy.
MY DREAM WAS TO VISIT NY & IN DEC ’05 I WALKED THE STREETS OF THIS AMAZING CITY. I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS EXPERIENCE. REBUILD THE TOWERS AS THEY ONCE STOOD & SHOW THE WORLD THAT NEW YORK IS STILL THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD.
CHARLOTTE, WALES, UK
I’m tired of all the political rhetoric, the blaming, the excuses, the short-sightedness…it was clear right from that horrible day nearly five years ago that the twin towers MUST be rebuilt, BEYOND QUESTION!
I think, I hope, that I speak for millions of non New Yorkers aroung the globe, and indeed non-Americans (I am Canadaian) who have not yet visited Ney York, and who would be incredibly disheartened to actually see the skyline without the towers.
What a first class cause. I have thought that re-building the twin towers is the only outcome to this terrible event that could possibly be pursued ever since 9/12. Best of luck!
I really dislike the Freedom Tower and the buildings that will surround it. Those horrible buildings will cast the three beautiful World Financial Center buildings into the shade! The twin towers symbolized power and were great additions to the New York City skyline. They were unique, indeed. You’ll never find better alternatives. Show the rest of the world that you’ll not retreat for the terrorists. Rebuild the towers – higher and stronger than ever!
Those towers were so much more than steel and concrete, they were a symbol of America, a symbol that even as a Canadian I am proud of. The White House was rebuilt after its 1812 destruction so why not the Twin Towers, they are as much of a symbol of prosperity in America.
Please do not make a grave mistake building the Freedom tower, listen for once to public outcry
“is the new world rising? from the shambles of the old” – Robert Plant
The only thing that rightfully belongs there and would be a true memorial and represent the true FREEDOM & DEMOCRACY of this nation are the rebuilt Twin Towers, because anything other then the Twin Towers has no TRUTH to it.
The Twintowers need to get rebuilt they where great looking buildings,and known all over the world as a part of the image of the U.S.A,besides they can ferfill a monumentall function now as well and the other designs made to replace them dont come even close to the beauty of the TwinTowers,those where great building’s why build something else?if the foundation is still intact,the Twin Towers are part of america and they represent something,just rebuilt them,it will do a lot of good
The biggest mistake that could be made at the site is if the twins are not rebuilt. If the crappy freedom tower goes ahead it will be the biggest win for the terrorists. If any other landmark in any other city had been destroyed it would have been rebuilt, so i cant see for the life of me why new yorkers havent shouted down the freedom tower pushers. Rebuild the twins in all their glory please, it is really the only option.
I think they should re-build. This was the drawcard for me to visit NY years ago. It was a awesome structure and I for one say bring it back as it was. I’d also like to offer my condolences to the families that lost loved ones. This is one thing that really touched me deeply. Not many things have had this type of effect on me in my life let alone yours.
The Twin Towers represent NY as well as the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building but now they are gone and NY is not as is use to be without them! Rebuilding another tower with less floors like the Freedom Tower is a sign of weakness and Osama will get exactly what he wanted on 9/11. If we rebuild we will show them that AMERICA will stand tall again!!! Side by side… Twin by Twin… North by South…
I agree with every word mentioned above. I think that the rebuilding of the two towers is extremely essential to NYC and the whole world, because it is the heart of NY, and without it, it won’t live properly and like it used too. I am a great fan of NY and America. PLEASE Bring back NY’s real FREEDOM the TWINS.
After 9/11 Manhattan lost something something more then some people think… Manhattan lost its heart. The World Trade Towers were more then just buildings they were a symbol, a symbol of AMERICA. WE have got to bring that back!!! We owe it to AMERICA.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers should have been a foregone conclusion. The Pentagon was also attacked on 9/11; however, nobody suggested turning the collapsed section of the Pentagon into a garden/park/waterfall. Instead, it was rebuilt and ready for occupancy within a year of the attacks. The Twin Towers, like the Pentagon, were symbols of America (which is why they were attacked); as such icons, to build anything less in their place would be a victory for those who knocked them down…
I support with my energy the idea that the Twin Toers should be erected again, as they were, instead of the terrible project of liberty tower that is planned. Please New York, save us from this awful new tower and give us the twins back… their symbol and gemellity is needed by the big Apple!!!!
9/11 affected millions worldwide but you cannot hold the people of New York down. Rebuild the towers not only for the people of Manhatton but as a mark of respect to those who tragically lost their lives and their families.
These two beacons should emerge from the dust of ground zero.
Once they are back again, the face of the real free world shall be restored and terorrism have finally failed.
Rebuild the towers as they were. Rebuild them better, stronger. Because if the “Freedom Tower” arrives to be built, it will be built as the response that the terrorists want. Then it will be not really a free answer to the terrorism. Rebuild the towers and place a memorial in the floors where the planes crashed for the world never forget how far can arrive the human stupidity.
Landmarks such as this make a nation and as a scot I know what pride we have in landmarks such as the Forth Bridge and Edinburgh Castle. My support goes out to you.
The Twin Towers were an integral part of New York City. They enshrined everything that was best about this great city. That is why our enemies destroyed them.
Let us hold up our heads, refuse to allow our enemies the satisfaction of having damaged this great world city beyond repair. REBUILD THE TOWERS! Then New York will never die.
As A Brit, proud of my Nation’s greatest creation – the USA – I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment behind this petition. An Attack on U.S. values is an attack on my values. JD.
Ever since a kid visiting my grandmother in the US i can remember those outstanding towers standing, what seemed to me to be so tall, reaching up to the sky more than any other structure in Manhattan. If anything should be built on the post-911 site it should be the Twin Towers!
Through the centuries we have seen monuments, statues, places n’ even cities destroyed by wars n’ even by nature. What happened to all these things n’ places? They were rebuilt. Why NOT rebuild the WTC Towers? Why build something smaller? It’s the most important city in the world, the strongest one n’ the U.S.A. must show to those sick minds that they haven’t won a goddamn thing! Something is missin’ in the air when you look at the view of N.Y. n’ humanity needs that view again! REBUILD THE TOWERS!
America should rebuild the Twin Towers to show terrorists and terrorist sympathizers around the world that their despicable deeds are futile. Such an awesome response would clearly show that America and its countless friends will prevail against these sick creatures masquerading as human beings.
It is a moral defeat to shrink in the face of terrorist threats. Nothing has rewarded the jihadists more than the ongoing sight of a world landmark wiped off the face of the earth.
The spineless fools of New York are willingly complicit to the tragedy, led by The Al Qaeda Times and Pinch Slutburger.
I loved the timelessly elegant design of the Towers! They were unique in many ways.
Whenever I came to New York, I went to the platform on top of tower 2 to enjoy the stunning view.
Please, do not allow terrorists to change New York’s skyline at all! Do rebuild the Twin Towers to demonstrate America’s will to withstand any cowardly terrorist attack!
There is no tribute in just adding the word “Freedom” to whatever you plan to replace the Twin Towers with – a true tribute is to rebuild (as long as the design flaws are dealt with).
The rebuilding of the Twin Towers will, to take the words of JFK, let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship,support any friend, oppose any foe to ensure the survival and success of lberty.
As one who has enjoyed many happy times in the Big Apple. I would love to see the twin towers rebuilt to make a fantastic “two fingers” to terror – Agincourt style. Whatever is built, I want the Janitor to make sure the illuminated windows spell out “F*** You Bin Laden” one fine night. Terror is the tool of the failed and defied by the strong.
They were the most beautiful buildings in the world. I miss NY skyline with twins, twice as tall as any other bulding around. The towers have to be rebuilt!
The skyline of NY will never be the same if the towers are not rebuilt. It will not look the same, nor will it feel ‘right’. Without those two magnificent structures dwarfing all other building on the skyline, it will never feel like good ol New York. I think we need these building back to honour the dead and fulfill the healing process.
It was a great tragedy what occured on 9/11, an event that shaked the entire world, no matter where you lived. To see anything less than The Twin Towers reborn would be accepting defeat to terrorists. I as a Canadian hope that the rebuilt Twin Towers have the same eloquence and inflicts the amount of pride of not only New Yorkers but everyone that the original Twin Towers did.
yes i agree it should be built can not let this desarster happen and not rebuild other wise they have won show that freedom can not be stoped this is what life is about in respect for the people that died i could not see them saying any thin but put it back up hope it goes up for all to enjoy
I miss the old Twin Towers very much , New York skyline just looks wrong, and with Freedom Tower it looks even more wrong, where is the other Tower u may say and remember 911 over and over again, not fair for anyone.
K.R.
I am putting forward my support for rebuilding the twin towers as oppose to building the Freedom Tower.
I’m from the UK and I feel the twin towers were a powerful symbol of New York City in much the same wasy as the Statue of Liberty is, and as the Golden Gate bridge is to San Francisco, Tower Bridge and Big Ben to London, and the Eiffel Tower to Paris.
Show the terrorists that want to destroy and kill that the free world will stand in defiance against them. Show them that by rebuilding
I personally would like to see the twin towers rebuilt and with a memorial garden outside. This landmark must be put back on the map to show the terrorists that all other nations have supported this decision and to let them know they will never win their cowardly war.As a British citizen I am proud and honoured to add my signature to your petition.
I recently saw the new plans for ground zero, with all the weird towers – that frankly, look totally wrong for NY, and especially for what ground zero stands for..The towers should be rebuilt with no further thought; because it’ll show the terrorists that what they did isn’t enough to destroy america.
yes i think they should be rebelt why let them tell us how to run our citys this tells them they win well NOT this has effected me for five years now i finly get a chance to speak my voice and be herd i also have family in the USA i worrie every day thank you
I think the towers should be rebuilt exactly as they were, but reinforced much like the Pentagon to withstand a similar hit. The sky’s should be guarded so that a hit is unlikely.
In the future all movies or documentaries will have the same sky line except for the blank period. Only people from a certain generation will remember why. It’ll be our responsiblility to explain why.
I’ve never even been to New York but I feel the emptiness and mourn your loss.
Please Tell Everyone About this Event. The World Trade Center will never be the same unless the Twin Towers are rebuilt. Rebuilding these spectacular buildings is both practical and logical. Showing the Terrorists we will never be defeated. I’m saying all this, because, I personally never got to see these building, never mind go up them :'(. I hope the thoughts of citizen’s worldwide reach George Bush, you made one good choice on War…Now make another, by rebuilding these wonderful Buildings.
i was a tourist in NYC on september 10 2001 I visited the towers for the first time i went back home to toronto that night and was scared sensless the next morning when i heard the towers were attacked.
Rebuild the WTC and give NYC back its two front teeth! They should look the same on the outside but be built to the best safety standards that modern technology can provide on the inside. Not to mention the addition of some form of escape system better than a smoke-filled stairwell. After all, the airliner and car-bomb tricks won’t work twice. The entire complex would be the best memorial possible: a sign that we will not be defeated.
If you be the democratic beacon to the world, then WHY are your businessmen saying “ye shall have our Freedom Tower whether ye like it or not”? Why will you not put it to the vote, with REBUILDING your Great Twins as one of the options? Alas, for their wonder that this corporate arrogance seems to say is FOREVER gone! For what we used to think America was about, REBUILD the twins, only bigger and better. Lives cannot be brought back, but what the dead worked for and took pride in – can. Rebuild!
5 years ago right after September 11, I had the chance to come to New York and study there in Plattsburgh State University of New York. When for the first time I arrived in Manhattan I could feel the absence of Twin Towers, I felt sad and had tears in my eyes. I used to have a poster of NYC, showed Brooklyn Bridge and the magnificent twin towers behind the B Bridge. For me, if I lose something, I like to search and find the same old item, because it brings memories back, and [I don’t buy something else if I can replace what I lost.]
Keep the world trade centre and the memory of the angels taken away that day alive. They might have took the person from us but they will never take their memory. I’m still in deep saddness for America, the people lost that day and their families. ANGELS LIVE ON FOREVER. I hope i will go to heaven so that i will be able to meet every single one of them.
I believe the towers should be rebuilt to help America heal, but to also remind us of what can happen. I did not personally know anyone who lost their life there, but if I or one of my family members had, I would want them rebuilt as a memorial to them. Also to show terrorists…We will survive. GOD BLESS AMERICA !
Dear True American,
Please add my name in your group because I want to rebuild my Twin Towers of NY,NY,U.S.A.When our house is destroyed,we rebuild it in exactly same way.Our WTC Complex is our home,strength,sentiments and true American soul lives here.This is our duty to rebuild our buildings again. Twin towers represent U.S.A.I am far away but I remember my buildings everyday.That’s enough to show my feeling if you believe.I want Xerox copy of original WTC Complex.I will rebuild them-Arvind.
I think that rebuilding the twins is the right thing to do. The NY skyline will not be the same with that ugly “Freedom tower”. Especially all of us who grew up with the familiar image of NY with her twin towers will look at it with disgust if it gets build. Bring the towers back.
Looking forward to get the PATH train at WTC station, in a sunday morning, to go to St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church – Newark – like I used to do when living in New York, 1n 1999.
I never visited New York, but one thing I was fascinated about were the twin towers! I think the twin towers were like the “trade mark” of New York. When you talked to anyone about New York, the first thing you’d visualize were the twin towers. I really think that the rebuilding is the right thing to do, to honor the victims, the families and the city! Please restore the NY skyline, not only for the US, but for the whole world!
i was in newyork this year ( aug) and i was really missing the two great gaints that used to be standing up as a solder and which was well known by any one in any country.It was struck by terror and in reply i think we have to rebuild to shows them how weak they are and how united we are ( rest of the non terror world). this is a great opportunity to express our support.
As it has been said, before the Twin Towers are a monumental part of New York history. In my opinion building one tower ruins the whole concept of “twin towers” and the only wright way to honour those that passed away on that horrible day, is to remember them and the Twin Towers, as they were: tall and proud bringing joy in every persons’ heart.
I always wanted to go to the “twin towers” since I was a kid, I did it a year before 911. I believe they shuld be rebuilt again in the same way they stood before that day. Building something else would mean nothing but money spent. I would love to see the world trade center again…the way it was.
Yeah, the freedom tower is a nice tower and would look nice… elsewhere!!!
The WTC site needs to be rebuilt as it was except with bigger towers, 1776 feet tall each for instance so that NYC’s famous skyline can be restored to all its glory and the western world can put a big finger up to all that would try to destroy the freedom we have!
I never got chance to visit the original twin towers but have been to NYC 3 times since and it really is a tragedy that they may never return.
America is considered the best in the world so it only makes sense to replace the towers, with better safety features and show the world that america can move on, but take with it the twin towers and the memory of all those who lost their lives.the towers were an inspiration to us all and we didnt know what we lost till they were gone
This is the right thing to do. We all know it. The rebuilt Twin Towers will represent so much more than defiance. They will represent unity, strength and resolve. Please, add your name and do the right thing.
I live in the UK so I didn`t have that much knowledge of
the WTS before 9/11 i would have loved to have had the
chance to visit them in all there glory.
I think that rebuilding the Twin Towers is the best way to
show the terroists that they can`t break the American
spirit and changing the New York skyline is only a victory
for the terrorists.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers is the best memorial for all
that died or suffered loss of loved ones on that terrible
day.
please rebuild the exact same buildings.
they are beautiful and it is a strong message to those who destroyed them!anything else will be not “the real deal” !!
Yes rebuild them. Build them taller and prouder than ever before. The technology exists to build towers over 1km high.
Do it, America because you can. Be the first to build habitable apartments or office space higher than 1000m! Stand up and be proud; you have a lot to be proud of!! Don’t cringe before the Islamofascist Cowards and the Post Modernist idiots who love to hate you, freedom and Western Civilisation.
I might sound like a “patriot” but I am not even American. I am Australian.
Like all graves it has to be sealed. Rebuilding the Towers is the best way to pay respect to the 9/11 victims. I never had the chance to see the Towers in real but I loved them and want them back. New York has a great name. That name can never be destroyed, the towers can be rebuilt and they must be: to honour those who are dead, and to show that rebuilding means evolution, and with the force of reason, it wins over the lunacy of the fanatics who seek to destroy us. We can change the world now!
I’m in my home when i saw in the TV was this catastrofe. I look the actual plans for Ground Zero, and I think is just the wrong thing to do. Don´t build the Freedom Tower. Build the Twin Towers again, to honor all the heroes of 9-11.
New York deserves more than just one Freedom tower. Although rebuilding the exact same towers doesn’t seem like a good idea to me, building two freedom towers is what new york needs.
Bin Laden destroyed the Twin Towers because they symbolize America. Re-build that symbol, and defy Al-Quaeda. Do not allow terrorists to remove a symbol of America from the earth.
Absolutley,rebuild them,yet this time TWICE as high.
I was screaming this down the TV around those tragic days of September 2001.
We Brits were totally horrified at the attrocities commited against the USA and around those dark days,this country too had a dark mood to it.
New York is a fantastic place,and to say “Build them twice as high” is not a grand idea.
Manhatten has some of the most expensive land on earth,it therefore makes economic sense and viable.
GO FOR IT !
Rebuild the Twin Towers please. Perhaps taller than they were before. I need this icon back, it’s what each victim of the WTC disaster would have wanted if they were alive.
Twin towers were a symble all around the world, they represented the power of U.S.A., the American Dream and Freedom, such as Lady Liberty or The Golden Gate Bridge, New York without Twin Towers is like London without Big Ben tower, Paris without Eiffel tower, Rome without Colosseum, or Tokyo without the Tokyo tower. I think that people from all around the world wants to see soon the towers, possibly even taller and more beautiful than they were.
I am a keen researcher and fan of the twin towers and I am very sad that I will never get to see them if the Freedom Tower plans go ahead. I believe that rebuilding the World Trade Center as it was would prove that, although terrorists can try to take down our buildings, they will never succeed. Indeed – the Pentagon is repaired, Flight 93 failed to get to it’s target, and if we rebuild the World Trade Center’s iconic Twin Towers, the 9/11 attacks can be remembered by the huge World Trade Cent
My names Emmet Dallat im 23 fom Ireland.I was in New York the March prior to 911 and it was my dream to go up the twin towers as they were such an inspiring structure.Sure the empire state has been in New York much longer but for me the Twin Towers made New York New york like.I was in Florida when September 11 took place and watched the events in horror.Not only did those terrorists ruin that skyline hopefully not forever but they also killed thousands of people.PLEASE REBUILD TWIN TOWERS RIP
Yes, we should rebuild the Twin Towers. But not from the “enemies” should we take them back, but from the very government of the United States. 9/11 was an inside job, all evidence shows. It is futile to try and create more excuses for this atrocity.
Regardless though, the Twin Towers must be rebuilt.
Rebuild the Twins!!! That’s one and only the best plan for New York, for the people and the heart of America. All other plans are worthless. Let the sky rise again!!
Frank – Germany
Ilive in Pakistan But i love all the United States towers Espacially WTC.My sugeesstion is that WTC should raise again but this time very very very Taller that people get amaze to look at them
I really do think as a mark of respect to those 3000 odd hard working folks that went to work on the morning of the 9-11-2001 and never came home the World Trade Centre should be rebuilt the same as that, with a shrine to those that died on that solemn day as a centre piece. THOSE citizens not only americans but from every corner of the globe too and from all religions and faiths and genders deserve that. Rebuild the towers. Donald Trump is right.
The World Trade Center should be rebuilt, just as high and with just as much splendor. When i was 12 i saw a photograph of New Yorks fantastic skyline, and i always said to my mum i wanted to go there and stand on top of the north tower so i could see what being on top of the world feels like. I just wish England could build something half as beautiful as the towers were. God Bless those from 9/11.
i agree that the twin towers should be built again as they were ..they were and still are an iconic symbol of nyc and americas dedication to freedom and independence.we want them back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
However tall the new “Freedom Tower” would be, nothing would do better than new Twin Towers. A single tower will forever recall the day the terrorists won their victory.
i was only 11 when the towers fell but i can still remember the images of that fatefull day. there is no ther option but to rebuild these towers! the designs are awful and dont prove NYC justice! the buildings were only there for 28 years so lets prove that america will fight back and rebuild them exactly the same! perhaps with 9 extra floors on the south tower and 11 extra floors on the north tower (9/11) for memory of those lost on that memorable day. THIS INFORMATION MUST BE FORWARDED!!!!!!!!
i will always remember the day i came home from school and saw what was happening in America. Your country showed courage and displayed 1 of your finest hours. God Bless You. If they can rebuild the pentagon they can certainly rebuild the towers. May We Never Forget
The only way to defeat terror is to rebuild the Towers stronger than before. I went to New York for the first time last year and could not see the Twin Towers. I hope I can see them when I return.
A city skyline may be added to, but once built, usually never changes. When the majestic twin towers fell on 9-11, I always hoped and always felt that the right thing to do was to build them back again: exactly the same height, same façade, everything. The only thing that should change is their position so as not to build on the original footprint, just stagger them opposite the original layout. The latest building technology should be incorporated as well. Please rebuild them America!
Rebuild the twin towers. Not only that, rebuild them so the height is 1776 YARDS not 1776 feet. To do this will achieve two things:
1) Bring back the title of World’s Tallest Building to the US, where it belongs. The US is where the skyscraper was invented. Mention “skyscraper” to just about anyone and they will think “New York”.
2) It will serve as a big “F*** You” to Bin Laden and the rest of his camel-f***ing buddies.
Don’t just rebuild them! rebuild then 911 feet taller! let the damn islamofascists know that their detestable murderous cowardly acts will not stop this country in its tracks, and that it will rebuild and rebuild better and taller and shinier because this is that this country is all about. Yes, create a memorial site there, but let it nest between two new and taller mighty world trade center towers!
I just wanna say one thing: “Manhattan never will be the same, so don’t wait, do it – REBUILD! There are still people who want to see the WTC, but they’re never gonna make it, so make their dream come true.”
Please listen to the people who understand their spirit best. New York City must recover its belle epoque. The towers must be brought back and the greatest skyline ever needs to stand up once again — this time forever.
I was in New York on 9/11, and within four hours of the events occurring, I overheard a group of people on the street suggesting it was America’s fault. They got BOTH barrels! I pointed out that NOTHING justified what happened that morning and that the obligation was on the people of New York to build the towers back as they were, with one exception. Make them twice as tall, twice as wide, and twice as deep. No other action would be better understood – not all cultures are morally equal.
As Paris wouldn’t be Paris without the Eiffel tower, NewYork is no more NewYork without these two giant sisters in the skylane.
Please rebuilt them !
Shut the mouth of the terrorists that laugh since that dark day !
Erase scars and move onward, America !
I’m from England – United Kingdom and I say RE-BUILD RE-BUILD RE-BUILD. I, like many millions of others, was deeply affected by the events of 9/11. Building the Freedom Tower would display to terrorists that they have brought about some kind of change to your great nation. Lets all stand tall together and re-build them higher, stronger – and above all re-define the meaning of LIBERTY!! Lets get behind what the Statue of Liberty represents and ‘stands for’ :-)
In britain since the middle ages, sticking up two fingers at those who wish to harm us has been a strong sign of disdain. Nothing would be more poetic to those who carried out the crimes of that day than rebuilding the twin towers as they were, sticking two fingers up in defiance. We perhaps should have put our efforts into this than trying to invade another country who clearly had nothing to do with this atrocity.
I traveled the London tube network the weekend after 7/7. I didn’t have to and it did feel uncomfortable, but I just thought it was important to do so. It was a personal way for me to show defiance. I want the classic New York skyline back. I stood and admired the Twin Towers in 1994, but didn’t go up them. I want to come back someday and see New York from their rooftops.
I thought this battle had been lost; it would seem from your recent postings that there is still a chance. Good Luck.
Please give us (and the rest of the world) back the twin towers. I visited the WTC in December 2000 and [thought I would] see them again (not only at pictures or on TV). I hope it`s not too late…
To see the towers rebuilt would show the world that America is a nation that is not afraid. America should stand up against the terrorists and build them back just as they were. They should not admit defeat.
I’m from Portugal and have a NY skyline poster on my bedroom wall and an american flag on the front wall. I say i want the Towers back, so we (both the US and the West) show the terrorists that they don’t have the power to change our freedom!
I don’t see why they don’t rebuild the towers. Oh wait there because people want to make money out of the freedom tower complex, that’s why. Re-build them, morale will be somewhat different then in America.
The American people and the people of the world must start to take their power back from the criminals who destroyed those beautiful buildings and who are destroying the American constitution and turning this whole planet into a surveillance prison! I’ve never been to New York but i have seen the twin towers many times in pictures and in movies. They ARE New York! Put them back up so that someday, i might be able to see them for myself. Nic, London.
The world is laughing as long as those towers are not built. Prove them wrong!! You can rebuild now stronger, higher and faster. Rebuild those towers…a story higher if you need to.
I have always thought the original Twin Towers should be reubuilt and – as long as the families of victims agree – have never seen where the problem lies in rebuilding them exactly as they were before. Don’t we want to see those lovely iconic skyscrapers in the New York skyline once more? The design for the new tower is laughable, a travesty. Rebuild these icons and stick two fingers up to the cowards that destroyed them.
Let’s build them back exactly as they were! Establish an international fund, I want to contribute, others will too! Not that the money will be needed, but it should be used, to show the morons and cockroaches that the whole world is against them! This from a Romanian – God Bless America!
i remember the day as if it was yesterday. and i strongly believe that yes it would be awesome to re-build the twin towers, and send a message to all others. no decent person on this earth will be beaten by terrorists.
I can think of no better memorial to the innocent victims, and show of resilience against the perpetrators & supporters of this heinous act, than to rebuild the towers.
It is my belief that the towers should be rebuilt as the only appropriate symbol of rebirth, defiance and people’s triumph over any tyranny.
It is also my belief that choosing the most controversial and despised design is a smokescreen, hiding the fact that NOTHING is going to be built on that spot. This is because the people making the decisions have no will and perhaps even no means to invest in a project this big. ‘Seven fat years’ are over.
Every image of New York today, in film and the press, showing a void where the towers stood is a tribute to the determination of those who brought them down. So would be any subsequent development that does not match the visceral impact of the original. Symbols are powerful and this is all about symbolism; the enemy clearly understands this, why is it eluding the political leadership? Rebuild them bigger, and better, monuments to strength, determination, resilience, and perserverence.
There can be no stronger symbol of defiance to the terrorists and memorial to those killed than to rebuild these magnificent structures as outlined within this plan. Even the memorial gardens and ‘rebuilt’ remains of the original ‘footprints’ are breathtaking. Great idea and I really hope you win.This should really go to the public vote across the US, to gauge the REAL majority opinion. If the plan to rebuild was defeated in this way, then I’d be disappointed, but it would at least be fair.
TTA Note: This comment is most likely referring to the Make NY NY link on the Restoration Alternative page. We wish to underscore that the Twin Towers Alliance is promoting the return of Twin Towers to the skyline, while not in a position to endorse or disparage any particular model or concept.
The twin towers were more than just office buildings – they were potent symbols of strength and freedom. Rebuilding them would restore our confidence and do justice to the thousands who died on that day.
Ever since I was a little kid staying in India I would dream that one day I would get to see the twin towers in person. However that was not to be cause of some maniac who thought he could de-stabilise America by bombs. To restore the glory of NY skyline I say we should rebuild the towers and the new towers should be grander than before. This is the only way to give a befitting reply to the morons who are jealous of Americas freedom.
The Twin Towers were iconic.
New York & the world are not the same without them.
What better way to say a big *f you* to the terrorists then to rebuild them.
Rebuilding them would be the best memorial possible.
It would say we are resiliant and will not give in to terrorists.
Stephen Grolimund, Brisbane, Australia
WITH THE REBUILDING OF TWIN TOWERS BACK AMERICA WILL PROVE THAT IT LOST ONE BATTLE BUT WON THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TWINS
FROM SLOVENIA
Rebuilding the Twin Towers much stronger and more resilient with a fitting and noble memorial to those we lost that horrible day will tell the world we will never forsake our way of life nor will we sumbit to religious terrorism. The only thing the Freedom Tower will accomplish (if it is built) is robbery of that opportunity.
since i was a little girl, i’ve always want to go to New York on Christmas.. i really hope that one day, standing in front of the new towers, my daughter says: “mom, they’re amazing”, to which i will answer: “yes, they are hon, some fanatics tried to vanish them off, but they rebirth, as a proof that no matter how bad the fall is, but the courage and dreams that makes you rise stronger..and indeed; Amazing!”
My name is Andrew, I am 16 years old and i live in England. Everytime I see images of the twin towers, although i have never visited them, i miss them. I wish along with many other people to be able to witness the awesome and symbollic twin towers. R.I.P victims and towers alike.
Here in Ireland. Six year and on a Tuesday as well. They should build the Twin Towers back as they were because loved ones work and died there. It would be the best tribute to them with each floor named after them.
My mother visited the towers in the late 70’s and my sister with her husband were on the top of the north tower when the visit New York in the 90’s.
So build them towers again.
6 years ago, when I saw the footage of the Towers burning and collapsing, I felt empty, and that my life was never going to be the same again. Only a few months before, when I was on a trip to New York to meet my family’s friends, I was standing near those grand towers, admiring their look, feeling the power of that magnificent structure. I did not have the chance to enter it though. And now, if the towers will not be rebuilt I will never have the chance. I, and all of Russia support this cause.
Rebuild the towers!! After watching the devastating attacks on the news of september 11th 2001 a lot of people dont feel the same as the new york skyline is not the same, looking at the demolished skyline is a constant reminder of what happened on that day. Although i think it is wrong that we forget what happened, we must rebuild the towers to rebuild the peoples confidence and show terrorists we are strong and can survive!! I hope in the future i can visit and pay my respect to ground zero.
It would be great to resurrect the two towers. Can I make a suggestion or two…..well I will anyway.
Rebuild but paint different color
Rename the towers “phoenix”
Maybe leave floors empty above point of impact
I do have one problem about rebuilding though – How will the people working in the towers feel
god bless nyfd TTA Note: The people who choose to work in supertall buildings all over the world feel empowered. Or, they go elsewhere.
Eversince 9.11. I thought it was obviously understood that the Twins would be rebuilt the way they were to show that life is going to continue and that NYC will always have the skyline it had, the one it was famous for and the one that represented everything it stood for, is standing for and and always will stand for. I wouldn’t give a second thought to saying yes to rebuilding the Towers. I really hope this will become a reality. Thank you to whoever got this petition started.
Rebuild the twin towers exactly as they were, rebuilding the towers would heal the wounds of 9/11 and the new york city skyline, not some freedom tower, i would love to come to new york one day and see those two beautiful towers rising from the skyline, please please dont give up get the twin towers rebuilt as they were on 9/10/01, good luck
I want to visit and perhaps live in New York when I’m older, but it wouldn’t be the same if the towers weren’t rebuilt for when I do go there.
I’d have to visit the Empire State Building and the Chrysler building, but what I’d of really loved to of visit was the World Trade Centre.
If they aren’t rebuild, it would in my eyes seem as a defeat to terror, if they are rebuild, it will signal that we have overcome it, and that we are stronger than the sick terrorists who did this think we are.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers is too much important: to give a signal of continuity with the past, and to rescue a precious monument of all humanity…give back us the Twin Towers…the WTC that Yamasaki projected like a monument to men’s cooperation and faith in a peaceful worldwide future…
This whole thing is about guts, faith, hope, belief and the will and strength to fight back. It’s not about how hard you can hit, but it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep coming back.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers is a statement. An iconic way to define America again as the great country it used to be.
This is such a great oppurtunity for America that it would be a waste not to use it. Remember how this will look in history books, how Americans will look tough again.
They should restore the original skyline, and yes, even bigger than before – the Twin Towers were functional and beautiful, and New York needs to have them again.
The Twin Towers should be re-built. They stood tall and looked amazing in the Skyline. Two holes that are put in the ground (not even how towers looked like)will not do it for me. I love Modern buildings but these looked amazing. If they cant rebuild, they have to recreate them some how.
My wife and I recently visited New York from Newfoundland, Canada, and fell in love with your beautiful city. The buildings (many of which were built by steelworkers from my province) and the people were wonderful. However, the lack of the WTC in the New York skyline saddened us deeply. Don’t give up! Rebuild the towers. Show the rest of the world how to really fight back and restore New York to its former glory. We’ll be back to visit the new Twin Towers soon!
Please rebuild them, they were everything that made NYC, it just wont be the same without them. The new buildings look really crap – and thats just for starters I could go on and on but I wont, I just wanted to say PLEASE REBUILD THEM!!!
The Twin Towers will always be a symbol of the 20th Century for me,a grand reminder of the culture we lived in. The Freedom Tower represents a constant reminder to our weaknesses as a people. Plus is looks shite.
I visited the twin towers in 2000 when I was 10, the next time I saw new york it was from the air in 2007 and its really a big shocking difference. Not rebuilding is like admitting defeat.
How can there be a memorial for a building that does not look like the building to be remembered? Please give back to us what we miss so much.
I believe that this would be the wish of those who left us, if they had a single minute to go back to this place…. how could they ever accept something else? What would they think if they saw NY without WTC?
There is nothing more respectful than rebuilding these towers. Nothing else would bring back our lost friends closer to our hearts.
I am traveling to New York next week and I’m so sad and disppointed that I didn’t get to see the Twin Towers for real. Nothing would make me happier to see them resurrected – it would be the ultimate ‘f*ck you’ to the inbreeds who took part in and celebrated the original terrible act of terrorism. The Freedom Tower being built would be an insult – it is unattractive and resembles nothing to what the World Trade Centre once was. Let’s recreate the towers. Let’s make it New York again.
I live in Canada and I’ve always wanted to live in New York later in life, I wish they would rebuild the Twin Towers. I would love to go there and stand on top of the Towers and think of those who lost their life on 9/11.
I come from Ireland and have wanted to move to New York ever since I was a kid.
Of all the symbols, land marks and buildings that make New York so special, nothing stood out more spectacularly than the Twin Towers. They defined what New York and the USA were all about.Its been a childhood dream of mine to get to the very top floor of the buildings and to look out at the beauty of New York City, and I hope that one day that dream will become a reality.
Get them to stand up once again, and if possible higher than ever, dont let the terrorists beat us, we will stand up again. I can’t wait to see them (the twins) getting rebuilt.
I’m from denmark in Europe and I feel with the families that where left behind in this terrible crime.
I am not an American, nor do I live in US, I am writting to you 1000 miles away from UAE, even though I am not an American, 9/11 did have a impact on my life, I would be more than glad to join this alliance to rebuilt the glory, the pride that was lost. I believe that NY would not be NY with out its towers.
Thanking you and god bless all.
The Twin Towers were iconic, they were New York. I was in NY and visited the twin Towers for the first time the week before they were taken away. Look it’s a no brainer, New York New York needs Twin Towers.
REBUILD.
9/11 was a horrible crime, and restoring at least the architecture of what that event took away is an imperative. Giving Lower Manhattan any other shape than the pre-9/11 one, means NY will remain a metropolis shaped by mass-murderers. Mixing the word “freedom†into it all doesn’t help. It’s intolerable.
A worthy memorial is also of vital importance, for those who lost dear ones and for the people still suffering from these memories all over the USA and the rest of the world.
Greetings from IRAN…I’m so sorry and I hope us to see the towers once again together…Those two towers are not just buildings…They are also the symbol of people who hate terrorism and everyone who brake the PEACE…so let us rebuild our world together!!
i live in southampton and was in florida 2 days before 9/11 . my mum promised me that in 2003 we would see the twin towers while i was in florida . i went to ny in 2003 but cryed when i saw ground zero . im going when freedom tower is built but i would much rather go and go inside the new twin towers . plz build dem agen . give them another chance
I never had the opportunity to see the Twin Towers and I’ve never visited New York city but even I feel sad when I see the New York skyline without those majestic buildings reaching for the sky. I really do not think the Freedom Tower is the best way to remember all those who lost their lives that day. Rebuild the towers and make new york city, new york city again! The perfect symbol of freedom and the perfect memorial for 9/11.
Put the towers back in the air!New york deserves back what the evil took away! support all the way from ireland…keep up the fight!
Ni ceart go cur le cheile
-there is no stregnth without unity
The Iconic world trade centres where an inspiration prior to 9/11 as they are today. The feeble excuse of the new design is both an insult and an abomination to all those who lost their lives on that day.
I spent an afternoon in august 2001 just sitting on the Plaza in simple awe of these megalithic monuments, testament to mans enginuity and desire for progression in 1973… 35 years later we seem to of lost direction and a simple desire to do what’s right. Keep the faith friend.
Rebuilding the twin towers would show everyone around the world, including terrorists, that the will and determination of this country has been and is still being tested. But, also to show everyone, that we can overcome such adversity and look to the future. Not only for perseverance, but to also honor those citizens and the emergency personnel that lost their lives.
WE NEED THE TWINS BACK!!!!
im sorry but the ny skyline looks fucked up without them, i may be from Australia, but i DO care for the twin towers, and i am fighting your battle with you!
Nothing fits as good to the skyline of NY as the twin towers did. They would be memorial, financial heart and the center of New York in one. They would be a national monument like washington monument or the lincoln memorial. The current plan which contains the footprints of the twintowers look like a grave and does not fit in such a lively and progressive city like New York. The new twintowers would symbolize strength rises like a phoenix!
I had the privilege of visiting New York in early 2006 and so many New Yorkers in their homes and places of business had posters or framed photographs on their walls of the New York skyline WITH the Twin Towers in all their beauty. Rebuilding them is not to disrespect those who have passed, but to help us remember what they unwittingly died for – freedom. I should very much like to pay my respects again when next I visit New York, not to a hole in the ground, but to the rebuilt Twin Towers.
If you look at the design of the tower of freedom it’s actually not that bad. That being said, there should be two of them!! The smaller one should be 1776 ft tall, and the bigger one including the antenna should be some 2000 feet tall… I would say… The twin towers looked like glorious guardians of Manhattan, like the collosal guardians at Abu Simbel… the new design looks exactly the same as other major cities’ skyline… how sad!!!
Greetings from Canada! Im signing this for many reasons. Rebuilding the WTC’s Twin Towers bigger and stronger is just a very powerful message and definitely something to remember. The original WTC served New York in many ways from well World Trade to tourism and those who just like to gaze up at them. One more thing is that the Freedom Tower is just not the same especially when replacing the most famous twinned structures in the world. If they’re built il bring a Canadian Flag to the WTC if I go.
I would ask that the victims of the September 11th, 2001 attack in the Twin Towers be given the respect and dignity that they deserve, and that very careful consideration be given for a Twin Tower replacement, and a Memorial that will respect and honor these 9/11 tower victims and the killed rescue workers. Thank you.
America wasn’t built on compromise or trying to please everyone. Knock her down, she got up again and stood taller. This is not the case with the Freedom Tower. It represents a weak and scared America that is compromising itself. The Twin Towers were stark, brutal and singularly beautiful, and were representative of a time in American thinking of hope, determination and daring. The ONLY way is to build them again, Taller, Stronger, and more Determined. Put back America’s hood-ornament.
As I want to be an architect I agree with the fact that the World Trade Center should be built again. The original Twin Towers looked brilliant in books and I believe that the 16 acres at Ground Zero should be rebuilt. As long as they were better-looking, more protected and had the same facilities as well as a memorial I agree that the WTC should be rebuilt!
In 1989, at the age of 17, i stayed in America for 6 weeks with a family friend and spent a day in New York (august 4th) and went up the top of the wtc as part of the tour i was on. Alas!! It rained for the entire day and there was no view whatsoever from the top as it was enshrouded by cloud! So rebuilding the towers would give me the chance to come back to NY and fulfil my dream of seeing the finest skyline in the world. REBUILD THE TOWERS!
Collectively we could buy the site and have Trump build it. Owned by those who contribute we form our own company, buy out all the deadbeats and get rid of the special interest groups!
I just spent a week in NYC and it is sad to see the gap in the skyline from where the towers once stood. Even if they were to build a memorial shell of the towers – that would be a much better option than the freedom tower. A true symbol of freedom would be to show everyone that NYC is not going to retreat from terrorism but rather that it is going to rebuild and to continue on with life as it was on September 10th. Rebuild the Towers!!
Five years ago, the world’s tallest building’s groundbreaking occurred. It took just five years to create a building 2,684 feet tall. With sheer incompetence, the Port Authority and other elected officials won’t finish One World Trade Center (formerly the Freedom Tower) or any of the other towers before the year 2013. That means that one skyscraper can be built in Dubai in five years but in America a skyscraper can’t be built for over EIGHT years. That is unacceptable. Rebuild the Twin Towers.
For us, the “rest of the world” people, NYC is a symbol. NYC without its twin towers is like Paris without the tower, Egypt without the pyramids, Australia without Ayers Rock, Moscu without the Kremlin. For us, the “Fear Tower” symbolizes the end of an era. Once the Fear Tower is topped, USA will never be the land of the free and the home of the brave. USA will be the land of the fearful. It is sad for us. Is it sad for you, americans? I hope it is too.
We just have to have the New York Skyline back which we all came to love and treasure!
The Freedom Tower has already been plagued with problems, and is costing FAR too much money and is, in my honest opinion, rather odd looking…
Rebuilding the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre Complex will show the rest of the world that whatever is destroyed can be rebuilt the way it was, just how monuments during both world wars were rebuilt and reconstructed after being destroyed.
Im from Northern Ireland and it’s been my dream to live in New York and join The Port Authority Police Department since i heard of the 9/11 attack. A dream i plan to see through once i turn 21 in a few years, I think rebuilding the Twin Towers is a wonderful idea, both as a mark of respect for the men and women who lost their lives that day, and to show the terrorists that America will recover from this terrible tragedy, to finally complete the skyline again, its a terrific idea.
My sister & I (15 & 9 at the time of 9/11)were glued to the TV that morning & ever since had the urge to go to NYC hopeful that by the time we were older, saved up & planned our trip, the new WTC would be well under way. We were so disappointed to learn of the final design of the Freedom Tower. It is a slap in the face to all those who lost their lives, to the families left behind & to America as a country. The Twin Towers should be rebuilt. When we arrive in NY we want to see the Twin Towers..
The Twin Towers should be rebuilt as close as possible to the original design. To do anything else is to admit defeat and allow the terrorists to permantly change the Manhattan skyline.
I would really like to see those beautiful monuments built once again. I really hope you get your project to be built. Keep on trying and never give up!
The WTC Towers must be rebuilt – New York’s skyline doesn’t look or feel the same without them – down with the Fear (Freedom) Tower! Bring back the towers!!!
I totally support the rebuild of the Twin Towers. I think this has much more to it, than the new projects that are going on with Freedom Tower. The Twin Towers keeps the originality, strengthens safety, and also shows us that nothing is really destructable. Note that this will not hide the tragical accident, but rather make a confident tribute to what once was.
We can, we will, please let them finish this project.
For me the Twin Towers are the iconic buildings of NYC like the Empire State, Chrysler and other constructions. And without them, the NY is for me and many other people now “naked”. Still, after the 8 years of failures in fighting to bring them back i still have the dream, that someday we would see them back, rebuilded in their rightful place. Stop the construction of the FT “monster”, and bring this amazing buildings back. Greetings from Warsaw, Poland.
FIG.5. A logical and practical symmetrical version of the site plan with the “Super Block”, Twin Towers, Tobin Plaza, Koenig Sphere, fountain restored. The memorials and new towers have the same relationship to each other. This is the BEST BASIC SITE PLAN, with a centered original fountain and plaza. TWO GOOD IDEAS: @ 1776ft twin towers, with 135 floors. 13.15ft between floor to floor. OR (my favorite) CAREFULLY CONSIDER USA’s History: Ht=1776ft B/flr-flr=14.92ft. Flr#=119
As an appreciator and admirer of New York City and its people, I feel very strongly that the towers should return – a testament to the courage, spirit and heroism that ultimately prevailed on that tragic day.
I was not in any way involved in the disaster, but I was deeply moved, and my thoughts and well wishes are with all the families and friends of those who lost their lives.
Many of you have found the strength to stand tall – let New York once again do so.
Why not replace the Eiffel Tower or the Taj Mahal with some unpopular modern building of average taste. This icon cannot be replaced with so little consideration.
I always wanted to stand on top of one of the Towers and view New York, ever since I saw them in the movie Home Alone 2.
When I heard that they were destroyed during the attacks on September 11, I was very sad. Then, I saw on Wikipedia that people wanted to rebuild them; and I think it’s a great idea. The Freedom Tower looks too futuristic and is only one building. The Twin Towers have a great design and were a symbol of NY. I hope you will succeed in rebuilding them.
Hi Folks, I am Peter from Hungary (Europe). I tought that america will restore the original twintowers and I was really sad when I heard about new plans making totally new towers. I wish I could do more for america rebuild the original twintowers becouse everyone liked it. But I dont really know what america official, state or plan on rebuilding the ground zero. I cannot find any news in this topic if you can send some send it for ravkin@ymail.com . Is it any chance they will rebuilt the towers?
We must have the ever beautiful Twin Towers rebuilt, and I’m proud to say that I want to be part of it no matter what. The WTC Twin Towers were a symbol of NYC, and not only a icon of the United States but also of the rest of the world. Rebuilding the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center complex will show the rest of the world that whatever is destroyed can be rebuilt the way it was. The USA should show a good example of that to the rest of the world.
hi everyone im from Canada i really want those towers rebuilt because new york just isnt the same without them they rebuilt the pentagon so they should rebuild the wtc not the ugly freedom tower!!!!!!!!!!!! the world trade center has been apart of lower manhattan’s history since the mid 60’s, people have loved them and their design! the mayor of manhattan must consider to rebuild the towers again!!
My name is Epi, I’m from the Philippines. I totally the support the idea of TT2. While the Freedom, “Fear”om Tower is still delayed, this is our chance to bring New York’s beauty back. I currently live in U.S right now, and a U.S Citizen, but me and my family is from the Philippines, we moved here in 2000 about a year before the attack.
The Twin Towers 2 will prove, that the terrorists WILL NEVER WIN!
I think that we all must support this progect, because The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center is a national symbol of America, of New York, and World Trade.
I was in NY, I saw Ground Zero, and I know, that WE MUST REBUILD THIS SYMBOL of the city of New York!
Twin Towers like Lady Liberty, like Empire State Building! That’s why I SUPPORT this progect!
I know, we don’t have much money, but together we can rebuild this towers! I think, that we need oped bank’s account. Dmitriy (RUSSIA)
I would love to see the view on Manhattan what I should see if nothing happend. I want it back! I don’t like building like Freedom Towers. It doesn’t say anything to me.
Hi,i visited Ground Zero for the first time a few weeks back and it struck me how much those towers meant to everybody in new york and the people who worked in them. You see them in nearly every New York based media item dated pre-2001 and they were a part of new york life and a world icon. The towers must be re-built to say to the terrorists that you can knock us down but we’ll just keep getting back up. That will deliver a true message that we won’t be scared into hiding and New York is back
Im a british citizen who has always dreamt of coming to New York. I felt the original towers were an incredibly powerful symbol of america and no matter where you see New York post 9/11, film, television, photographs, etc. It always looks that little bit emptier without those beautiful towers. I think it would be a bold statement to the terrorists to rebuild. You can knock us down, but we’ll get right back on up!
Please rebuild those beautiful twin towers. I miss the observation deck in tower 2 as well as the windows on the world restaurant in tower 1. The towers will rise again.
Why Get the Artists frustrated with this Freedom Tower. I was drawing a nice picture of Manhattan and the new WTC was all over the place, attenas and sharp pointy things?! I decided to draw a picture of the skyline from 1999 and was ABLE to because the Design Worked!
I don’t live in the USA but I would love to go to New York to see the twin towers rise up above the skyline again, I am totally for TT2 and totally against the Freedom Tower, if the Twin Towers are rebuilt, it will show the terrorists that they can’t win.
I have loved NYC since I was a child, I have never visited, but I plan to move and make it my home some day. The loss of the towers was devastating, and I still cry to this day. Not rebuilding them would be a loss to such a great city, and of it’s people. Letting the towers fall and not stand back up again is just awful, and it’s sad to see that some people are letting the tragedy of that event teach nothing about pride and respect. Raise the towers and show these monsters haven’t won.
Quite simply put this is the best plan. Nothing else will state the position of America and the free world that it will not be effected by the acts of a few individuals with their own twisted agenda. I visited New York just before the first attack in the 90’s and I want my daughter who was due to be born on Sept 11 2001 to one day visit New York and see the twin towers for herself. To allow the construction the Freedom Tower would be an example of how to teach our children the wrong values.
I am a 17 year old male from Glasgow Scotland. I particulary would love to see the towers back in the sky of New York. As its always what stuck out in the minds of almost everybodys when they thought of New York or even America. I began looking into the towers roughly about a year ago due to consiracy theoryist and would love see the towers rise once again.
Im from SWEDEN.
We, and u all know it, loves and support America.
But we DONT support some f**kin freedom towers.
ITS UGLY AND NOT NICE @ ALL!!!!
It look like som sh*t in the middle east, this is not america.
TAKE BACK THE TWIN TOWERS, NUFF SAID!!
The world has spoken, and you dont listen?…
God bless the USA, And please please please, TWIN TOWERS BACK! BUT BIGGER AND BETTER AND HIGHER!!
TTA Note: This comment is on the borderline of the sort we have refused to post in the past because, as we have explained to the individuals when we have deleted their comments, and sometimes their signatures, this is not a bulletin board. The comments are only meant to support the petition statement. But we do not think this comment was intended as a put down of another culture. It is a crystal clear example of how frustrated and disgusted people around the world are with our failure to do the right thing at Ground Zero. Thank you, David.
The correct thing to do would be to rebuild A.S.A.P. as im sure if other American icons were destroyed they would be rebuilt. I was lucky to visit the World Trade Center and to be on the roof. There is nothing else like it what a view. Eight years has past and all New York has to show is nothing. To the pepole of New York Demand that you get your Magnificent twin towers rebuilt. Accept nothing else.
Thank you very much.
I like everyone around the world was shocked with the 9/11 attacks and cant believe that it has taken so long to make a decision on what should be built on the site. Everyone around the world, when you mention New York, thinks 1st of the famous skyline. The towers must be rebuilt, and I agree with Donald Trump in that an extra floor should be built to show these cowards that its just like the song says, I get knocked down, but I get up again, you wont ever keep me down.
Although I am not from your country,I have a great respect for those who died in action or those who were or are victims of the tragic. Personally I believe it should be made into a memorial park for families to remember their loved ones, but also think that if they could be rebuilt the same as the originals it would be great and would serve as a message that we all fight back, bearing in mind the respect of all families linked to this site.
hi
i live in the uk, and it was a very sad day for me when the towers came down!! and my thoughts went out to all the peoples familys. but i think the twin towers should be rebuilt,for sure!! i think it is what the people of america, and people of the uk would for sure want to see, the sky line will never be the same again with out them! if i had the money, i would pay for them to be built for sure!!!! TWIN TOWERS PLEASE
chris united kingdom
Ever since I was a child, the WTC towers were to me an incredibly strong icon of America. I dreamt about going there, visiting my favorite city and favorite pair of skyscrapers. My father once went to the towers, and the pictures and stories he brought home fueled my lust for going there one day.
In September 2001 my dreams were shattered when on television I could see that someone had destroyed the towers. I wish nothing but to see the iconic towers rise again! When they do, I’ll be there.
The towers always stood gracefully
looking over manhattan. These towers
stood for something. They were symbolic
and deserve to be rebuilt. We need
to act fast and insure that the freedom tower
design will not go ahead.
Since I was child I dreamt to travel to NY to meet the twin towers, and now I could do it, they are not there anymore…
For north american dignity, they must be rebuilt.
I have always had a great fascination with the Twin Towers, and think that they were exceptionally beautiful buildings that carried a powerful message. It would mean so much more to people not only in the USA, but to the entire world’s people to rebuild these symbols of freedom and integrity, than the cheap glass ornaments of historical irrelevance that the project leaders are so misguidedly forcing upon the world’s people.
Tom Elliott,
United Kingdom,
England.
I visited New York City almost three years ago. Where once stood the magnificent Twin Towers, there was instead an empty void. I believe that no design can replace the Twin Towers in the hearts of the USA’s citizens and in the hearts of its friends and allies.
I hope that rebuilt Twin Towers will one day stand proud as a symbol of your country’s indomitable spirit. May they inspire the entire world once more.
I agree with your cause of replacing the twin towers, no other statement would strike home to whoever carried out these attacks. I have visited New York and love the spirit and determination you guys have, here’s to a peaceful future for all of us. Good luck with your efforts, David from England
Well they sure were some great damn buildings and should be rebuilt. I can’t possible understand how they allowed the Freedom towers to be built instead of the Twin Towers, weren’t the Twin Towers the icon of New York? Back in ’01-’02 they told me they would replace the Twin Towers, but there still is nothing out there, with the simple design of the Twin Towers, we could’ve rebuilded them back in 2004 but nooo…
Good luck boys, hopefully I’ll get to stand upon them once…
To me there is really no logical reason that can be made for not re-building the twin towers.
Quite simply, the people who should have the final say should be the families of the victims.
In fact you could say that the decision should have been theirs from the beginning, and from what I’ve heard they support re-building the towers rather than the freedom tower.
I’m quite certain Mr. Obama would agree that the families deserve the final say.
I will pray that your cause is successful.
TTA Note: The only thing we will add to Clint’s comment is that the family that counts the most is the American Family — we all have a big stake in this outcome.
I’m a Brazilian teenager who prays everyday to they rebuild the Twin Towers, first of all, it’s not too late, we can see the current progress at Ground Zero. It was been 8 or 7 years now since New York wasn’t New York anymore: Terrorists take the towers in New York Skyline, but they never will take the towers from our hearts, and now IS TIME to make these words WORTH.
Nothing less than rebuilding the Twin Towers exactly as they were is acceptable to any world citizen who values freedom and democracy. When the Campanile of St Mark’s Square in Venice collapsed in 1902, the city authorities and the citizens of that other great republic were of one voice when they considered a replacement:
“DOV’ ERA E COM’ ERA” – “HOW IT WAS, AND WHERE IT WAS”.
I live in New Zealand and love America, I would love to go to NYC and hopefully one day when I go I will be able to see the twin towers standing tall.
America was targeted for a reason because it is the best country in the world and other countries are jealous of its power but no other country will stop America’s light from shining.
If the twin towers were rebuilt then America can win the fight and will be in control of the world trade center again and we can finally move on from 9/11.
I want to see the twin towers back in new york. I live in england, and ive always wanted to go to new york, but new york just isnt the same as it was when the towers where there. I dont think people want to see the freedom tower or whatever it is called. People want to see the twin towers.
im a british student from manchester, i think every person in this petition is in it for the same reason, they want to make a stand and show how america and american citizens will not be beaten or changed by the act of terrorist scum. re-building the twin towers is the perfect and best way to do this.
I am a British student, who was at junior school, when the Twin Towers were targeted, and one of my ambitions would be to come to america and see where the World Trade Centre, and Twin Towers were. I think that the WTC and the Twin Towers should be rebuilt. I always like looking at pictures of how the Twin Towers used to look like, but it breaks my heart to think of what happened that day! R.I.P all of the people who lost their lives on the day of 9/11. XXXXXXXX
Make the New Yorkers proud of New York! Make the World proud of Manhattan again!
Twin Towers II would represent the acievement of men and the strength of all of us…
Make New York – New York again!
I am a British citizen but a resident of the United States. It still amazes me that those in charge of redeveloping this site ever considered doing anything other than rebuilding the twin towers as they were. Surely that is the only appropriate response available in order to send the message that the terrorists’ impact has not weakened the United States, and that everything is now ‘business as usual’?
I lived in NH when 9/11 happened. I was devastated. I now live in Australia and the newsagency I get the paper from has an old front page article from their newspaper showing the tragedy.
I miss the towers. I miss the significance that it had. I knew just what city I was looking at when I saw the skyline. Without the towers, I can’t tell anymore.
I may be an Australian resident now but I’m STILL an American Citizen!
The new tower looks like rubbish I would 1000% perfer the classic twin towers. I’ve always wanted to visit the twin towers, if they build the tower I wouldn’t come to New York I would go to LA or something.
the twin towers should be rebuilt exactly like the originals because anything else would be like saying the victims never existed. it would be the biggest message that the world can send out saying you will never beat us. it would be the best memorial you could ever build for the brave people who lost their lives. i’m sure each one of those brave people would want them rebuilt too. god bless the brave and please rebuild the towers.
Hi, I am from Australia and had the pleasure to visit the world trade center back in 1996. I have to say that only 1 structure – one wtc (Freedom Tower) is a gutless response!!! This is not the America that we know back here in Australia. Really the only logical way to go is to re-construct the twin towers larger, stronger and better than ever. This would certainly display a sense of absolute power and triumph over disaster and this is the old America we know back here down under !!!
pleaseeeeeee rebuild them the freedom tower looks rediculas whats the point of building 4 when you can build two perfectly beutiful towers bigger stronger and safer REBUILD THEMMMMMM
Having the same New York before and after 9/11 will be the best answer. We have to show them that they do not have influence on our cities. We should not give them a building coming from their act ! Twin Towers forever !!
rebuild the twin towers taller,stronger and safer not the freedom tower the twin towers were an iconic symbol in america lets show terrorists that they cannot take that away!!!
The proposed design of the Freedom tower to me is a sign of weakness. New York looked strong with the iconic Twin Towers , and should stand strong once again. The US is a powerful and admired nation. You need to show that if “‘You knock us down , we will spring back up stronger and better than ever before'”.
I always admired the Twin Towers (WTC), after the Liberty Statue it held a high place as an Icon, and was the Financial Life line of the world no doubt.
Now that being lost, only Physically , the same has to be rebuilt Taller and stronger with all the researched technology.
“I feel this way about it. World trade means world peace and consequently the World Trade Center buildings in New York … had a bigger purpose than just to provide room for tenants. The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man’s dedication to world peace … beyond the compelling need to make this a monument to world peace, the World Trade Center should, because of its importance, become a representation of man’s belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.” — Minoru Yamasaki
I was born in 1994 and I first remember seeing the Twin Towers in a movie in 1997 when I was 3. I remember thinking wow such tall big towers. Thats how I knew New York. Ever since then I wanted to live in New York City. The Twin Towers is how alot of people know NYC. If there were no Twin Towers, I never would’ve known about NYC until probably the age of 10. The old WTC was soo beautiful. I like the design, reminds me of the 90’s. The Freedom tower is just ugly. I want the old ones back.
I allways dreamed of going over to america one day… to go up the twin towers.
Now I realize my dreams are not completely abolished.
If the freedom tower is ever created, I will never have anything to do with them.
America, stick up for yourself.
Do you honestly think, that surrendering to those terrorists is the best option.
They took thousands of lives, that were not theirs to take,
Don’t let them take America’s spirit.
Rebuild!!! Show the terrorists how weak they really are.
The Twin Towers were an icon to New York, and a symbol of freedom to this country. They Must be brought back, but built with heavier materials, and more structurally sound, so 9/11 will never happen again. They Should move them offset and have the reflecting pool, in the place were the original towers were to show they will always be there in our hearts. The Freedom Tower is a nice idea, but doesn’t fit New York
The towers were iconic, if they can survive this long without being forgotten. Then there is something special about them. They weren’t just any ordinary glass tower block.
I was only 5 when the twin towers were attacked. I remember sitting on the floor in my lounge room waiting for my favourite children’s television shows to come on. They didn’t. Instead, ABC was reporting on the story of 2 commercial jet airliners that were hijacked and flown into the Twin Towers. Only as I grew older have I realised the importance of what happened on that day. If we rebuild the twin towers we are showing terrorists around the world that we are resilient and will not be kept down by them.
It’s been 8 years! New York looks so naked now. Don’t let “him” win. They managed to rebuild Dresden and Berlin not to mention Hiroshima and Nagasaki in a reasonable amount of time and they were entire cities but you can’t rebuild two towers due to bureaucratic bickering? Re-invent them a little bit fair enough but get the most famous skyline in the world back to its former glory at any cost.
I’m not frm USA but I lyk this country and hav a few felow countrymen who worked and died in 9.11.Watchng the news and the real footages of the scene made me feel realy sad and mad(i’m sure evrybody felt the same way).I feel super sory for the victims and their families.Those animals who participated for this tragedy to happen and are still out there should be burned alive! Not rebuilding the Twin Towers also says “You won terrorists”. AMERICA CAN AND SHOULD BRING TWIN TOWERS BACK TO LIFE.
I was only young when the twin towers fell. I now at 13 years old look at the sky line of new york and feel there is something missing from what was a beatiful sky line. I enjoy watching the programme ‘friends’ just to see if I can spot the twin towers in it, i am obsessed with them. they should be rebuilt.For my birthday someone bought me a picture of the sky line and i could not look at it so i told my dad to take it back to the shop. please rebuild them make america america again.
Hello
The events of September when it happened on 11.9.2001
I was only 10 years and I’m from the Middle East, now I remember the scene very frightening
I was child, but there is something in my heart told me that this is something bad and dangerous
Now I am 18 years old and very sad because of what happened
It was a normal working day suddenly turned into a disaster
In the eighth anniversary heard in the news that there is still Ground Zero as it is not the project ends
Discussed in the Internet and knew everything about design
And I chose to rebuild the Twin Towers
It’s the best building in the world and I think that this is also what made terrorists destroy it
But do not anyone will be able to destroy life in the heart of New York City
So I found it my duty to join with you and encourage you
I’m with the Twin Towers
But we will be to see the twins towers again rise in the skies of New York high and lofty say to every terrorist
I’m back again will not be able any person to collapse me
Yes for twin towers
World with you YES TWIN TOWERS
Ahmed
I dont have alot to say but i would really like to see the towers rebuilt. Anytime NY comes to mind i think of Lady liberty, the empire state building and of course the beloved twin towers. Visiting NY for the 1st time soon, wish they were still there :(
If a natural monument, feature or landmark was destroyed then we could only remember how it was but here is an opportunity to rebuild something that was manmade to start with, and with better technology and safety measures. The Freedom Tower just looks a ghastly and the fact that it has been plagued by controversy is a bad omen.
The idea of building this monstrosity that is called the Freedom Tower, and not either the original or proposed World Trade Center 2 towers is a heinous crime not only to New York, but to the rest of the world. Even though originally they were built just as any other commercial building, and belonged to the financial market, over the years it belonged to the people becoming as iconic as the Statue Of Liberty, even more so now. Please, listen to the people, rebuild the icons not the lifeless proposed plans.
Good luck in your just fight, I’m hoping, wishing, and praying that you succeed for all of us.
TTA Note: Actually, they were the only commercial structures we know of that were NOT “built just as any other commercial building,” but were dedicated to fostering world peace through world trade from their inception — quite an extraordinary pedigree and distinction worthy of being defended and upheld.
They knock down the Twin Towers… and America wants to build only ONE in their place?! That’s like half a life bar in a video game. It’ll send the message that whoever did this are succeeding in their aims.
IF WE REBUILD THE WTC – MODERNIZED, HARDER, BETTER, STRONGER – WE SEND OUT THE MESSAGE THAT THEY’LL NEVER KNOCK US DOWN.
im from monterrey mexico but i live in the united states,
I LOVE THE WORLD TRADE CENTER!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REBUILD THEM
PLEASE!
i didnt get a chance to go up the first twin towers of the world trade center, but i really really! want to go to new york and see it as new york with the twin towers!
i would love to go up the new twin towers of the world trade center!
please please please rebuild!
its the right thing to do!
RIP to all the victims of 9/11
we need new york to be new york!
Gob blessed america with the twin towers. God bless all the victims. i really think bringing them back will cause more loving memories to many ppl. Its the right response to bring them back b/c u show the terrorists that we’re not done yet.
I love the twin towers. On september 11th my mom came home from work. And saw me crying she turned on the T.V and was stunned.It was 11:00 a.m. witch meant the towers were already down. I was 5 when they came down. Now I am 12 about to turn 13. I have researched alot about twin towers. Watched videos. And even made tributes. But i still cant get that sicking feeling out of my heart. Only way to get it out is to rebuild the twin towers. 65ft higher so they are tallest buildings in the world again
i think we need to rebuild the twin towers! they where amazing! and im from the UK and im 12. on the day of september 11th i was at school so i didnt know about the whole thing and i was to young to understand but now i think shoud get them back! im hoping this petition might make a change!
You have to call people. — 7000 — thats not enough for changes!!! You need hundreds of thousands signatures, and I`m in! Rebuild them!! God help You! TTA Note: Thank you… If people had any idea that there is a movement and a real plan we surely would have hundreds of thousands of signatures — but then we wouldn’t need a petition… If people knew that there is a viable Twin Towers option, it would be all over for that tower that is such a glaring symbol of tyranny, not freedom. And they will know — it is our constant aim. It really is just a matter of time…
Good Luck in your fight to rebuild the originals. I sure hope it happens and dis-heartens all terrorists through out the world. Once again good luck to everyone involved in the Twin Towers Alliance.
I believe that replacing the old towers as opposed to going with the current watered down and non-inspiring project would be a great tribute to the families involved with this tragedy, would replace one of New York’s iconic landmarks and also show the resilience and strength of this city and the nation as a whole.
Rebuild them!!! Not rebuilding the twin towers would be a disgrace. Make New York New York again! Stand up against terrorism, show them they cannaot alter the skyline. Lets not give them the satisfaction. Rebuild in the honour of the famalies, the people and the heroic firefighters who died that day. Build the towers taller and stronger and show terrorists around the world that we as people, although we might stumble or get knocked down, we will come back stronger and prevail!
I was 8 years old when the twin towers went down and I have always thought why dont they rebuild them. I am coming to New York next year 2010 because I love the look and atmosphere of New York. I think that the twin towers were the most beautiful buildings ever, they stood taller than anything else and it was as if to say “here I am” and I liked that. Obviously I don’t live in America but that just shows if it has had that much of an affect on me then the people of America will agree.
Hello, I’m from Auckland, New Zealand and I’m 15 years old. One day I wish to live in New York city and it would be a truly amazing thing if these towers were rebuilt instead of the so called ‘Freedom Tower’. I was only young when 9/11 occurred, but the day still rings out to me and will always remember waking in the morning and finding watching those shocking images, I still check this website everyday for updates. So please for the sake of us all, LET’S REBUILD!!
when i think about NY… the first thing that comes to anyone’s mind is the World Trade Center… and why the icon of the wealth and prosperity is not rebuilt is the question which should be asked! because by not rebuilding the original WTC America has proved to the world that they have given in to the whims of Osama bin Laden… that America is afraid and that the people of America is afraid.
Hello, I am Nathan and I am 12! Please rebuild the twin towers so I can see them again and so can everybody else! When I think about New York I think WTC! We cant let these terrorists win! I would like my future children and their children to see it! So please have a heart! REBUILD THE ORIGINAL TWIN TOWERS BUT STRONGER AND NO LOCKS ON THE LIFT DOORS!
The Twin Towers was a wonderful construction destroyed by two airplanes pilot by terrorists 11-S, after these moment the world change and NY Without WTC1 and WTC2 is very different. The plan of Freedom Tower and other buildings different than Twin Towers isn’t appropiate to Ground Zero (isn’t representative such was old Twin Towers). The old Twin Towers were more than simple towers, were a NY, US , America and Worldwide Symbol, and must be reconstructed.
It is incredible that 1 World Trade Centre is being allowed to proceed. It is a sure sign of defeat to Al Qaeda. For all of us across the world that were affected by this disaster the only possible way to stand up and prove our will against such appalling behaviour is to rebuild the Twin Towers and show the Manhatten skyline as we all knew it. It is the only fitting and appropriate way to honour all those that lost their lives by proving that we will not be defeated by extremists – rebuild both!
I live in England and recently came back from an amazing trip to New York. It was really upsetting to see Ground Zero and I have always been interested in the 9/11 and what happened. The Freedom Tower looks quite nice, but it just wouldn’t be the same. In my opinion The Twin Towers II is the only choice! I hope this idea goes ahead, good luck!
I add my name to the list. Cause i knew NY before the tragic events on 9/11. And i would love to see those towers in the sky again. Oboy, what a sight it was!
New York will never be the same without the Twin Towers. I was 12 yrs old when they went down. I always wanted to visit and stand in top of them but I never got the chance. It should be Rebuilt Better and Stronger so my dream to stand on them can become real. REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!!! so New York will be New York again!!! NO Freedom Tower!!! it would be a disgrace if it is built!
I was 16 when the twin towers went down and I will never forget that day because the eleventh of september is also my birthday. I´d like the twin towers would be rebuilt and I think this is the best way to get over from the terrorist attack. From Spain!
We must rebuild the Twin Towers! New York without the Twin Towers, it seems empty. This skyscrapers, were the greatest in the world. Freedom Tower – a terrible project.
Rebuild the Twin Towers!
First of all, I’m a citizen of other nation. Anyhow, I just want to support in rebuilding the TWIN towers in the WTC site- better, stronger, & taller! in this way we can remember the memories of the wounded hearts of the thousands of people killed/victims on that terrible day, also this is a bolder message to send terrorists that New York or the USA will NOT be defeated. “We can make things possible if we truly believe we can.” Restore the New York skyline to it’s previous beauty.
Freedom Tower, along with the rest of the new WTC Complex is completely meaningless, bearing no memory to those who lost their lives on 9/11/01. I cannot emphasize this next point enough… Stop building that monstrosity that is ‘Freedom Tower’ and bring back the icons of the American Economy – The Twin Towers! A poll conducted by MSNBC found that 92% of Americans would want to see the Twin Towers rise from the ground again. 8% want to destroy New York. Pretty conclusive I would say.
When you were young, made buildings with Lego or Sandcastles at the beach. Lets take sandcastles, you build two. Then somebody comes along and intentionally knocks them both down. Would you rebuild both or just one? Personally, I would rebuild both! One is like admitting defeat. But two, standing taller, signify power and pride. To summerize the above: Rebuild the Twin Towers!
I was 11 when the towers were hit. I still remember how shocked I was. I remain shocked to this day. Please, rebuild the towers, as a sign of your resolve and unwillingness to give up. It will fill every freedom-lover’s heart with joy all over the world.
Please, if the government has any respect for the people of America and of course, those who were deeply effected by the tragic event of September 11th 2001, then they shall rebuild the towers in memory of those who died that day.
Stop the construction of the freedom towers now, and let us show the terrorists that they have not, and never will win.
The twin towers were a beautiful landmark of the city. Those unmistakeable towers were unique to the city and played a big role in the heart and spirit of the city of New York. A classic work of art unlike the plans for a trendy fashionable new Freedom Tower which would quite frankly stick out like a sore thumb amongst the rest of the Manhattan skyline. As a future resident of New York City, I hope for nothing more than to see these towers stand tall and strong, regaining the beauty of the New York skyline.
To not rebuild the Twin Towers is to admit defeat and acknowledge the terrorists won. There is only one New York skyline and the ‘politically correct’ plan does not restore that. If you want to show courage, unity and strength there is only one way to do that. Rebuild the Twin Towers.
To not rebuild the Twin Towers back to its ORIGINAL WAY is admitting defeat and failure to these “Terrorists” who committed these acts, the Twin Towers should NEVER be replaced by the Freedom Tower… Give the Americans what they want, to stop building this Freedom Tower and REBUILD the Twins Towers the exact way as they were prior to September 11 2001.
I was really fortunate enough to visit the twin towers on 2 occasions during a short holiday to Manhatten in October 1993, Ironically, a few months after a previous terrorist attack. I visited the outside viewing area from the top of the South Tower both at day, and at dusk. The view of the city captured my heart. Nowhere on Earth can give you that amazing feeling or view of the best city in the world, bar none.
Don’t let these brainless maniacs take our way of life from us. Rebuild the towers.
I always had a fascination for the World Trade Center Twin Towers. I was devastated when 9/11 occured. I along with thousands of others never had a chance to see the WTC in person and rebuilding it not only proves America’s stand as a strong country, it also shows that it has made a comeback and nothing can stop it.
New York IS the skyline we used to see. It simply IS. Seing anything else, as the Freedom Tower (nothing against its design) means showing that terrorist CHANGED our lives. NO, they didn’t! Let’s show them they didn’t and that we are strong as ever, as before.
The towers of world trade center had always been an American symbol. I am Brazilian and here in Brazil all want the towers as it was before and I am certain that everybody also wants this. I do not know to say English, I used a translator to say these words, but valley imposes a fine on an effort it reconstructs this project of the towers therefore is what more it is come close to the americano symbol!
TTA Note: Since it was obviously important to him to leave this message, but the second part was so unclear, we wrote to ask if he would like to send us his comments in Portugese. When we get them translated we will add them — but for now, here is the Portugese. If anyone reads this who can help with the translation, please let us know at rebuild@twintowersalliance.com.
Olá, posso repetir o comentário sim, em português!
We’ll never forget!
I signed up, because I think that you can only oppose your opinion to the terrorists, if you don’t let yourself be slammed down.
I’ll never forget the majestetic view of the Twin Towers.
I’ll always remember the beautifulness of the WTC.
As a firefighter I will mourn for all firefighters and medical staff that lost their lives at the attack even if I never new them. I only donated a few mony but I hope it will help to hit our target.
Build them for the families who lost a loved one, to the hero’s who gave there lives, to the American people, build them for the world…..show the ones involved that they will not win.
America without the Twin Towers is like Microsoft without a computer. For the sake of all that makes sense, rebuild the Twin Towers. Standing, they would represent a nation of great power, for which you should be proud. Freedom Tower represents a nation defeated by terrorists, for which you will be ashamed.
The twin towers were beautiful buildings, and although I don’t see greater sense in this petition I give my vote for it, because if you don’t fight, then you’ve already lost.
I never got the chance to climb to the top of the WTC (always saw it in ‘Kevin Lost in New York’ at the beginning) but it was taken away from me with the attacks. I admire the architecture and I think it matches the skyline much better than a supermodern building and that it’s NOT a vilification of the victims of 9/11.
the twin towers should be rebuilt, its common sense, why build another building that isnt the same and only 1 of them, they should be rebuilding the twin towers pretty much totally identical to the first ones tho maybe a bit taller, stronger and more resistant, the 1st ones were completed in 1970 its now 2010 there is alot more advancments in modern technology and construction though this idea will likely fail as the new single tower has already far began construction. rebuild the twin towers WTC. TTA Note: Even those who don’t think we have a chance know that what is going up is wrong and say so. Fortunately, we have a much better chance than he or she thinks.
It’s been almost ten years and still nothing. If the new One World Trade Center is all we’ve got, then at least give it a twin. For thirty years the New York skyline as we knew it had two towers as the focal point; if they don’t come back, the terrorists have won. Deepest respect to those who lost their lives and those who worked to save them, and I believe restoring the skyline and the original World Trade Center complex would be a true tribute.
It hasnt really affected me until recently when I did some reasearch into several different areas of 9/11. Although I live in the UK seeing the New York skyline without the towers is incomplete and shows the terrorists won. I have always wanted to visit the towers. Please rebuild them.
I’m 15 and from Switzerland and say:Rebuild them! NYC is without the twin towers not so beautiful! About 9/11: America, wake up! Watch the Terrorstorm documentary!
This beautiful and well done project is the only reasonable answer to terrorism.
To heal the wound of 9/11 it’s necessary to rebuild the original skyline of New York!
America, NYC specifically, is like an incomplete jigsaw puzzle. Thing is, the people at Ground Zero holds the final pieces of the puzzle and, to this day, still refused to put it back to where they truly belong.
In short, America, The Beacon of Democracy, is not complete without the Towers, and the sad part is, your own leaders are the ones responsible for its authenticity.
Just to shorten a long comment, we all see the current plan there as an unjustifiably senseless waste of precious time, valuable resources and effort. http://vimeo.com/15250258
the first time i heard about the twin towers i was just 6 years old and i had to leave my infant school early and we watched the news about the disaster and i think they should build not one freedom tower but two freedom towers but the second tower should have no spire like the first tower dose have and they should scrap the plans of letting the original 2nd tower from being built and let a twin of the freedom tower be built next to it just like the old twin towers
I would love to see the twin towers, WTC one and two, built exactly as they were originally. I believe by doing this, America can begin to take back what was so violently stolen on that day. As a Canadian, I would love to see them rebuilt, as this would to me, be the true American spirit shining through.
It amazes me how it has turned out to be so complicated. It’s so simple…
America will only show it’s strength if you rebuild what was taken from you. If you don’t rebuild the WTC as it was, basically the terrorists will win and finally accomplish what they always wanted: America losing all it’s glory and become a weak country living in fear!
That’s what the Freedom Tower stands for: fear and acceptance!
America fails with the ordinary Freedom Tower! New York will never be the same… America will never be the same…
THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA AND ALL AROUND THE WORLD WHO BELIEVE IN SHOULD DEMAND THIS NO MATTER HOW FAR ALONG IN THE PROCESS THEY ARE. THE FREEDOM TOWER WILL STAND AS A SYMBOL OF BUREAUCRATIC ARROGANCE AND BUNGLING FOR YEARS TO COME BUT WORST OF ALL WILL REMAIN A DREADFUL EYESORE–NEITHER IS ITS FLAWED DESIGN REDEEMABLE. REBUILD THE INDOMITABLE SPIRIT OF AMERICA–REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS EVEN GREATER THAN THEY WERE — WE MUST STAND TOGETHER UNTIL OUR TRUE FREEDOM AND HONOUR ARE RESTORED
VOX POPULI DE
As has been said a thousand times, for us non-Americans, twin towers represented America. The void created by their destruction cannot in any way be filled by any other structure.
I have always thought two totally revamped and updated interiors, but with the exteriors looking exactly like the original North and South Towers of the WTC was the best tribute and strongest response to the events of 9/11/01. Nothing would please me more. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRW92eEZtj8
As child I dreamed of to see the twin towers live. They were a symbol of freedom for me. I lived behind the wall in east germany (GDR) to that time. On September 11, 2001, after the wall fell down, it was too late. Today I still dream of to see the twin towers in New York. Please, make my dream come true.
France always loved the Americans; and what happened to NY and to its people affected us as much as if it had happened in Paris and to our Eiffel Tower! But there couldn’t be another shape for the Eiffel tower or it wouldn’t be the Eiffel tower anymore! Americans should stand up all together for the rebuilt of the exact same skyline which made the identity of NY, maybe with improved materials, but with the exact same shape! These towers are part of your patrimony and should be rebuilt as such.
i think the best thing to do is say no to the freedom tower and say yes to rebuild the twin tower and make the twin tower stronger and bigger and better stant up and speek out
Rebuild the twin towers if you don’t then the terrorist have won they knocked them down if we don’t rebuild then they won let’s do the right thing for all free person in this world scrap the freedom tower (wtc1) and build the twin towers it’s what we want it’s what the new york sky line needs urgent!!!!!!!!
we all want to see these towers rebuilt. the freedom tower does not represent freedom as it was not the peoples choice. they should be rebuilt with pride and passion as that is what makes america the contry it is and that is freedom loving nation. (uk)
I want the Twins back cuz they were an icon in the NY Skyline, Freedom tower it’s nice, but it doesn’t have story, it won’t make fell like what is New York, and to show to those f*cking terrorist than they lost, nothing better than rebuild them again. I believe every new yorker and even every american wants the twins back, 7 billions wasted and almost 0 progress. They should have respect towars who died inside, and the family members of those people. We can’t forget what happened that day, b
The Twin Towers II need to be built and not the 1 WTC (freedom tower).It is not New York City without the Twin Towers.Please rebuild the Twin Towers II and bring back the stunning New York City skyline.
I remember 9/11 and being deeply affected by what I saw that day. But I also felt powerless to help.
Canada is not known for being outspoken, but those born in the countryside of the Western provinces, we are strong and moral and will ALWAYS support our neighbors in the USA as we support our neighbors at home.
By not rebuilding the Towers, you are allowing the terrorists to define for America what is right & religously correct to do.
This is allowing the terrorists to win after our countries have lost so many soldiers in that region.
I think that the Twin Towers should be rebuilt cause it symballised what America stood for and stills stands for today. If the American goverment should give back what the American people want, not to be mucked about with some funny looking building called “the Freedom Building”, seen a picture of the Freedom Building and I think it looks very disgusting, goverment should give the Twin Towers back to the American people and the way I see it if that is what the American people want then the American people should get.It will put the 9/11 families mind at ease and would be the perfect memorial
No other building in the world is more distinctive then the twin towers.
While I’m not American and the towers are gone they symbolise the land of opportunity and the American spirit.
The freedom tower is a pile of junk that ruins the manhattan skyline.
Rebuilding the towers is what everybody wants. Then why build that ugly glass junkyard that don’t belong in New York?
I really hope they don’t build that crap and make NY complete again.
Dear Americans,
I strongly believe that the Twin Towers should stand AGAIN! I am Canadian and was only 6 years old when the Twin Towers where hit! I was nestled tightly in my bed that morning, as I was Living in BC, so we were on Pacific Time. I remember my mom wouldn’t let me watch the T.V that day, I get very upset over these things. Anyways, I believe that nothing would make America prouder than to have their Twin Towers back. I know, it would make me proud to be in the neighboring country. I am proud of America, now and forever. Although I am Canadian, I would like you to know.
I’m 14 girl from Czech Republic, who really love the Twin Towers. I believe it’s not too late to rebuild them and restore the beautiful skyline of New York. I think the Freedom Tower isn’t safe, because it’s mostly made of glass. The Freedom Tower isn’t pretty such the Twin Towers, it looks like it’s from the space. The memorial doesn’t look spectacular and it’s expensive for the maintenance. The memorial with flags and with the wall sections is better. The Twin Towers were beautiful and unique buildings with pretty view. Inside of them it looks magnificent and spacious. Why don’t rebuild?
I believe we should rebuild the twin towers as I feel that every time I look, there is a massive hole in the new york skyline that needs to be filled with glory.
Well, I’m Australian. Also I’m 12 and you may think just because I’m 12 means I don’t know about 9/11. America was heartbroken when their beloved Twin Towers had collapsed. I think Everyone would agree that we need the old design back! It suits New York. It’s not too late to rebuild them…… Lots of people will be happy that their buildings are back and ready for business. They are the heart of New York City. Don’t forget them……..
Rebuild the world trade center a little higher than it was before. America must show what they are made of. Americans are not cowardly fools that will let themselves or their country be affected by foreign scum. It’s a matter of principles.
Good luck.
this great nation should rebuild in order to pay tribute to all involved. to show that were not afraid. we don’t stand back. we will all continue fighting for what is right!
hi im from england i want to see those 2 lovely towers built again because they were the icon of american society. unfortunetly living on the otherside of the atlantic i never got to see them. but wouldn’t it be great if they got rebuilt. :-) they were AWSOME. some day i hope to go to america and new york and maybe, just maybe i could see them standing tall in all there grace and glory. love fom the UK
I’m from Auckland, New Zealand and I came to New York for a holiday in 2008. I love New York and had always dreamed of going there as a young child. I had seen this amazing city through watching many movies. I was absolutely devastated and sad when 9-11 happened. I remember watching on tv back in New Zealand crying and thinking WHY?? Terrorism is something which makes no sense to me. I dreamed of coming to your gorgeous city for years and years and always wanted to go to the lookout at the top of the towers. I was captured by everything about these wonderful sky scrapers. PLEASE REBUILD THEM!
Hi, I’m a 13 year old from London, England. My family and I stayed in New York for a month when I was only 4 years old. I have no memories of visiting except for walking next to one of the towers. We left, and 8 days later the twin towers were no more. It’s an event I feel close to though I’m no New Yorker. I think the “Freedom Tower” is a disgusting idea, all I want to see are those 2 towers that I remember from so long ago! BRING US BACK THE TWIN TOWERS! If America is a nation, then Americans should decide what to build, not just a few in power!
im from poland im 24 years old, i cant forget those beautiful towers and what happened!!! it was my dream to go and see twins live, they took it from me with all lifes we lost on 9/11, it shouldnt happned, please rebuild twin towers, new york without old wtc is no more new york!
Iconic towers, my favourite buildings in the world. Freedom tower is an insult to all those who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001. “Reflecting Absence” is an awful, impratical memorial which resembles two massive toilets. Thank God there are people like Ken Gardner out there who are dedicated to see those towers rise, that breaktaking observation deck return overlooking the best city on earth and the lights of the twin towers to brighten the spirits of the world, and to dim the lights of cowards like Osama bin Laden.
I live in Canada but I hear and feel the pain of every New Yorker all the way over here! I’m sorry if anyone dissagrees but I think that to build anything less then a memoral and or re-build the Twin Towers is an insult. That ground is sacred (like a church or a cemetery, when you think of how many people lost there lives on that ground) anything less then a testament to what the original Towers stood for or a memoral to the fallen is just WRONG!!!!!
I can imagine that not only 80% of the American citizens want their towers back, but also 80% of the complete Western civilization. And I am one of them. Rebuild, and add one extra floor in each, to show those terrorists that they can destroy steel and concrete, but that they will never be able to destroy the Western morality: FREEDOM!
Hello people who love old, good and beautiful Twins. I was dreaming to come to New York City and see WTC towers. Now is destroyed and Mr. Silverstein wants build one Freedom tower, which in my opinion has a terrible desing.
So please Mr. Silverstein and many others who wants Freedom tower, rebuild old Twin towers and make NYC same as was before 9/11 attacks. You will make a lot of people happy.
Ever since the attacks happend that day in september, i believe america has never been the same or will be again and lost so much! The skyline will never look complete again without those two towering towers standing bold and smart! The new freedom tower may be a small effort at building for the fututre but has no connection with the past towers and is no way a replacement to the originals!
In my opinon if any new towers were to be bulit, it would only be fitting to rebuild the orginal towers, identical exterior features but much needed and improved safety and economical features inside!
Hello, my name is Mackenzie. i’m from Canada, and i never knew what 9/11 was until i researched it. and i am mad because those heartless terrorists destroyed one of my dreams. i would love to see those towers stand again. thanks for reading.
I was nine when I saw the events on the news on that sad day. I was frightened and shocked as much as a kid could be. Even then I understood what was lost – America has lost its symbol. But this movement can change it all, and I really want it to succeed. Back in the day whenever I thought of the US, I always imagined the Twin Towers. And now since I’ve saw this movement, I want to take part in it and help America be the way it was, as strong as can be. Do not allow some terrorists change you and break you. Show them your strength!!! Rebuild your icon the way it was! Never give in!
Starting my early days I am keening on the Twin Towers. I am keening on their beauty and their interesting construction but tragedy. Twin Towers were one of the most honorable places in the world, you know. People all around the world know them.
That time had slipped and only North Tower has remained.
I do not think that it is good idea to build Ground Zero because I think it is not real replacement of Twin Towers.
Anyway I hope that Twin Towers will be rebuilt. Even if it will take 30 years.
I’m a Peruvian (now an American citizen,too) living in the U.S for 17 years, and like everybody in the world I was horrified by the terrorists attacks against New York. I can’t still watch the destruction of the Twin Towers. I was deeply affected. If you want to honor the lives lost at this tragic event, New York must rebuild their famous Twin Towers, not replacing them. Raising them like the Fenix, will be a slap in the face for those terrorists and show up to them what this country is: Stronger and not easy to give up, but build the Freedom Tower will do the opposite.
Hi! I’m Hungarian, and even if I didn’t see the Twin Towers, and haven’t been to the USA, I want those buildings back! When I see a film, and it sets in New York, and I can’t see the towers in the background I feel that something important is missing. They were symbols, and the two towers were as important as any other famous buildings in the USA. Why build a new one instead of rebuilding them, with doubled safety of course? I want them rebuilt!
The Towers were sublime, exquisite and stunning especially at night. Now, no one will be able to view them, visit them, and enjoy the view from the top, so THE TERRORISTS HAVE SUCCEEDED AND THEIR KIND CAN FOREVER BOAST “HERE WE DID IT”. Also, a certain ambitious architect has succeeded in essentially building a memorial to himself in its place (let’s not go into the ironies of the causes and effects here). Total crying shame, and I don’t feel like visiting New York at all.
I wasn’t a victim of those who died. I alway’s wanted to visted New York. I feel so horrible to those who died in the plane crashes and the world trade center. We should rebuild a stronger building that will better protect everyone. We should put a special palce for those victim so that they can visted the site. My heart goes out to those who died especially the one in flight 93 who fight back and try to save their lives as well as other. Everytime I see a movie that has the world trades center. Or they show the world trade center the day of the attack. My heart go out to those victim.
I always thought they should have been rebuilt exactly the same as before, maybe a little taller with safety in mind so structurally more sound. Similar in idea to the war when Germany blew up a bridge we would rebuild it, they would blow it up again and we would rebuild it again. Stubborn pride in the face of the enemy. Anything less is showing submission and the Manhattan skyline isn’t the same without them. Remember those who lost their lives in a fitting manner. Bring the Twins back !!!
im from the UK and i defo agree that the Twin Towers should be rebuilt the usa is strong and by doing this they would show this to everyone, i remember the day when i got home from school i saw on the news about this it was scary stuff. i really feel sorry for everyone who had to witness such terror that day and my heart goes out to everyone who lost there lives that day
I love the WTC. I went there in july 2000 with family. It was a great day out on the windows on the world. Its so unreal that they are gone. Bring them back!!! God bless America
Rebuild them better and stronger than before. Show the terrorists that they won’t win by knocking down our buildings, that we are strong enough to put them right back.
Hi, I’m Italian. I love your Country and New York too. You know that the Twin Towers were the symbol of your great City in all the world, people of other nations love them, and me too. I hope so much you will rebuild them in all its splendor and stronger than before soon, because Twin Towers were also the symbol of freedom, progress and human strength.
At the bottom, all the world miss them!
A special thought for all victims of 9/11!
Great luck!
New York would never be the same again without those titanic magnificent towers rebuilt again. This is the only restoration of New York image and reputation. This is the best revenge that Americans can do to humiliate terrorists and honor those who paid their lives in that site. New towers that are identical to the ones attacked would be the best memorial and best symbol of a nation that never dies. That’s what I call reincarnation.
Ever since I was a little kid, I have been fascinated by the USA. That dark day almost 10 years ago made me shiver. Even nowadays, this day is burned in my memory. Every time I visit Ground Zero, I get sad and a tear pops to my eyes. However, my love for the country gets stronger and stronger and I am sorry I haven’t been there before the attacks. Because, I have the feeling of never being able to see the real New York, without the Towers.
May we never forget that a deed like this is always lurking behind a corner. And I am sure, one day, the city where the towers once stood, will be my home
The Twin Towers are a historical and engineering landmark those terrorists should not take that landmark away from us. Tell Obama do not build that stupid Freedom Tower and make America America again!
We should rebuild the twin towers same way but stronger and safer. Don’t let terrorists win their victory by damaging the faces of NY and the rest of U.S. Thank you and God Bless You all.
I have not, and sadly nor will ever, look upon the old Twin Towers with my own eyes. I have never been to New York, but the abstraction I know only from TV shows and movies is only complete with those two buildings. Like others have said, New York without the Twin Towers is just not the same. If they are rebuilt, it will send a message of defiance to terrorsts, that we refuse to let an iconic skyline be cut down. The opportunity still exists to halt construction of the Freedom Tower at its present height and rebuild the Twin Towers alongside it. We must garner more public support for this.
I really love the Twin Towers. They`re so beautiful. I vould like to see them again in NYC. I hope that one day politicians will understand that we want Twin Towers II.
Everyone has heard of all those conspiracy theories. Either you believe that it was an inside job or you don’t, but it actually doesn’t matter: If we manage to rebuild the twin towers as they were before 9/11, we show the whole world that people still rule and can change a country and that the people are more powerful than the most powerfull men in the world!!
I’m 15, I’m from Switzerland and I have a dream: rebuild the twin towers in New York City!
I think Twin Towers MUST be rebuilt! First of all, they were one of the most popular symbols of the United States (like the US Capitol or the White House). They were grand, colossal, impressing, imagination-blowing buildings. Libeskind’s plan is pathetic – it’s nothing. That would fly somewhere in Europe, but not in the US. America has it’s own culture, it’s own architecture, so building European skyscraper in New York City is wrong. Put them back! Put Twin Towers back! Good luck, guys! I hope you’ll make it!
I honestly believe that there would be nothing better than for the people of New York and America than to rebuild the twin towers. Not only were they a big part of America but also a big part of the world. The name I believe is the WORLD Trade Center and because of how many innocent people lost their lives on that tragic day, it would only be right to honor them by rebuilding those monumental figures that everyone loved instead of replacing them. Once you lose a loved one they cannot be replaced, which many of us learned that day. The closest we can come to doing so is by doing the right thing and restoring those towers.
The new plans would look perfectly fine anywhere else in the world.
But not at Ground Zero.
I’ve been to the site twice since 2001. I have my memories. In 50 years time, people need to see that America, and the world, did not bow to terrorism and extremism. The memories will fade with each generation. We cannot allow just another cluster of generic early 21st century vanity projects to be the legacy that endures.
Twin Towers should be back. But I don’t think so because they were and they are my favorite buildings in the world. But because when you fall, you must get back on your feet and go on walking. New York and the United States should say to the world: “we are back in business, again, as usual”.
Building those Towers again would I think put hearts at ease, what they are building now does look nice, but it shouldn’t be related to the original World Trade Center at all, even though its where the Towers were. Even if they put the Towers somewhere else in New York, it means that they are still there for everyone to look at, work at, or even go to the Observation Deck. I’m not an American, but we all feel the same about this.
As a little girl, i’ve always dreamed to visit New York, and especially go on top of the twin towers (my favorite skycrapers ever on every poster or movie.) Years and years later, i finally had the opportunity to visit this wonderful city and felt in love with it. When i went to visit ground zero, i couldn’t feel nothing but sadness seeing this empty space, and what it was about to become. I respect the Freedom tower and its architects, but it doesn’t fit New York. It’s more a Dubai or Shanghai like building, and doesn’t have this ”Manhattan’ atmosphere the twin towers had. I don’t lose hope that maybe someday they can be rebuilt, so i finally can get on top of them and live one of my childhood dreams.
Defiantly rebuild the towers!! Haven’t been to NY yet but will soon and even sooner if they rebuild! It looks friken amazing and to see new Twin Towers would be epic!!!! REBUILD!!!
In 1985, as an Australian,
I stood on The Verrazano Bridge for the start of
The New York City Marathon.
I looked to the left of me and saw the heart and soul of America.
The Stars and Stripes on the bridge,The Statue of Liberty and the World Trade Centre.
My journey was 26.2 miles that day.
Let’s rebuild and continue America’s journey.
Please rebuild the towers. The only other acceptable option would be a park. A modern contruction will be outdatted within 5 years, real eyesore. The fact that the original plans are still available will save a lot of money and we know for sure the project will look perfect once acheived.
Please rebuild those wonderful towers who illuminate again New York by there incredible height. The twins towers was really a symbol for the America and even for my country the Canada. Im really sad they was destroyed but we can forget and rebuild. The people who destroyed it don’t merit we stand here to do nothing, we must fight and rebuild the most quick possible to show we are not coward and we are free and trust in God. Im only 16 years old and im not american but i like this country and want to stay on it and i trust you are a free people and these attack show you was able to go in the burning towers to save those bless people who just want one thing, live. Your a people able to be free and bless. You are my heroes forever. Mickael Rivard
Don’t re-place, re-build! If the Whitehouse or Statue of Liberty got hit they would be replaced. 10 years is far too long a wait. If the city of NY own the site and want the towers back then why not?! Much money and time would be saved and a much happier outcome will result. Never give up and never forget the people lost in 9/11.
The United States is not the United states without the original Twin Towers. New York is not New York Without The original Twin Towers. That is why they must be rebuilt as they were before. If you build the skyline different then you bow to the terrorists. Do not bow to them. Build New York as it was before. There could be no stronger Symbol of Freedom and Strength then to see Gleaming new Twin Towers in the New York Skyline.
At the time of the attacks I was only 11 years old, I wish I had the chance to see the twin towers when they stood in all their glory. It was not only the American population that was rocked by the 9/11 attacks, it was the whole world. I remember coming home from school on the day of the attacks and seeing the twin towers collapse and I just broke down crying. To see such devastation was unbearable and I feel for those who lost their lives in the twin towers on that day and indeed the families of those people. I believe that in order for America to fully recover the Twin Towers should be rebuilt as they were only even stronger as a message to the cowards stating YES we built them again and NO you can’t Hurt us anymore. Long live the TwinTowers.
Hi,
I am from England, and think the Twin Towers should be re-built again,
I visted New York in 2003, and went down to Ground 0, to pay my respects,
I would love to return to New York someday, and see those beautiful towers on the New York Skyline once again,
Until i return, God Bless New York.
As Donald Trump said we can’t replace the Statue of Liberty, so also we can’t replace the Twin Towers with ‘The Freedom Tower’. I can’t recognize New York without the Twin Towers and we can’t just stay and watch how they are building something we don’t want… What do you prefer to see Twin Towers or 4 ugly towers?
The Twin Towers were an American symbol. Just like Lady Liberty, apple pie and many other things. Without the Twin Towers America ain’t the same. And most definitely New York City ain’t the same. The Twin Towers were the most beautiful buildings in the whole world. Those two giants stood there defining hope, courage and liberty. The Twin Towers should be rebuilt. It’s not too late to rebuilt them. If they are rebuild, that means that America has won. The Twin Towers would be symbolising all that is American again. Many people overseas, including me, loved The Twin Towers. I loved everything about those two towers. It’s time to rebuild.
It would be so great to rebuild these towers!
Let’s make NY NY again.
I don’t want to see my favorite city looking like Tokyo!!
Rebuild the twin towers !!
I really don’t understand why the new world trade center plan has been approved and is being built. It is a very unsatisfactory replacement for the magnificent, grand and elegant twin towers that were truly awe inspiring and pierced the New York Skyline so beautifully!
The Freedom tower is an odd design that will look out of place in New York, and more to the point doesn’t mean anything. It’s simply another skyscraper out of many that have risen from the ground over the years. As for the other surrounding towers that accompany it, disgraceful is not even the word. They are all at random heights and at different angles which frankly, look odd.
The whole design looks like an art project designed by a high school kid… That cannot be the case! REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!!
It’s such a scandal and a shame that they are building this stupid Freedom Tower that it is not even called by that name anymore. It’s just named ‘One World Trade Center’ and that’s a big disgrace. Not only from Mayor Bloomberg but also from ex-governor Pataki and Mr. Silverstein and all the other people who supported it.
This New WTC complex with their stupid One World Trade Center is a big embarrasment not only to the Great People of America but to the whole world and to our future offsprings. Even here in Holland people are thinking it’s a joke about the new WTC with how long it took to start to rebuild and with what they are building right now.
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!!!! :) that’s the only and right thing to do.
I have lived for 5 years in NY state when I was younger and went visiting the Twin Towers Observation Deck around 1980 for the 1st time, and 1990 for the last time. In 2001, like every cityzens around the World, I was shocked by the tragedy of September 11th, but also shocked by NY politicians arrogance toward the rebuilding of the WTC, especially Silverstein and Bloomberg, they are the same as the one who is leading the country where I live.
I have returned twice in NY since 2001, but something is deeply missing in Manhattan and I thought it would be rebuild as it use to be before 2001. NY deserves much better then this horrific Freedom Tower, the Ken Gardner project is absolutely fabulous, it must become reality.
I am in favour of rebuilding the Twin Towers. I like the new 1 WTC however the Twin Towers should be rebuilt and surpass the Freedom Tower. The Twin Towers showed everything America was, great, united and powerful in many aspects. The Freedom Tower represents America’s resilience against any attack no matter how devastating. Rebuilding the Twin Towers would be the ultimate memorial honouring those who gave their lives to save others and ordinary, innocent workers who perished in the tragic events of 9/11. America is the most powerful nation in the world so why let a minority ruin that and show them what America is really about and win by rebuilding those magnificent towers, this time stronger and taller to once again be the greatest buildings
Please bring back the Twins to New York. New York is not New York without the towers. They were and are an icon on the skyline of New York. Freedom tower and other buildings will never become icons. Towers were the power freedom and liberty of America. Since 2001 they became more. I think the real weekness is not rebuild them. America must show the terrorists they will never win no matter what buildings they destroy. Twin Towers II would be stornger and higher and would show the world the terrorists can never destroy an icon. Freedom tower not show this because it is a symple building without own history. Maybe Freedom tower would be a great building somewhere but not here.
I was 9 on 9/11. I keep photos of the Twin Towers in various places, like the cover of my college journal, a giant poster in my bedroom etc, to inspire me to always do and be my best, because, to me, the World Trade Center signified and still signifies greatness, and also how short life can be and how we have to make the most of it. I can only imagine how much more inspiring the Twin Towers would be if they were back with all of us. All Goal, No Fear.
I never had the chance to visit them… I want them! NY is not the same without them, USA are not the same without them, the world will never be the same without them!
We need to rebuild the twin towers. It’s the only way we can show the terrorists that America has won. It would be cheaper to rebuild the twin towers and would show respect for the 9/11 families, respect to fire fighters and also police officers. I live in Scotland and even I want the twin towers back, everyone does. Lets all do the right thing, It’s not too late to rebuild the twin towers. Scrap towers two and three. I would recommend watching Timothy Mcque on youtube, search rebuild the twin towers and you will find him on web cam video. This man knows what he’s talking about.
I was 15 years old the on day of the attacks on America and it is a day I will never ever forget to my dying day! Fast forward 10 years later and I finally get to visit the great city of New York, a dream come true for a young Irishman as myself! While there I had the time of my life but every second of every day the world trade centre and the twin towers were on my mind! The day I went to visit the site or crime scene as I refer to it, it was just a chilling experience for me thinking of all the people that perished that day and all the long strangely for some reason I still expected to look up high into the sky and see those beautiful towers but I saw nothing but a poor attempt at salvaging America’s freedom! So please bring back the Twin Towers!
I was deeply affected by the atrosities of 9/11. The world will never be the same again for the generations that witnessed this horror. It cannot be undone but in my view, to heal the wounds best possible, we should have a rebuild of the original, beautiful towers. Anything less will be a perpetual reminder of the horrors that went down that day and I prefer to put that behind me. I want to honor the innocent victims but I don’t want such a visible reminder, that the terrorists were “succesful” in their horrible endeavor. Bring back the twins! I don’t mind that it’s in an improved, and safer version, but there should be a set of twin towers at ground zero.
I first commented back in Dec 2010, now I have just returned to Sydney after spending the 10th anniversary of 9/11 in the Big Apple. I’m sorry, but the new Freedom Tower left me cold and wondering – how much more pride would those fine Iron Workers feel, if they were re-building the Twin Towers instead?. Like I said before, that freedom building is okay, but it does not have ICON potential and could be from any other city on earth. To us here in Sydney, the Twin Towers were not only an icon of New York, they were an icon of the United States of America……and the free world.
TTA Note: Thank you. It would be hard to imagine a more positive testimony. The system will catch duplicate comments when the second one from the same email address is validated, but it moves the new one to the original date — and we want to keep this where it will be seen — so we removed the earlier one manually. It read: “The freedom tower is great… but it could be from ANY city in the world. The Twin Towers were one of the icons of New York City. If terrorists knocked down the Statue of Liberty, would you replace it with a giant Mickey Mouse? of course not. Then why is the freedom tower even a consideration? REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS and return this missing symbol of NYC to the people of the FREE WORLD.”
I remember seeing the Towers from Newark Airport in 2000, and being so impressed by them from that viewpoint. I wish I could have visited them but am glad to have seen them from there at least. Even though I do like the new One World Trade Centre, I do wish they could rebuild the Twins as they were.
bring back the twin towers otherwise the terrorists have got exactly what they wanted there should be no question of rebuilding them come on new york the twin towers where loved the world over not just in the usa
Ever since 5/28/02, when the depressing square hole dubbed “Ground Zero” was relieved of the destruction and shattering devastation that our beloved Twins became, 16 acres have taught us that bureaucracy runs America, political correctness forces the will of the few onto the will of the many and the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site has been a complete failure.
I embrace the new WTC, but I have a void in my heart and in my spirit. A void created by terrorism, and reinforced by incompetence. I know Lower Manhattan will NEVER have the Twins again. Yet… I just can’t let the flame of the WORLD TRADE CENTER die. It will burn in us until we get back what was taken! I don’t know how, or where, but that void will be filled once again.
Never been to new york but im going in march 2013 and im sad to have missed out on the chance to see them. Rebuild them. Make new york, NEW YORK again. The new plans will ruin the city and no one will look at it the same.
Coming from Northern Ireland I grew up with terrorism daily. When there were bombs we just kept getting up, shaking ourselves off and rebuilding. I’ve never been to New York but hope to go February 2013 and am sad to have missed the two defining buildings. You might have the Statue of Liberty but these were the real emblems of liberty throughout the world. Please rebuild them as a shining example of freedom and liberty for America and the rest of the world.
God Bless you all.
Hi, I was only 4 at the time of 9/11 I have seen some videos on 9/11 and saw how amazing the twin towers looked like! I am really disappointed that they aren’t here today because I would of loved to see them! I really want to see them in the New York skyline again! Please rebuild them again but stronger and taller! Lots of people are saying it’s too late but it’s never too late! Please rebuild them!!
hi, i’m from and live in Ireland, i think the twin towers should be rebuilt, i’ve looked at so many photos of New York before and after 9/11 and it looks much better with the twin towers, the freedom tower/one world trade center is ok but its nowhere near as nice or iconic as the twin towers. i really really hope that they rebuild the twin towers. hopefully someday in the future (within the next 10/15/20 years) i’ll be visiting New York and seeing not just the freedom tower/one world trade center at WTC but also the rebuilt twin towers.
Visiting ny next week,its a real shame not to see the towers,the new tower looks an impressive building but how can you build one where there was once two and call it progress,I’m afraid the politicians and powers that be are playing into the terrorists hand by taking a big step backwards by not going ahead and rebuilding these magnificent symbols of the world-a real shame!
I was 14 (soon turning 15) on 9/11, remember it well. The outcome of the attacks still makes me sad, and I’m also sad because of how Ground Zero has been, is and will be treated. The current plan is just foolish and doesn’t do justice to anyone. To put it simple, the twin towers were and still are irreplaceable, no matter how many out-of-place replacements under the name World Trade Center are built in New York City. Rebuilding the towers would be an honor to everyone and to the city of NY. And yes, I would love to see those towers at least once in my life.
I think this project here is brave and noble, and by signing this I’m proud to be part of it! I’ll support you with the best I can from here.
When I saw a plane hit the twin towers it was a sad moment for me because I knew a lot off people who went to the twin towers before the attack. I would really love them to build the twin towers so who needs the freedom tower when we could build the twin towers back? America with out the twin towers the twin towers standing high up in the sky a better America a better life a better livf for Americans and a better life for everyone so let’s beat those terrorists. Let’s get our buildings back.
Rebuild the towers! They were a symbol, not just from New York, but also from America itself! I was 5 years old when i saw the towers go down on tv. Still remember that day. Really love them! They’re still in peoples hearts! To rebuild the 2 is the best option for me, not just building one tower!
If you, citizens of New York (I knew this wonderful Town at 1995 and I saw WTC,) and all Americans will see again a new and strongers and secures Twin Towers but with the same design like the Originals (Twins of them! Is the right word!), these rebuilt give you back and all of us, Americans or not, the power of American People, proof that terrorism NEVER win, and YOU ARE NOT AFFRAID of some radicals and psicotic people (may be inside USA, who knows?). The new WTC give back to NY one of the Principal Symbols that define the City Identity, Like Liberty Statue and the most impotant: Its THE BETTER HOMAGE YOU CAN GIVE TO ALL THOSE INOCENT PEOPLE DIED AT 9.11 AND THESE FAMILIES! God Help You Forever!
Hi there, I have to say how beautiful those 2 towers looked, with the aluminium-alloy facades and sleek windows, Yamasaki must of been very proud of his acomplishment, but the twin towers never got the justification they deserved. It is always the same for critics, you never enjoy the beauty until it is gone.
They definitely made a brilliant set of buildings for America and especially New York.
In my heart being an Engineer I would love to see these much loved buildings rebuilt to exactly the same exterior and interior but much stronger. I have never actually been to the Twin Towers but I am deeply saddened that I did not see their beauty. I hope this becomes a reality.
Rest in peace all the people who died in this horrible disaster.
I am from The Netherlands living in Malaysia. I would personally love to see the twin towers be built once more. It just has so much sentimental value for New York. Building different towers all together means the terrorists win. Lets rebuild them but taller and stronger to show that we are not afraid of terrorism. Its basically the same thing as killing a kids mom, then replacing the kids mom with a new one. ITS not the same person!! Lets act now to restore the skyline of New York, to not only fill the hole in New York, but also in our hearts.
That Freedom Tower is a dishonor to all that the Twin Towers stood for. It is ugly, and looks unfriendly, like a pin forcefully stabbing itself into the sky. The Twin Towers were a symbol of the Western World, of freedom, liberty, and capitalism. There were two of them, like a natural couple, engaged in a peaceful dance that the whole world came to see. Whenever I think of America I see those Towers, and I see what they were standing for. I don’t think they are being rebuilt because so much that they had come to stand for had been destroyed when those subhumans put into action the raising of Hell itself.
The twin towers were wonders of the world. I have marvelled at them and researched them to the best of my ability, and it saddens me that they’re not being rebuilt. For New York to have something taken away, and replaced with something as ugly and lonesome as the freedom tower — let alone the fact that there aren’t two! — it’s saddening. I wish I could have seen them in person and for the sake of everyone I wish to one day see them standing tall in the NY skyline yet again.
Although I’ve never been to New York and USA I think WTC 1 & 2 were one of the most beautiful buildings I’ve ever seen in my life (by photos and videos). Manhattan had such a recognizable skyline. They should have been rebuilt and I hope they will be.
I made a research about Twin Towers and 9/11 and I presented it in my class. I’m Italian and that day, not only New York, but all world lost those buildings, a symbol, a symbol of the work of thousands people and a symbol of freedom.
I never visit the WTC, and my dream is I can do it, but I don’t want visit One WTC, but the Twin Towers, rised again from their ashes.
My fascination with the twin towers is unique like many other people’s stories. I don’t really know where to start. I didn’t even know what those towers were called on 9/11, I just remember seeing them from somewhere and I thought they were really awesome. I was 7 when they were destroyed and I’ve missed them ever since. I think it’s fair to say that people like them more now than ever before. It’s that sense that you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.
I live in Portugal, but I’m English, but I remember seeing those twin towers appear on TV quite regularly in movies, music videos etc. At the time (pre-9/11) I didn’t really take much notice of them, I was only a very young boy (5 and 6 years old). The biggest moment though was the Limp Bizkit video does was shot on top of the WTC at night and for me, it’s just the most beautiful sight in the world. I always had a fascination with skyscrapers and they were the best ones ever built.
I love USA and I think since 9/11 your country has taken a turn for the worse and you, the people need to stand up and make it mighty again. I’m not gonna go into politics here. USA like most countries in the world has a shit, corrupt government, but your people are awesome and your endeavours, free thinking, and never give up attitude has inspired me and others all over the world.
I visited New York in 1995 with my dad and sister. The World Trade Centre was the first place we visited. We went up the South Tower, all the way to the roof. I still remember looking over and seeing the ariel on the North Tower. It made a buzzing noise on our video camera.
Those buildings were so iconic of NY and the skyline simply isn’t the same without them. My jaw dropped when I saw the pic of the Towers looking golden in the sunlight- I keep saying to my sister that the Twin Towers should be rebuilt, and coloured gold! I wish they would rebuild the Twin Towers and am all for your efforts to get it done!
I had just turned 5 in August, and then in September the tragedy happened, I was young, but at that age I still vividly remember the news and the towers, If the towers were recognized by a 5 year old from a different country, why choose not to rebuild these great buildings!? The world needs an icon, America needs a signature, two that tower over all of Manhattan. May the spirit of these towers exist in the hearts and the souls of everyone.
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I have hope that the towers will be made again. I’m sure everyone will agree with me on that. They made New York what it was, without them New York will not be the same. I will continue to have a huge scar that may never heal. If only America had a chance to repay debts to those whose lives were taken that day, it is what they would have wanted, what the families want, what America wants and what the world wants. New York is an iconic place, so why not rebuild that which was taken from us, why not fight for your freedom, why not stand up and rebuild the towers? Everyone wants them back, we must fight for them! Never give up hope America! May the towers always remain in the hearts of many.
It’s time to say opinion… I’m 18 years old… September 11… that day i was 6 years old… in the 1st class… When I came to the living room and saw in TV news what has happend in New York City… of course in this age people don’t understand what is terrorist attack and what is happening… But now… almost 12 years later… I know what is the symbol of freedom and city, that is city of dreams for me… Twin towers… Only Twin towers are the icon of New York City… And what I know is that families, firefighters which have lost family members are supporting this thing… and they are absolutely right… because what is more recovering from attacks on September 11 than rebuild the World Trade Center that stood on Manhattan since 70s?
I was only five years old when 9/11 happened. I just remember waiting for my parents to take me to school, but their jaws were wide open on the horrific news coming from the television. Obviously I didn’t know a thing that was going on at the time, but the fact that I still remember that moment astonishes me and makes me realize that I remembered it for some purpose. Obviously this day must be remembered for all. The Towers should and will be rebuilt. Their not only a significant symbol but an engraving footprint to humanity for strength, beauty, and peace. Not just for the nation of America, but for other nations around the world. Rebuilding these Towers will reunite us and bring us closer. Please rebuild the Twin Towers.
I’ve seen the WTC when I was very young, on a trip to NY City back in the 90’s. I remember the Twin Towers very well. The “Top of the World†was by far, the most amazing observation deck in the world, and the Manhattan skyline with the Twins…well…that was just THE greatest and THE most powerful symbol of America. I still can’t understand why the US didn’t rebuild the Towers just like they were, only stronger. It’s not about a skyscraper. It’s about a symbol. And when a symbol of your country is destroyed like that, there’s only one way to go: bring those responsible to justice, remember the victims on a timeless memorial, and REBUILD your symbol back. Replace the Twins for any other building it’s just not right.
I <3 skyscrapers, and the Twin Towers were and still are my all time favourite. They were just big shiny rectangles, so they should have been boring, but were so elegant, progressive and stylish instead. I agree with Trump’s idea to build two slightly taller Twins with larger, sexier windows.
TTA Note: We need to point out that although the “Twin Towers II” plan is attributed to Donald Trump it was not Mr. Trump’s creation. The designer, Ken Gardner, had done work for him in the past, so when he saw “Twin Towers II” being introduced on Fox and MSNBC in May of 2005, he got on the phone to Gardner and offered to showcase it in Trump Tower — where he held a press conference and thousands of people filed through over the following weeks to see it.
I would love to see the twins back in the NY Skyline. However i think that it is to late as 1 WTC is already completed, unless they build two freedom towers?
The twin towers of New York City. Architecturally flawed but nonetheless beautiful. To have these back in the New York skyline would do the families and friends of the poor 3000 people, so much justice. To put these magnificent buildings back in the sky would be showing that the USA will never forget what happened on that tragic day all those years ago.
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I think we should rebuild the twin towers, but I´m not too according to the Twin Towers II project I believe that we must rebuild exactly like the originals except that these new towers have to be much safer than before They must have a different interior structure more safer than the originals, they should have more fire stairs than the originals because what matters most is the safety of those working within, and the usable office space isn´t the most important Also my new Twin Towers would include a memorial museum on the first floors In my opinion they should also rebuild the other five buildings exactly the same as originals but with more safer and more modern structures, the Austin Tobin square must also be rebuilt I really liked t
I was one when it happened but I understand. Rebuilding these towers would tell the terrorists that we will not surrendor to them. No wtc 2 and 3. Bring back our towers.
Without the original look of the Twin Towers New York will never be the same as it once was. I don’t like the Freedom tower. It looks like any other skyscraper in Hong Kong or smth. It’s not authentical and unique as New York deserves. The beauty of the Twin Towers lies in their simplicity. As a kid I collected hundreds of post cards of New York because of the Twin Towers admiration, now when I look at New York skyline it’s definitely the same with Hong Kong skyline, or Beijing skyline, or some other Asian skyline. Unfortunately, the terrorists succeeded not only for America to lose 3000 lives on that day, but also for New York to look like an Asian city. It doesn’t have that American proud look anymore, and I’m so sad about it. :(
The most absurd thing is that you have decided that the world changed after the attacks. It is also absurd that politicians and journalists decided that the only memory of the twin towers that people should have is the destruction. The terrorists wanted to see us in perpetual mourning. We have let them get that they want. An idiotic excuse someone has said to not build the twin towers was that “it would erase history.” Rubbish! Now comes the most shocking fact. In movies and television shows have been censored scenes where the twin towers appear. Twin Towers can be built up in a respectful way! The main thing is not to listen to those who say “it can not” or “you can not”. If you listen to people who say so, so be it.
I will always love those Towers – the unforgetable and symbolic concept of a flair, power, elegance, soar and freedom. So I do not want to miss them all life and to allow terrorists take this backcloth away, as they did 13 years ago. I hope you will win, with these spirits.
Let this multiple support help the Alliance, to determine it’s efforts, ahead of rebuilding even more awesome and adorable Twins of the 21st century – not disturbing their’s ancestors’ Memorial. I keep my fingers crossed for all New Yorkers in this work and wish it, with all my Slavic heart – hit on Sept. 11, like the Big Apple site.
The Twin Towers were a representation of America’s world power, not only because of their colossal stance but also because of its economic strength. New York built not one but two giant landmarks where 50 thousand Americans went to work every day! This differentiated those towers from anything else that this world has built giving it a distinctive overpowering image to everyone and anyone who had the privilege to either work there or to see them in person.
Rebuild what made Americans proud and strong enough to innovate, dominate and succeed in all aspects of the world economy which made America the top super power up until the fall of those towers.
The whole world was knocked out on 9/11-2001. And our world is still bleeding. We will never recover from this wound until the exact Twin Towers are rebuilt. They symbolized something so important none could even imagine. A symbol for indestructibilty, our beliefs, a strong Western World.
We still don’t know who took the towers down. But whoever did it, i’m sure they didn’t know what impact it would do for the future generations.
This isn’t about New York only. This is about the whole world.
And people, I’m telling you, the only way for this world to heal is to rebuild the Twin Towers.
This is not a design contest, this is about restoring and healing the wound everyone is suffering from since 2001.
I live in Ireland but I wish I lived in America. I would love to see the twin towers rebuilt the same with the permission of the families that lost thier loved ones. GOD BLESS AMERICA. New York will never be the same without them.
We simply need those towers back. The one world trade center tower can still stand but the twins were a landmark. Now i’m from Denmark but i hate the Bjarke Ingels design. In my mind we have two options. Rebuild the Original Twin Towers or build an identical twin of the One world trade center tower.
I love NYC from my childhood! I have watched so many movies, which were made in 80s-90s – and I always loved the Twin Towers in that countless numbers of movies! And one of my biggest dreams was to grow up and go to NYC to see it for real! But, unfortunately, I didn’t make it, because of I was only eleven years old when WTC twins collapsed! And now, when I am 25 years old, I finally made it to go to NYC! But it ain’t “that” city for 100 percent which I loved from my childhood! So! I really want them to be rebuilt! And when I will come back to NYC, I can see this great buildings in the NYC skyline! I don’t know is it possible to do it with Freedom Tower was built, but I hope that some one will work it out and make dream comes true!
For many years now, I have known about the Twin Towers. For a good portion of that, I have wished that somehow, I could get to see them, go inside them.
The new 1WTC and 2WTC are alright, but it isn’t New York without those Towers, standing tall.
If there is one thing I and Mr Trump can agree on, it’s that the US is admitting defeat by not rebuilding the Twins.
In my opinion, the main reason to rebuilt the Twin Towers is purely ethical. The leaders of 9/11 tragedy are now satisfied, as they think that by destroying them they managed to terrorize Americans. But no. Americans should get over 9/11 (not forget it) and demand from their government to rebuilt them, because in this way they wil show terrorists that they even such a major hit, won’t frighten them. The Twin Towers II should look exactly like the previous ones (to show that 9/11 didn’t have impacts of fear on the U.S), be built with stronger materials (in order to resist any attack) and become some floors higher (to show that America is now even stronger than before).
New York’s skyline will be renewed but at the same moment not changed
I had loved (and still love) the Twin Towers since the first time I saw them, on a poster, when I was a 5 yo child.
I always thought that the view from Brooklyn Bridge, with the towers rising up, was the most powerful, evocative, recognizable urban landscape of the world. Also romantic along with Eiffel Tower from Trocadero and the city of Florence from Belvedere. A TRADEMARK.
I was obviously shocked on 9/11 but equally disappointed when Bloomberg, Pataki, PA and Silverstein Properties decided to not consider at least the “idea of a twin”.
NY always changes but in this case the decision of changing was wrong as we needed something that would have shown REBIRTH: new TWIN TOWERS.
PS- Charging people for paying tribute is also disgusting.
Hi my English is bad but i went to Manhattan when i was 12 with my family and we we’re watching many famous thing like empire state, times square and 5th avenue but one thing i think is mystery was I saw the 2 enormous pool close to one world trade center and when my father saw that his face was sad because he lost his best friend in the twin towers and I went to memorial 9.11 and he was right the tragedy happened in 9.11. My father was in the twin towers. He said he was in the Fuji bank in south tower and when he felt the crash to north tower hit with something. Fortunately my father felt danger so he succeed to escape. Now one world trade center is build but this not make satisfied for new york families. So twin towers need be rebuild. I love your project. I will love to see the twin towers again.
I was born on 1997 and i never had a chance to visit the former site. I’m signing in the hope this petition will succeed and the site, especially WTC 1 and 2, restored to the original (or almost) design, externally at least.
New York without the Twin Towers it’s like Rome without the Colosseum, you have to fix that vacuum. The Freedom tower is an insult, The WTC pre-911 was architecturally perfect.
It wouldn’t of been the Freedom Tower. It would of been the Freedom TowerS. Because we want BOTH of those towers back the way they were except we’re gonna build them stronger! We want them resisting! We’re just being held back.. Who is holding us back? Politicians. Special Interest Groups. Political Correctness. Get ’em the hell outta your way. I’m British, and I say. Let’s give the Americans a chance to build it back!
Some immigrants came in New York based on nothing but a postcard they had seen — a photo with that distinctive Manhattan skyline. To me, a French citizen, New York always has been the Twin Towers. This distinctive, tough, violent shape, was indeed how America seemed to us. Powerful. Mighty. But also beautiful.
All the movies that featured the Twins have written in my head how NYC should look like. It’s now a ghost that haunts even me, a young citizen in France… That’s how amazing the Twin Towers were.
I’ve always wanted to see them, to breathe New York’s air from the observation deck, at nearly 400 meters from the ground. But now it’s impossible, and not only for New-Yorkers, but also for any citizen in the world. The new tower, somehow, has less than the old Twins.
Sorry Freedom Tower, but it’s going to be very hard for you to replace such icons.
In my opinion, twin towers are essential parts of New York consist memories unreplacable by the freedom tower. Without them, New York is not New York. By the way, I really think the new world trade center is ugly.
As a Norwegian/American living in Norway who has never been to NYC, I was sorely saddened when the towers fell. And now I’m hopeful that they will be rebuilt once again restoring greatness to lower Manhattan once again. The current skyline is not the same and not impressive whatsoever anymore. The original WTC 1 & 2 were amazing in every way possible and there were two of them! Even though One World is there, we can just build the Twins even higher! And not in glass! Let’s build them back! Yeah!
I became obsessed with reading about those towers previous year. I am still obsessed with them. I am very sad they are not there. Just came from NYC last week. Was looking at the 1wtc, and boy, the twins are missing. It was interfirring to the eye! I hope one day they will be rebuild. Lets try bring that day.
Twin towers were such a treasure to the New York and to the USA. I think that they made a mistake for building a new “better” WTC, instead of just rebuilding the old ones. Oh, they we’re so beautiful, and so magnificent!
The Twin Towers were a symbol of NY architecture, freedom, and economic power. They were amazing in every possible way! I visited them as a kid and would love to see them again. With the rebuild of the Twin Towers based on Donald Trump’s proposal back in 2005, greatness will be restored in Lower Manhattan. New York deserves to have the Twin Towers back, and so does the rest of the world.
I was born in 1999 but didn’t see them really because i was too young, i’ve never had any chance to visit it and only recently started thinking about it. While NY has other things the twin towers really stood up. at least make a twin of the freedom tower or rebuild the twin towers. They looked very much like something of 20th century and I’m pretty sure a lot of people from all over the world would visit NY just to see the new twin towers!
I have always been in loved of the twin towers. I always thought the twin towers, symbol of USA must to be re-built! The re-built would be a sign of love for the country and for all those who lost their life the 9/11.
It would be a dream to come in NY one day and seeing them!
I feel proud signing this petition and being a part of like-minded people. The Twin Towers had their own brilliance, which cannot be compared to nothing. Rebuild The World Trade Center. Restore the soul of NY.
Yes, I was born in 2001, precisely in February, when they still shone high in the sky. But I was obviously too small to see them, this does not mean to have forgotten them. In fact I’ve always grown up remembering them and seeing them as an icon of the New York skyline. I know it will seem strange, but it is one of my greatest desires, and I do not think to speak only in my name, that of being able to admire them in person, huge, side by side, built as only the American skyscrapers can be. In a word “impressive”.
I hope with all my heart and soul that my dream is realized.
I apologize if my English is not one of the best.
The Twin Towers were the most remarkable icon of New York. The new World Trade Center looks like it’s from another world. The new building doesn’t fit in comparison with the rest of the city. Give the people what they want. Rebuild the Twin Towers. We will never forget, even the people from other countries.
It would be great for me to visit New York and the twin towers. When they collapsed I was 5 years old. I remember how long these terrible images were shown on TV.
New WTC complex as if from another world. It suits Dubai more than New York. Therefore, I only for the restoration of the twin towers!
I was born 6 Months after 9/11. I kinda missed out on seeing them. I want nothing more but to witness the Twin Towers again. If we don’t rebuild them we are letting the terrorists win and we can be defeated. The World has gotten worse as we know it ever since 9/11 happened and the Twin Towers NEED to be restored. Without them, there’s no hope. It may take some time but I have faith they will be rebuilt and I will help ensure that happens.
I’m not sure if this is still valid or not, but I guess that people like me will keep on dreaming. I have always been inspired by the Twin Towers, by their architecture and their beauty – that almost innocent, but immortal beauty, which only simple shapes can have. I used to consider those two buildings the pinnacle of the architecture of our days. An architectural heritage to the world, like the pyramids in Egypt from another era.
I’d love to see the Twin Towers rise again, like a phoenix bird who rises again from its own ashes to defy death and destruction – as a symbol of immortality.
Let the Twin Towers rise again like two phoenix birds who defy destruction, to convey the message of the immortality of our civilization.
We made the One WTC 6 floors shorter than the twin towers? Why? I don’t know. The new twin towers will be 112 stories tall! I think if we wanted to build a symbol of healing we would build a taller building. Right?
What the WTC meant to me as an Australian:They symbolize not only NYC but the United States, the uniqueness and history with these majestic structures are something that is nowhere else in the world, since Philippe Petit’s 1974 stunt: performing acrobatics on a thin wire strung between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, to George Willig who climbed the South Tower of the World Trade Center on May 26, 1977, to King Kong and the many movies for which they were a back drop.
They are iconic in every sense. Donald Trump & architect Ken Gardner offered a plan to rebuild them taller and stronger but their idea was ignored. To rebuild would show the world America can’t and won’t be beaten, yet what is there now is the opposite…
The sign of the World Trade Center was the Twin Towers and there are no reasons why they shouldn’t be twins again. Further on, I think it will heal the wounds, if we get them back. And Hey Silverstein loved the look of the Twin Towers as he leased the WTC complex, so I don’t understand why he hasn’t rebuild them.
The symbol of America as well as New York are the Twin Towers, and they simply have to be rebuilt. Maybe a monument can be made on top of the buildings. We should definitely start this project stronger and more decisively. Is there such a thing in action?
I love the twin towers i never got a chance to visit them in real life, whenever i want to see them i just go look at their pictures, i really hope i will see them someday in real life. new york’s skyline is not the same and it will not be without them.
“On September 11, 2001, humanity collapsed into a pancake effect. I know the history of the Twin Towers, from the beginning, through magazines and reports, and here in Gonçalves, everyone is very fond of the imposing structures that we lost on that sunny morning. There is a void that haunts New York, and ours is the only nation, Humanity, which will soon be free of borders and wars. And that void needs to be filled in some way. That new structure has nothing to do with the context It’s ridiculous, and the people of New York don’t deserve it. The towers must be remade, even if I have to use my artistic power to move the world in this battle. The Twin Towers were our most beautiful spiritual and material link. Give it back to us”.
my dream since I was little was to know the twin towers, it breaks my soul not to see the twin towers on the horizon only a hole is seen I hope to see the twin towers in life
The Twin Towers were among the most iconic buildings in the world and New York, the United States and the entire world is not the same without them. The Twin Towers were beautiful buildings both in the day and at night – they were a simplistic yet sophisticated design starting at the ground with their iconic steel trees. I sincerely hope that new Twin Towers will one day be constructed and that the New York skyline will be restored. It is terrible that the Twin Towers have been absent from our world for nineteen years now and I hope that one day this petition is submitted to the United States Government and will lead to the resurrection of two of the greatest towers in the world.
The Twin Towers were bold, iconic and striking. They have to be rebuilt to restore the skyline once and for all, the skyline needs replica twin towers.
The Twin Towers were a symbol of both New York but also of the USA. When you saw the towers in movies you knew exactly where you were. Please bring them back.
I live near Venice (was born on 1977). My aunt, was born in Ohio, and since I was child, she spoke to me of NYC and the skyline of Manhattan. I received sometimes from her, postcards with photo of the Twin Towers. Since then I started to love those towers. I never had the opportunity to go and see them. On 9/11 2001, my dream was broken. And my heart was broken, for the victims of that tragedy, and because I realized that I could never see that magnificent towers. I think Twin Towers, those Twin Towers, designed by Minoru Yamasaki, was one of the most beautiful architectures been ever built in the world, perhaps the most beautiful in absolute. Nothing like that has ever been made, neither before nor after. They were masterpieces of art. So please, rebuild them, a perfect replica, thank you
I’m born 1 years and one month after the towers have been destroy. When I was a child the view of the plane crash into the tower afraid and estonished me. At the time it was impossible two towers like them, it seem to me like a dream and keep looking at them. I pray for all the people who die that day. Few year later I keep looking at this beautiful tower who represent really well New-York of the end of 20’s century. We must rebuild the towers if it’s not at WTC it will be on the other side of the Hudson River in New Jersey or the other side of Manhattan Island or maybe an other western country. But I think 20 years after the attack in a world of geopolitic tension and mulitplication of terrorist attack in Europe. We must show strong we are than ever. We have to rebuild the towers. The new should be without the flaw of their time (wind problem, structure problem etc). We can construct modern twin towers or with the original architecture. I hope, I can go to New York City one day or any where else, Titanic will be rebuild. We can hope the same things for the Twin Towers.
The Twin Towers are the symbol of New York and America for the whole world. Their restoration will be the best memorial to the endurance and firmness of the American spirit and Western civilization.
It makes no sense whatsoever that such iconic buildings that were so central to defining New Yorkʼs worldwide renowned skyline have not been rebuilt. That should have been the priority from the get-go, if the wounds and the trauma were to heal and the victims truly honored by not allowing the terror that took their lives to triumph in their objective to leave New Yorkʼs identity permanently maimed with a conspicuous indelible scar. It is impossible to restore the victimsʼ lives, and they obviously deserve the most dignified memorial so that their horrible loss and sacrifice will never be forgotten. But the Twin Towers can and should rise back from their ashes like the mythological phoenix, as the most powerful and symbolic reassertion of the American peopleʼs determination.
They should be rebuilt as a sign that if you do get knocked down you get back up no matter what circumstances. Also they were beautiful buildings and made the New York skyline.
In wake of the catastrophic consequences of America’s withdrawal in Afghanistan, it seems more appropriate now than ever to heal the wounds of 9/11 with a symbol of rebirth, strength, and honour. The indelible absence of the Twin Towers along with America’s abysmal mishandling of its foreign policy has added fuel to the ever growing impression that America has lost its sense of self determination that served as the driving force behind it’s very founding. 9/11 still casts a long and melancholic shadow over the West that has had a profound effect on the American psyche. But by rebuilding the Twin Towers to their original glory, it would end 20 years of American mourning and start an epoch of rebirth and hope. America’s long road to recovery can begin, with the construction of the Twin Towers. Two Towers, that would serve as a symbol for a new era of America, one that honours the loss of those that died that fateful day, by giving back to the American people an icon that belongs to them. By beginning with raising the World Trade Centre, America can fix it’s gaze to ever newer heights and ever brighter futures. Look up to the stars, America. Your dreams can be as tall as the towers!
Desde chico siempre me ha interesado la historia de las Torres Gemelas, tuve siempre la esperanza de que algún día las reconstruyesen, más fuertes y más seguras, como un símbolo de resiliencia para Estados Unidos y el mundo entero. La caída de las torres significó un antes y un después para la humanidad, pero creo que la mejor manera de sanar la herida que dejó tanta maldad, sería volverlas a ver erguidas como siempre debieron estar.
Translation: Since I was a child, I have always been interested in the history of the Twin Towers, I always hoped that one day they would rebuild them, stronger and safer, as a symbol of resilience for the United States and the entire world. The fall of the towers meant a before and after for humanity, but I believe that the best way to heal the wound left by so much evil, would be to see them upright as they always should have been.
I have grown up watching the wonderful old Twin Towers in films such as Stuart Little, Armageddon, and Home Alone 2, and I truly feel the same as many others globally that the Twin Towers are the true icons not only of New York but of all America and represented a peaceful nation that gave benefits to mankind in contrast to the profit-hungry state that invaded Iraq and Vietnam. And thus verily, I believe too that the best way to really pay tribute to the victims of 9/11, and defy the awful terrorists who were emboldened by the Deep-State’s globalist pillages and foreign wars and learnt the skills they needed to commit the attacks in the first place, is to rebuild the Twin Towers in their full glory adjacent to the Memorial Pools and cut out the obelisk eyesore of a new tower. Twin Towers ????
Translation: Why try the impossible, why follow your dreams? Well, because that was exactly what the original WTC meant, a marvel, the dream of every city, of every builder, of every worker. Then as soon as the twenty-first century arrived, it disappeared to be replaced by glass buildings. However, memory and memory never dies, the essence and meaning of the WTC’s golden site are those Twin Towers, nothing else will be able to return that power. Destroy them and tear down an entire country, rebuild them and prove to your enemies that they will never win, an opportunity for the world, something to admire. The impossible with effort becomes possible. 20 years have passed, the world is no longer in the same fear of those buildings, people clamor for the return of their glorious icon.
¿Porque intentar lo imposible, porque seguir tus sueños?
Bueno, porque eso fue exactamente lo que significo el WTC original,toda una maravilla, el sueño de toda ciudad, de todo constructor, de todo trabajador.
Luego apenas llegar el siglo XXI desapareció para ser reemplazado por edificios de cristal.
Sin embargo, el recuerdo y la memoria nunca muere, la esencia y el significado de sitio dorado del WTC son esas Torres Gemelas, nada más podrá devolver ese poder.
Destruirlas y tiras abajo todo un país, reconstruirlas y le demostrarlas a tus enemigos que nunca ganarán, una oportunidad para el mundo, algo que admirar.
Lo imposible con esfuerzo se vuelve posible, han pasado 20 años, el mundo ya no le tiene el mismo miedo a esos edificios, la gente clama por el retorno de su glorioso icono.
Being 16 in 2001 and watching this destruction on tv from the other side of the world has had a profound impact on me since. A major world changing event in my lifetime and nothing has felt the same since. Those towers held a rightful place in that skyline. By leaving them destroyed and the skyline empty you are telling the world’s evil that they have won. Rebuilding them bigger and stronger is the only way to show respect to those that perished.
Rebuilding the WTC to the exact design will send out a message to the faceless cowards that destroyed the original towers in 2001 that they will never win.
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS IN THE EXACT SAME DESIGN (With added safety features built into the new buildings)
New York does not look the same without the iconic twin towers.
I would like to see the Memorial and Museum to be relocated off site in a respectful way and have the twin towers rebuilt, eventually 1 WTC and other towers would be deconstructed from the top down. It was the worst idea to not rebuild the twin towers and whoever built this in their place should be ashamed.
I have had an undying love for New York for as long as I can remember, but one thing was always missing from all my photos. Well, two things to be precise. I feel as though the twin towers were, are, and will be symbols of strength and prosperity, but with new towers in place of the old ones they would also be symbols of undeniable victory.
Even though I was against the construction of One WTC for the same reasons as the TTA at first, I had really made the effort to try and like the new tower thereafter. However, it is hard not to conclude, after all these years, that the citizens of America and the world have been sold short at Ground Zero. Looking at what was initially promised, and then, how it all turned out to be, the “World’s Greatest Compromise”, as B1M on YT succinctly pointed out in their video recently.
I feel like rebuilding the Twin Towers would ensure a way to a more safe and a more harmonious, peaceful world. Balance is key here. The events in the past two decades on the geopolitcal arena that have been unfolding shows the need for it. Peace and progress starts at rebuilding the Twins.
I believe that the current design is “not good” (l would say something else but l won’t). I was born in 2010, so l never got to see the twin towers myself. But just looking at the pictures made me realise how great these behemoths were. Considering a large percentage of 9/11 affected families wanted the twin towers to be rebuilt, the current design is not a great one.
I was born a few months after the attacks, am neither a new yorker nor an american in general, but I loved the towers ever since I learned about them. From comparing photos of pre-9/11 New York to photos of the city today, I always felt, that something’s missing, that New York has a whole other vibe to it. The Twin Towers just have to return, to finally make the Skyline complete and to show the terrorists a middle finger.
The twin towers.. as a Canadian I was never able to see the towers I wasn’t born in time but I will allways want to it’s different just looking at a photo from now and 2000 it’s just not the same we need to build these towers I HAVE FULL SUPPORT build these towers take it to the limit and make it the tallest building in the world and make it a structurally strong and call the towers WTC 0
there must be a no hideing from the fact of what did happen here, & there allways has to be a mamorial for the bombing & 9/11 , but at the same time, the towers should & could be rebuilt, bigger stronger & safer then ever before! i look forward to that happening! & i no many others feel the same
Although I have never been to New York, let alone ground zero, I still see pictures of these buildings and I imagine the huge scale of them, looming on the horizon. I want that to be reality.
Born shortly before 9/11, the Twin Towers still have always been one of the most iconic symbols of the United States to me on par with the Statue of Liberty and the White House. Their design is unique, recognizable all around the world and stand just all in all for everything american. Bringing them back would be the only right thing.
Ciao mi chiamo Ottavio ho 18 anni e vengo dall’Italia, sono sempre stato innamorato delle torri del world trader center sin da bambino (anche se non ho potuto mai vederle),e nel pensare che quei magnifici complessi architettonici non ci sarebbero stati più, mi sale una grande tristezza interiore sia per ciò che è successo ma anche nel sapere di non poter mai vedere quelle fantastiche torri.
Desidero fortemente la ricostruzione di quelle torri, anche per dare un segno di rinascita e di riscatto e nel trasmettere che il terrorismo non ci ha fatto niente, e poi anche perché loro richiamano un periodo d’oro un po’ per tutti.
Ovviamente sempre se questo non dia un fastidio generale a chi ha purtroppo perso dei cari durante l’attentato.
PS sarebbe memorabile.
Translation: Hi, my name is Ottavio, I’m 18 years old and I come from Italy. I’ve always been in love with the World Trade Center towers since I was a child (even though I never got to see them), and thinking that those magnificent architectural complexes would no longer exist makes me feel a great inner sadness both for what happened but also for knowing that I will never be able to see those fantastic towers.
I strongly desire the reconstruction of those towers, also to give a sign of rebirth and redemption and to convey that terrorism has done nothing to us, and then also because they recall a golden period for everyone.
Obviously, as long as this does not cause general annoyance to those who unfortunately lost loved ones during the attack.
I was born nearly 7 years after 9/11, in England, and I have to say that I have never wanted to visit anywhere as much as the Twin Towers. Perhaps it is my taste in architecture, the sheer size of these buildings attracts me to them straight through my computer screen. To dine at the Windows on the World, sat eating 107 stories above the ground, looking out over Manhattan. I guess that feeling is one very hard to come by without the buildings to feel it in.
Think about what it symbolised! Not only international trade and more peaceful times-for many people, on a personal level, it represented those more simple days, pre-2008, before social media made so many people miserable.
Rebuild them. Make the NYC skyline iconic again.
The current tower may rise high, but it doesn’t carry the weight of meaning that the Twin Towers held. That silent strength. That brutal clarity. It’s gone.
I’ve read about your work, and it moves me. I didn’t even know such a movement existed until recently. But now that I do, I feel compelled to add my voice. Please don’t give up. The idea of rebuilding at least one of the original towers — maybe even the South Tower — feels to me like healing. Not erasure. Not forgetting. But remembering
honestly.
I believe we can honor the dead not just with reflection, but with the courage to restore what they were once a part of — those enormous, stubborn, unforgettable towers. I believe that would mean something to millions.
Thank you for carrying the torch all these years. You’re not alone.
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I lived in NYC during 9/11. The Twin Towers must be built back stronger and taller.
There is no other way! Dont let this great city have a symbol of fear embedded in its skyline.
Honor those who died! Dont let defeat be branded on all Americans .
I have been in Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Los Angelas and ….. New York – the big Apple. But the Apple is not big anymore. It lacks those great buildings for 4.5 years now. I cannot believe that the Americans are not going to rebuild the twin towers. Not rebuilding is ultimately the surrender to the terrorists!!!
It’s the right thing to do. Heal the skyline. Bring back the towers which were among the world’s most important symbols for peace and liberty.
I believe this is the third time I’ve signed the petition over the last few years. My sentiment remains the same: rebuilding the twin towers goes beyond those 2 buildings, beyond that one city, beyond any border. The human spirit and the resiliency of good over evil is really at stake here. It may sound a bit extreme, but in my mind anything other that seeing the twin towers stand again would be a defeat and the begining of an inevitable slide into darkness. Rebuild – now.
The Twin Towers were NYC’s signature in the eyes of the world!
Please rebuild them as they were before 9/11!
-Croatia-
I simply won’t believe and can’t accept that New York, a city that has always cherished the history and identity of the melting pot that defines it, would turn its back on its own history and heritage. The Twin Towers are (in present tense on purpose) a symbol of New York, the USA and all people in the world who cherish freedom, democracy and global peace. Together they stand for what human kind can accomplish when they stop destroying each other for a moment. I guess the reactions of the citizens of New York, and all other people that cared on 9/11, speak for themselves. Everybody misses them, everybody feels the gaping hole, most of them want them back! Pataki and the likes, go home and put a statue of yourself in your garden if you want to be remembered once you pass away…
Minoru Yamasaki would be turning in his grave if he saw the state of the WTC today and the jokers in charge of it. REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!!! Building new twin towers is the only TRUE way to restore the New York skyline and also stand as a memorial to the heros of 9/11. When the towers fell I really expected the politicians and people in charge to do the right thing and rebuild new twin towers. It’s been very disappointing and sad that they’ve ignored what the majority want and to design a new symbol that only glorifies themselves.
We must restore this simbol of liberty along with a memorial in onor of victmis died. Rebuilding the World Trade Center Twin Towers, we show to all the world that terrorists have failed! Rebuld the Towers!!!!
Please let them come to their senses and rebuild the Twin Towers.
New York has to have it’s skyline restored.
I have been in this nice City several times but without the Twins there it’s skyline is just not NY anymore !
Rebuild and forget the Freedom Tower !!!!!
Signed
Paul Schrijvers
The Netherlands
Please USA rebuild the Towers !
December 2001 was my first time in NY and it would be my first time on these Great Towers.
My Husband had already been there and now it was my turn.
9/11 came and it was horrible the Towers with all those people went down. I could not believe what i saw, tears where flooding.
For all these victims who died, who were proud to work in the Towers, REBUILD !!
And restore the famous Skyline of NY.
Signed
Kim Schrijvers
The Netherlands
Rebuild the twins NOWWWWW..
I want to see the Twin Towers raise. They have hidden beauty and characters, unlike the other buildings. When I see TV programmes or films without Twin Towers and it makes me angry. The Twins deserves to be back and I want to visit them when they are
The Twin Towers motif must be restored — and in a way that truly fills the unbelievable hole from September 11th. An identical second Freedom Tower could do that… but the Belton-Gardner design should really get first preference.
Rise up!
They wanted the Twin Towers gone. As long as the Towers stay gone, the haters of the US and all it stands for will feel a certain satisfaction. Let the WTC rise again to put these representatives of the premodern ages on notice that their world is on
I like the old skyline… Twin Towers was beautifull. I still believe that it will be rebuild. Do you think that something famous like Eifell tower or London Big Ben should be replaced with some twisted glass structure?
The only right thing to do is to rebuild the twin towers, at least as high as they were !!
Rebuild the Twin Towers!
My story here http://doblevych.com/english/about/writing/groundzero.html
Please New York, come back New York! USA, come back USA! Rebuild the Twin Towers as they were! Please.
How wonderful it would be to rebuild the towers, with environmental sensitivity and representatives from all over the world adding to their beauty.
The world wants to see those magnificent towers rebuilt, don’t let the terrorist win!
We should rebuild them to show how the terrorists that we aren’t afraid
Just rebuild the towers! It’s the best thing they could do! (
Belgium)
Rebuild! Show the world we are the best!
The Twin Towers, so beautiful! What an achievment! Rebuild them to show the world that terrorism will not win! Two Towers-side by side, united, sybolic of a desire for world unity! Give NY back it’s great skyline! Reach for the sky, reach for peace!
How else can you ‘lead’ the world if you cower behind the facade that is. Be strong and build strong, you will have many more shed a tear at the sight of the great towers rising high, a wondrous sight to behold.
I think the twin towers should be rebuilt as they were before, as a sign of Americas endurance
We need to rebuilt the towers jast as they were or even bigger to show American resolve!
If change is needed, make them taller. That’s all. Keep them looking the same as before, identical in all other respects, so that the enemies of democracy can see their misguided beliefs mocked and ridiculed.
Build them back. Even if the decision is to use ground zero for some other less adequate “monument”, the towers should be rebuilt, in NJ if necessary.
We (the free and democratic world) need this symbol of freedom back. Let’s rebuild the twin towers as an enduring symbol of hope and peace. Let’s make them even stronger and taller. Terror will never win. Love, freedom and democracy will prevail.
Put the Twin Towers back where they should be – on the NY skyline.
The best thing would be in fact new twin towers, on the same ground, in a different spot, and as tall as, or higher, than the old ones. Without useless skeletron spires to make them seem higher than they are. Real skyscrapers..
“Come on up for The Rising” (Bruce Springsteen)
If the “Freedom Tower” were to be allowed to go ahead then for the rest of living memory people would be asking “where is the other one?” It would be disrespectful to the victims for an act of terror to become an architect’s opportunity. Restore
If it is what the people of New York want, why not give them what they want!!!!
Went to NYC once in 1998 , didn’t go to Lower Manhatten. I consider this one of the very few things I’ll regret on my deathbed! “RAISE THE TOWERS AGAIN” and let all mankind see
their greatness!!!
The Manhattan skyline looks incomplete without the Twin Towers. The so-called Freedom Tower would be the world’s biggest monument to the success of terrorists. In Dresden, they rebuilt the Frauenkirche, New York can do it too with the Twin Towers
This past Easter, having flown almost 12,000km from South Africa, I once again stood at Ground Zero to pay my respects to those people who died at the WTC.
New Yorkers and American Citizens, pay tribute by rebuilding the Twin Towers, please!
Don’t let the Terrorists, the enemies of freedom, win. Re-create the Twin Towers as if they were never gone!
Please put the towers new and improved back where they belong!!!!
What greater memorial to the victims, families and survivors could there be. Please rebuild. New York deserves its skyline restored and the Western World, its dignity.
Rebuild! Man can take away a building in a negative challenge of cowardice! Let the real men and women of the fair world rebuild in a symbolic united way saying ‘you have not won and you never will!
Love and peace and fairness for all, xx
Build them bigger. Build them Taller. A standing tribute to those who fell. Memorial at the bottom to bring all together.
New Yorkers, New York, the USA and the Western World deserve nothing less but those two symbols of freedom, hope, identity and ultimately defiance against terrorism.
Please rebuild the Twin Towers
please rebuild the twin towers,we will not be beaten,they will be even stronger.
No question…….rebuild and give New Yorkers back the skyline they have always been proud of.
The only changes I’d introduce would be to add one more floor and suppress the high-rise base that the old towers had that impeded the characteristic perspective of the grid of streets in Manhattan that allow you to see the horizon almost anywhere
The greatest victory for the terrorists who planned and executed this armaggedon would be NOT to raise the “9/11 towers”.Rebuilding would be the permanent monument to those who lost their life embracing freedom and democracy, not a hole in the ground
Caus we all love USA, we absolutly need to rebuild the WTC minimum as big as it was. It notjust for American but it’s also to show to all anti-american that our great nation will never ever be destroy . GOD BLESS AMERICA
Definitely!
They should be rebuilt one story higher, but I think the new towers should be much more focussed on safety and a better build quality is drastically needed to ensure 9/11 doesn’t happen again (that would be a real kick in the nuts).
Also, I love the latest design for the WTC – I just think there should be two of them!
Lloyd
England
It was always a dream of mine to visit this great city and the Twin Towers they must be rebuilt
Rebuilding is a no-brainer. If the Twins are not rebuilt, it is an incentive to the terrorists to target other landmarks on the assumption they won’t be rebuilt either. Bit by bit, cities would be reshaped, with Al Qaeda as their architects.
Rebuild them !!
I would never again go to New York if they don’t rebuild the towers (alltough I loved NY before 9.11.), because New York without the towers is a symbol for the victory of terrorism.
I love New York and the United States.
Patrick
Rebuild the towers, they belong to the skyline of NYC and NYC will never be the same without them.
I think it’s the choice of the people of New York if they want the Twin Towers back, not of the other countries. But I would like to see them back up. Pat
PUT THEM BACK THE WAY THEY WERE!
My belief is that the twin towers should be rebuilt to be visually identical to how they were, internally, the structure should be reinforced as a preparation for any further attack, should it happen. I agree that a memorial should be built on the site, but what better memorial than the twin towers, rising out of the ashes to stand tall again!
If it were the Sydney Harbour Bridge or Opera House, we Aussies would want to rebuild. This is no different. There shouldn’t be any other option.
Build build build! It will show we will not be broken!
we need to rebuild for everyone!!!
I AM CURRENTLY IN CONTACT WITH BERNIE GOETZ FROM MAKENYNYAGAIN, KENNETH GARDNER AND HERBERT BELTON. I HAVE SENT THEM MY SUGGESTIONS, COMMENTS AND ADDITIONAL CONCEPT IDEAS, AND THEY HAVE CONSIDERED SOME OF THEM.
THE IDEA PROPOSED BY YOU, KENNETH GARDNER, HERBERT BELTON AND DONALD TRUMP FOR HAVING THE TOWERS REBUILT, IS THE GREATEST MEMORIAL THAT CAN BE BUILT TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO PERISHED.
Hi
i just wanted to say i never been to new york but we have to rebuild to let the terrorists no we are not scared and we do not live in fear
I love New York. I have been there 15 times. In 1979 I visited the WTC Towers and even went to the top floor to look at the view.
The twin towers were a beautiful landmark of Manhattan, and there is no reason whatsover not to rebuild it, if that is what the owner and also the people want.
America should stand proud of its acheivements and not COW down to the Islamic Fundamentalists or any other fanatic in this world. These moneuments will remind us of the values we attach to freedom liberty , and a strong resolve to ward off the haters of mankind. Anything less will be an act of Cowardice. And America is a brave country. Dont go down. Rise up.
I am a Canadian who had always loved respected and admired our proud, free, neighbors to the south. I am privileged to now live in the US, the freest nation in the world. But America must get back on the right track – starting with the WTC Towers!
Thank you for providing a means for non-Americans to voice their support for this worthy goal. While I’m a proud Canadian, I am also proud to be your neighbour and definitely believe the World Trade Center should be rebuilt – taller and better than before – and that this is the only way to show honour, and a fitting memorial, for those who died there.
“Strong and the Free” is a matter of character. Political freedom means being free from having to alter one’s actions due to the violent or threatening acts of other men (whether foreign or domestic). Political ‘strength’ is the economic power of free, productive individuals (and the proper source of military strength). Only weak character will stop American *citizens* from building the towers to 1776′, or to a record height. Please “roll!”
I loved the Twin Towers. I want to see them rise again, not only for their beauty but also in defiance of the mystical savages who hate life and seek to destory the products of human greatness and what they depend on: reason, egoism and liberty.
There should be no question about rebuilding the Twin Towers. Dont allow the terrorists to win.
Higher and more beautiful then ever.
To build anything smaller–by any measurement–would display meekness to those who attacked. What must be shown is defiance, strength and a resolve to fight back.
The very minimum should be to rebuild the towers as they were. We would much prefer another ten stories or so just for good measure.
Build them twice as high and let American renewal be the memorial to those who died in the attack.
It’s the only way to forget and not forget.
And you don’t have to build an memorial place, because its a memorial already.
NYC back like it was before.
Stand tall, stand proud!
In a world increasingly vulnerable to symbolism, it is the powerful message this would send that’s vital: destruction achieves nothing of lasting significance; what we built we can – and will – rebuild.
To do anything else means the terrorists win.
Rebuild them, better than before. It’s the best way to show the futility of terrorism.
i wanna the twin towers come back!!!
Grettings from Costa Rica!
This is what I always wanted since 9/11. I think they should re-build the towers, or build two larger towers. They should be used by the WTO.
I think there should be memorials both inside and outside the rebuilt towers.
Please, restore the Manhattan skyline, and tell the totalitarian islamist forces that America cannot be broken by people like them.
Our twins were 10 days old when 9/11 happened, the day before we found out 1 of them had heart troubles. To wake up in Australia the next day to find the world had changed forever saddened us, WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO BRING KIDS INTO A WORLD LIKE THIS. The towers ned to stand again!
‘Property rights’ are the foundation of a free society. The demonstration of this principle is crucial.
Christine McNulty
26 May, 2006
I have always hoped to see the towers rebuilt. I was living in Brooklyn at the time of the attacks, and have visited the city once since, the viod in the skyline is almost surreal. Bring back a great attraction and symbol to a wonderful city
i live in north carolina now but im a native New Yorker, bring back the Twin Towers
Great initiative. The Muhammadans cannot hurt, if we don’t let them. Not rebuilding The Twin Towers would be to let the terrorists win.
I was born + raised in England but my Mom is a New Yorker. You guys MUST rebuild the Twin Towers.Show the world that NYC is bigger + better tham any other city in the world. F*ck Bin Laden + God Bless America !!!!
To leave it empty would validate the terrorist activities.
The Twin Towers were always a symbolic statement about the power of human intelligence as they soared into the sky. There is no better way to reconfirm the power of the human mind over those who promote mindlessness.
They need to be similar to what was there, for all the countless movies out portraying the NYC skyline, and the towers included, it would simply be a shame to replace it with a sky-needle.
Planning to rebuild the towers – exactly as built – should have started 9/12, as a matter of principle. Allowing terrorists the final say on the shape of New York’s skyline increases the danger to every American by signalling a lack of resolve.
The Alliance is correct – there’s much more at stake here than the buildings themselves. The terrorists understand symbolism very well and the reconstruction of these structures which are now embedded in everyone’s psyche would represent a hammer blow to their ambition to weaken our resolve and undermine western civilisation. I only hope those in power can be pursuaded to see the bigger picture. This will be Pataki’s legacy.
Rebuild now !!
Rebuild to love, please! New York without the Twin Towers is not my New York! Thanks for the idea of rebuilding these part of my heart!
MY DREAM WAS TO VISIT NY & IN DEC ’05 I WALKED THE STREETS OF THIS AMAZING CITY. I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS EXPERIENCE. REBUILD THE TOWERS AS THEY ONCE STOOD & SHOW THE WORLD THAT NEW YORK IS STILL THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD.
CHARLOTTE, WALES, UK
Rebuilding the Twin towers will show to the world that terrorism will never prevail.
The terrorists will have won a permanent victory over Western Civilization unless those towers are re-built higher than they were before.
I’m tired of all the political rhetoric, the blaming, the excuses, the short-sightedness…it was clear right from that horrible day nearly five years ago that the twin towers MUST be rebuilt, BEYOND QUESTION!
I think, I hope, that I speak for millions of non New Yorkers aroung the globe, and indeed non-Americans (I am Canadaian) who have not yet visited Ney York, and who would be incredibly disheartened to actually see the skyline without the towers.
I still hope to be able to see them!
What a first class cause. I have thought that re-building the twin towers is the only outcome to this terrible event that could possibly be pursued ever since 9/12. Best of luck!
if we don’t build it again THEY win!
I really dislike the Freedom Tower and the buildings that will surround it. Those horrible buildings will cast the three beautiful World Financial Center buildings into the shade! The twin towers symbolized power and were great additions to the New York City skyline. They were unique, indeed. You’ll never find better alternatives. Show the rest of the world that you’ll not retreat for the terrorists. Rebuild the towers – higher and stronger than ever!
Rebuild the tower with same shape.
please rebuld the twins
Let trump build it too.
Those towers were so much more than steel and concrete, they were a symbol of America, a symbol that even as a Canadian I am proud of. The White House was rebuilt after its 1812 destruction so why not the Twin Towers, they are as much of a symbol of prosperity in America.
Please do not make a grave mistake building the Freedom tower, listen for once to public outcry
“is the new world rising? from the shambles of the old” – Robert Plant
The only thing that rightfully belongs there and would be a true memorial and represent the true FREEDOM & DEMOCRACY of this nation are the rebuilt Twin Towers, because anything other then the Twin Towers has no TRUTH to it.
The Twintowers need to get rebuilt they where great looking buildings,and known all over the world as a part of the image of the U.S.A,besides they can ferfill a monumentall function now as well and the other designs made to replace them dont come even close to the beauty of the TwinTowers,those where great building’s why build something else?if the foundation is still intact,the Twin Towers are part of america and they represent something,just rebuilt them,it will do a lot of good
Freedom.
The biggest mistake that could be made at the site is if the twins are not rebuilt. If the crappy freedom tower goes ahead it will be the biggest win for the terrorists. If any other landmark in any other city had been destroyed it would have been rebuilt, so i cant see for the life of me why new yorkers havent shouted down the freedom tower pushers. Rebuild the twins in all their glory please, it is really the only option.
They should put back what rightfully belongs, not replace them with something that is a hollow mockery and embarrasment.
I think they should re-build. This was the drawcard for me to visit NY years ago. It was a awesome structure and I for one say bring it back as it was. I’d also like to offer my condolences to the families that lost loved ones. This is one thing that really touched me deeply. Not many things have had this type of effect on me in my life let alone yours.
The Twin Towers represent NY as well as the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building but now they are gone and NY is not as is use to be without them! Rebuilding another tower with less floors like the Freedom Tower is a sign of weakness and Osama will get exactly what he wanted on 9/11. If we rebuild we will show them that AMERICA will stand tall again!!! Side by side… Twin by Twin… North by South…
New York…a dream…a fantasy…
I agree with every word mentioned above. I think that the rebuilding of the two towers is extremely essential to NYC and the whole world, because it is the heart of NY, and without it, it won’t live properly and like it used too. I am a great fan of NY and America. PLEASE Bring back NY’s real FREEDOM the TWINS.
After 9/11 Manhattan lost something something more then some people think… Manhattan lost its heart. The World Trade Towers were more then just buildings they were a symbol, a symbol of AMERICA. WE have got to bring that back!!! We owe it to AMERICA.
If not the original design, Rebuild TWO towers – not one.
If I run the BIg Apple marathon I’d like to see those buildings again – most of all for all the victims, whatever their religion!!!
Rebuilding the Twin Towers should have been a foregone conclusion. The Pentagon was also attacked on 9/11; however, nobody suggested turning the collapsed section of the Pentagon into a garden/park/waterfall. Instead, it was rebuilt and ready for occupancy within a year of the attacks. The Twin Towers, like the Pentagon, were symbols of America (which is why they were attacked); as such icons, to build anything less in their place would be a victory for those who knocked them down…
I support with my energy the idea that the Twin Toers should be erected again, as they were, instead of the terrible project of liberty tower that is planned. Please New York, save us from this awful new tower and give us the twins back… their symbol and gemellity is needed by the big Apple!!!!
9/11 affected millions worldwide but you cannot hold the people of New York down. Rebuild the towers not only for the people of Manhatton but as a mark of respect to those who tragically lost their lives and their families.
.: standing on top of the world and enjoy the breathtaking view from the roof-top platform over New York…
.: I did it in 1986…
.: yes, bring it back to the people of NYC and the world… rebuild the famous NYC Skyline…
Hans-Peter “Pit” Schmidt/27.6.2006
These two beacons should emerge from the dust of ground zero.
Once they are back again, the face of the real free world shall be restored and terorrism have finally failed.
America, may God be with you and your people !
Rebuild the towers as they were. Rebuild them better, stronger. Because if the “Freedom Tower” arrives to be built, it will be built as the response that the terrorists want. Then it will be not really a free answer to the terrorism. Rebuild the towers and place a memorial in the floors where the planes crashed for the world never forget how far can arrive the human stupidity.
God bless the 9/11 victims, and we all.
Landmarks such as this make a nation and as a scot I know what pride we have in landmarks such as the Forth Bridge and Edinburgh Castle. My support goes out to you.
The Twin Towers were an integral part of New York City. They enshrined everything that was best about this great city. That is why our enemies destroyed them.
Let us hold up our heads, refuse to allow our enemies the satisfaction of having damaged this great world city beyond repair. REBUILD THE TOWERS! Then New York will never die.
A few years back there was a hit song entitled “I get knocked down, but I get up again” You should adopt this as your theme tune.
As A Brit, proud of my Nation’s greatest creation – the USA – I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment behind this petition. An Attack on U.S. values is an attack on my values. JD.
Ever since a kid visiting my grandmother in the US i can remember those outstanding towers standing, what seemed to me to be so tall, reaching up to the sky more than any other structure in Manhattan. If anything should be built on the post-911 site it should be the Twin Towers!
Through the centuries we have seen monuments, statues, places n’ even cities destroyed by wars n’ even by nature. What happened to all these things n’ places? They were rebuilt. Why NOT rebuild the WTC Towers? Why build something smaller? It’s the most important city in the world, the strongest one n’ the U.S.A. must show to those sick minds that they haven’t won a goddamn thing! Something is missin’ in the air when you look at the view of N.Y. n’ humanity needs that view again! REBUILD THE TOWERS!
America should rebuild the Twin Towers to show terrorists and terrorist sympathizers around the world that their despicable deeds are futile. Such an awesome response would clearly show that America and its countless friends will prevail against these sick creatures masquerading as human beings.
Rebuild the towers. And set up a missile AAA battery on top of each.
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!
It is a moral defeat to shrink in the face of terrorist threats. Nothing has rewarded the jihadists more than the ongoing sight of a world landmark wiped off the face of the earth.
The spineless fools of New York are willingly complicit to the tragedy, led by The Al Qaeda Times and Pinch Slutburger.
REBUILD DAMN IT!
They absolutely should rebuild them as they were. And when it comes to standing together, as a Canadian, “Ich bin an Amerikaner”
“The only thing necessary for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke
I loved the timelessly elegant design of the Towers! They were unique in many ways.
Whenever I came to New York, I went to the platform on top of tower 2 to enjoy the stunning view.
Please, do not allow terrorists to change New York’s skyline at all! Do rebuild the Twin Towers to demonstrate America’s will to withstand any cowardly terrorist attack!
There is no tribute in just adding the word “Freedom” to whatever you plan to replace the Twin Towers with – a true tribute is to rebuild (as long as the design flaws are dealt with).
rebuild those beautiful buildings
The rebuilding of the Twin Towers will, to take the words of JFK, let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship,support any friend, oppose any foe to ensure the survival and success of lberty.
God Bless America
New York is not the same without the twin towers. I visited NY and ground zero in june and I found the place so desolated. You must rebuilt the towers
God bless and protect USA & Israel against the islamic fascism.
As one who has enjoyed many happy times in the Big Apple. I would love to see the twin towers rebuilt to make a fantastic “two fingers” to terror – Agincourt style. Whatever is built, I want the Janitor to make sure the illuminated windows spell out “F*** You Bin Laden” one fine night. Terror is the tool of the failed and defied by the strong.
They were the most beautiful buildings in the world. I miss NY skyline with twins, twice as tall as any other bulding around. The towers have to be rebuilt!
The terrorist wants to kidnap our society. Rebuild the original Twin Towers, don’t let terrorist win.
The skyline of NY will never be the same if the towers are not rebuilt. It will not look the same, nor will it feel ‘right’. Without those two magnificent structures dwarfing all other building on the skyline, it will never feel like good ol New York. I think we need these building back to honour the dead and fulfill the healing process.
Bring’em back!
Mike of the Great White North
Build identical towers – but make ’em a few floors higher.
It was a great tragedy what occured on 9/11, an event that shaked the entire world, no matter where you lived. To see anything less than The Twin Towers reborn would be accepting defeat to terrorists. I as a Canadian hope that the rebuilt Twin Towers have the same eloquence and inflicts the amount of pride of not only New Yorkers but everyone that the original Twin Towers did.
yes i agree it should be built can not let this desarster happen and not rebuild other wise they have won show that freedom can not be stoped this is what life is about in respect for the people that died i could not see them saying any thin but put it back up hope it goes up for all to enjoy
I miss the old Twin Towers very much , New York skyline just looks wrong, and with Freedom Tower it looks even more wrong, where is the other Tower u may say and remember 911 over and over again, not fair for anyone.
K.R.
I am putting forward my support for rebuilding the twin towers as oppose to building the Freedom Tower.
I’m from the UK and I feel the twin towers were a powerful symbol of New York City in much the same wasy as the Statue of Liberty is, and as the Golden Gate bridge is to San Francisco, Tower Bridge and Big Ben to London, and the Eiffel Tower to Paris.
Show the terrorists that want to destroy and kill that the free world will stand in defiance against them. Show them that by rebuilding
I personally would like to see the twin towers rebuilt and with a memorial garden outside. This landmark must be put back on the map to show the terrorists that all other nations have supported this decision and to let them know they will never win their cowardly war.As a British citizen I am proud and honoured to add my signature to your petition.
We need the Towers built back the way they were!
I recently saw the new plans for ground zero, with all the weird towers – that frankly, look totally wrong for NY, and especially for what ground zero stands for..The towers should be rebuilt with no further thought; because it’ll show the terrorists that what they did isn’t enough to destroy america.
it’ll be a slap in the face to the terrorists
yes i think they should be rebelt why let them tell us how to run our citys this tells them they win well NOT this has effected me for five years now i finly get a chance to speak my voice and be herd i also have family in the USA i worrie every day thank you
I think the towers should be rebuilt exactly as they were, but reinforced much like the Pentagon to withstand a similar hit. The sky’s should be guarded so that a hit is unlikely.
In the future all movies or documentaries will have the same sky line except for the blank period. Only people from a certain generation will remember why. It’ll be our responsiblility to explain why.
I’ve never even been to New York but I feel the emptiness and mourn your loss.
Sean
Please Tell Everyone About this Event. The World Trade Center will never be the same unless the Twin Towers are rebuilt. Rebuilding these spectacular buildings is both practical and logical. Showing the Terrorists we will never be defeated. I’m saying all this, because, I personally never got to see these building, never mind go up them :'(. I hope the thoughts of citizen’s worldwide reach George Bush, you made one good choice on War…Now make another, by rebuilding these wonderful Buildings.
i was a tourist in NYC on september 10 2001 I visited the towers for the first time i went back home to toronto that night and was scared sensless the next morning when i heard the towers were attacked.
REBUILD THE TOWERS!!!
Rebuild the WTC and give NYC back its two front teeth! They should look the same on the outside but be built to the best safety standards that modern technology can provide on the inside. Not to mention the addition of some form of escape system better than a smoke-filled stairwell. After all, the airliner and car-bomb tricks won’t work twice. The entire complex would be the best memorial possible: a sign that we will not be defeated.
If you be the democratic beacon to the world, then WHY are your businessmen saying “ye shall have our Freedom Tower whether ye like it or not”? Why will you not put it to the vote, with REBUILDING your Great Twins as one of the options? Alas, for their wonder that this corporate arrogance seems to say is FOREVER gone! For what we used to think America was about, REBUILD the twins, only bigger and better. Lives cannot be brought back, but what the dead worked for and took pride in – can. Rebuild!
5 years ago right after September 11, I had the chance to come to New York and study there in Plattsburgh State University of New York. When for the first time I arrived in Manhattan I could feel the absence of Twin Towers, I felt sad and had tears in my eyes. I used to have a poster of NYC, showed Brooklyn Bridge and the magnificent twin towers behind the B Bridge. For me, if I lose something, I like to search and find the same old item, because it brings memories back, and [I don’t buy something else if I can replace what I lost.]
Keep the world trade centre and the memory of the angels taken away that day alive. They might have took the person from us but they will never take their memory. I’m still in deep saddness for America, the people lost that day and their families. ANGELS LIVE ON FOREVER. I hope i will go to heaven so that i will be able to meet every single one of them.
a just fink america wont b america, with out the twin towers
I believe the towers should be rebuilt to help America heal, but to also remind us of what can happen. I did not personally know anyone who lost their life there, but if I or one of my family members had, I would want them rebuilt as a memorial to them. Also to show terrorists…We will survive. GOD BLESS AMERICA !
TINA ADKINS
Dear True American,
Please add my name in your group because I want to rebuild my Twin Towers of NY,NY,U.S.A.When our house is destroyed,we rebuild it in exactly same way.Our WTC Complex is our home,strength,sentiments and true American soul lives here.This is our duty to rebuild our buildings again. Twin towers represent U.S.A.I am far away but I remember my buildings everyday.That’s enough to show my feeling if you believe.I want Xerox copy of original WTC Complex.I will rebuild them-Arvind.
Rebuild them as they were, and ever so slightly bigger.
We will rebuild them, we have the technology
I think that rebuilding the twins is the right thing to do. The NY skyline will not be the same with that ugly “Freedom tower”. Especially all of us who grew up with the familiar image of NY with her twin towers will look at it with disgust if it gets build. Bring the towers back.
Rebuild the towers, doing so will show that we are not afraid and that we can stand up!
Rebuild the towers and do the right thing, please.
Looking forward to get the PATH train at WTC station, in a sunday morning, to go to St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church – Newark – like I used to do when living in New York, 1n 1999.
I never visited New York, but one thing I was fascinated about were the twin towers! I think the twin towers were like the “trade mark” of New York. When you talked to anyone about New York, the first thing you’d visualize were the twin towers. I really think that the rebuilding is the right thing to do, to honor the victims, the families and the city! Please restore the NY skyline, not only for the US, but for the whole world!
New York, without the twin towers, is a defeated city.
i was in newyork this year ( aug) and i was really missing the two great gaints that used to be standing up as a solder and which was well known by any one in any country.It was struck by terror and in reply i think we have to rebuild to shows them how weak they are and how united we are ( rest of the non terror world). this is a great opportunity to express our support.
As it has been said, before the Twin Towers are a monumental part of New York history. In my opinion building one tower ruins the whole concept of “twin towers” and the only wright way to honour those that passed away on that horrible day, is to remember them and the Twin Towers, as they were: tall and proud bringing joy in every persons’ heart.
I always wanted to go to the “twin towers” since I was a kid, I did it a year before 911. I believe they shuld be rebuilt again in the same way they stood before that day. Building something else would mean nothing but money spent. I would love to see the world trade center again…the way it was.
Restore the New york skyline to what it was before those cowards came along. It would be a tribute to all those who died on 9/11.
Yeah, the freedom tower is a nice tower and would look nice… elsewhere!!!
The WTC site needs to be rebuilt as it was except with bigger towers, 1776 feet tall each for instance so that NYC’s famous skyline can be restored to all its glory and the western world can put a big finger up to all that would try to destroy the freedom we have!
I never got chance to visit the original twin towers but have been to NYC 3 times since and it really is a tragedy that they may never return.
if you don´t rebuild the twin towers, NYC won´t be the same city.
America is considered the best in the world so it only makes sense to replace the towers, with better safety features and show the world that america can move on, but take with it the twin towers and the memory of all those who lost their lives.the towers were an inspiration to us all and we didnt know what we lost till they were gone
This is the right thing to do. We all know it. The rebuilt Twin Towers will represent so much more than defiance. They will represent unity, strength and resolve. Please, add your name and do the right thing.
I live in the UK so I didn`t have that much knowledge of
the WTS before 9/11 i would have loved to have had the
chance to visit them in all there glory.
I think that rebuilding the Twin Towers is the best way to
show the terroists that they can`t break the American
spirit and changing the New York skyline is only a victory
for the terrorists.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers is the best memorial for all
that died or suffered loss of loved ones on that terrible
day.
please rebuild the exact same buildings.
they are beautiful and it is a strong message to those who destroyed them!anything else will be not “the real deal” !!
greetings from the netherlands/europe
Yes rebuild them. Build them taller and prouder than ever before. The technology exists to build towers over 1km high.
Do it, America because you can. Be the first to build habitable apartments or office space higher than 1000m! Stand up and be proud; you have a lot to be proud of!! Don’t cringe before the Islamofascist Cowards and the Post Modernist idiots who love to hate you, freedom and Western Civilisation.
I might sound like a “patriot” but I am not even American. I am Australian.
Like all graves it has to be sealed. Rebuilding the Towers is the best way to pay respect to the 9/11 victims. I never had the chance to see the Towers in real but I loved them and want them back. New York has a great name. That name can never be destroyed, the towers can be rebuilt and they must be: to honour those who are dead, and to show that rebuilding means evolution, and with the force of reason, it wins over the lunacy of the fanatics who seek to destroy us. We can change the world now!
Build it bigger . . . it’s the only true way.
I’m not a New Yorker, but I feel a New Yorker. Don’t give up, bring us the Twin Towers back, taller and stronger. Is the best tribute.
I’m in my home when i saw in the TV was this catastrofe. I look the actual plans for Ground Zero, and I think is just the wrong thing to do. Don´t build the Freedom Tower. Build the Twin Towers again, to honor all the heroes of 9-11.
New York deserves more than just one Freedom tower. Although rebuilding the exact same towers doesn’t seem like a good idea to me, building two freedom towers is what new york needs.
We got to show them that terrorists will never win.
Bring back the big boys!
Bin Laden destroyed the Twin Towers because they symbolize America. Re-build that symbol, and defy Al-Quaeda. Do not allow terrorists to remove a symbol of America from the earth.
Absolutley,rebuild them,yet this time TWICE as high.
I was screaming this down the TV around those tragic days of September 2001.
We Brits were totally horrified at the attrocities commited against the USA and around those dark days,this country too had a dark mood to it.
New York is a fantastic place,and to say “Build them twice as high” is not a grand idea.
Manhatten has some of the most expensive land on earth,it therefore makes economic sense and viable.
GO FOR IT !
Rebuild the Twin Towers please. Perhaps taller than they were before. I need this icon back, it’s what each victim of the WTC disaster would have wanted if they were alive.
Twin towers were a symble all around the world, they represented the power of U.S.A., the American Dream and Freedom, such as Lady Liberty or The Golden Gate Bridge, New York without Twin Towers is like London without Big Ben tower, Paris without Eiffel tower, Rome without Colosseum, or Tokyo without the Tokyo tower. I think that people from all around the world wants to see soon the towers, possibly even taller and more beautiful than they were.
TWIN TOWERS were not only pride of America, TWIN TOWERS were pride of modern civilization. So bring it back to to all of us!
I am a keen researcher and fan of the twin towers and I am very sad that I will never get to see them if the Freedom Tower plans go ahead. I believe that rebuilding the World Trade Center as it was would prove that, although terrorists can try to take down our buildings, they will never succeed. Indeed – the Pentagon is repaired, Flight 93 failed to get to it’s target, and if we rebuild the World Trade Center’s iconic Twin Towers, the 9/11 attacks can be remembered by the huge World Trade Cent
My names Emmet Dallat im 23 fom Ireland.I was in New York the March prior to 911 and it was my dream to go up the twin towers as they were such an inspiring structure.Sure the empire state has been in New York much longer but for me the Twin Towers made New York New york like.I was in Florida when September 11 took place and watched the events in horror.Not only did those terrorists ruin that skyline hopefully not forever but they also killed thousands of people.PLEASE REBUILD TWIN TOWERS RIP
Yes, we should rebuild the Twin Towers. But not from the “enemies” should we take them back, but from the very government of the United States. 9/11 was an inside job, all evidence shows. It is futile to try and create more excuses for this atrocity.
Regardless though, the Twin Towers must be rebuilt.
Rebuild the Twins!!! That’s one and only the best plan for New York, for the people and the heart of America. All other plans are worthless. Let the sky rise again!!
Frank – Germany
Ilive in Pakistan But i love all the United States towers Espacially WTC.My sugeesstion is that WTC should raise again but this time very very very Taller that people get amaze to look at them
I really do think as a mark of respect to those 3000 odd hard working folks that went to work on the morning of the 9-11-2001 and never came home the World Trade Centre should be rebuilt the same as that, with a shrine to those that died on that solemn day as a centre piece. THOSE citizens not only americans but from every corner of the globe too and from all religions and faiths and genders deserve that. Rebuild the towers. Donald Trump is right.
The World Trade Center should be rebuilt, just as high and with just as much splendor. When i was 12 i saw a photograph of New Yorks fantastic skyline, and i always said to my mum i wanted to go there and stand on top of the north tower so i could see what being on top of the world feels like. I just wish England could build something half as beautiful as the towers were. God Bless those from 9/11.
Build Towers but make the highest on the world to a honor of mans and womens who died on that black day.
i agree that the twin towers should be built again as they were ..they were and still are an iconic symbol of nyc and americas dedication to freedom and independence.we want them back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
However tall the new “Freedom Tower” would be, nothing would do better than new Twin Towers. A single tower will forever recall the day the terrorists won their victory.
i was only 11 when the towers fell but i can still remember the images of that fatefull day. there is no ther option but to rebuild these towers! the designs are awful and dont prove NYC justice! the buildings were only there for 28 years so lets prove that america will fight back and rebuild them exactly the same! perhaps with 9 extra floors on the south tower and 11 extra floors on the north tower (9/11) for memory of those lost on that memorable day. THIS INFORMATION MUST BE FORWARDED!!!!!!!!
i will always remember the day i came home from school and saw what was happening in America. Your country showed courage and displayed 1 of your finest hours. God Bless You. If they can rebuild the pentagon they can certainly rebuild the towers. May We Never Forget
The only way to defeat terror is to rebuild the Towers stronger than before. I went to New York for the first time last year and could not see the Twin Towers. I hope I can see them when I return.
Cheers
Vic
Liverpool, United Kingdom
A city skyline may be added to, but once built, usually never changes. When the majestic twin towers fell on 9-11, I always hoped and always felt that the right thing to do was to build them back again: exactly the same height, same façade, everything. The only thing that should change is their position so as not to build on the original footprint, just stagger them opposite the original layout. The latest building technology should be incorporated as well. Please rebuild them America!
Rebuild the twin towers. Not only that, rebuild them so the height is 1776 YARDS not 1776 feet. To do this will achieve two things:
1) Bring back the title of World’s Tallest Building to the US, where it belongs. The US is where the skyscraper was invented. Mention “skyscraper” to just about anyone and they will think “New York”.
2) It will serve as a big “F*** You” to Bin Laden and the rest of his camel-f***ing buddies.
Mike, London, UK.
Build it stronger higher as a monument to all who perished on that day. Never Forget.
Don’t just rebuild them! rebuild then 911 feet taller! let the damn islamofascists know that their detestable murderous cowardly acts will not stop this country in its tracks, and that it will rebuild and rebuild better and taller and shinier because this is that this country is all about. Yes, create a memorial site there, but let it nest between two new and taller mighty world trade center towers!
I just wanna say one thing: “Manhattan never will be the same, so don’t wait, do it – REBUILD! There are still people who want to see the WTC, but they’re never gonna make it, so make their dream come true.”
Rebuild what once was… for all the people who risked their lives that day!
Rebuild them. One storey higher.
rebuild the towers one story higher so that America can rule the skies once again
new york …no es new york sin las torres gemelas…. build the twin towers again!!!!!
we want towers back…shining in the sky
Please listen to the people who understand their spirit best. New York City must recover its belle epoque. The towers must be brought back and the greatest skyline ever needs to stand up once again — this time forever.
I was in New York on 9/11, and within four hours of the events occurring, I overheard a group of people on the street suggesting it was America’s fault. They got BOTH barrels! I pointed out that NOTHING justified what happened that morning and that the obligation was on the people of New York to build the towers back as they were, with one exception. Make them twice as tall, twice as wide, and twice as deep. No other action would be better understood – not all cultures are morally equal.
As Paris wouldn’t be Paris without the Eiffel tower, NewYork is no more NewYork without these two giant sisters in the skylane.
Please rebuilt them !
Shut the mouth of the terrorists that laugh since that dark day !
Erase scars and move onward, America !
Hi there,
I’m from England – United Kingdom and I say RE-BUILD RE-BUILD RE-BUILD. I, like many millions of others, was deeply affected by the events of 9/11. Building the Freedom Tower would display to terrorists that they have brought about some kind of change to your great nation. Lets all stand tall together and re-build them higher, stronger – and above all re-define the meaning of LIBERTY!! Lets get behind what the Statue of Liberty represents and ‘stands for’ :-)
God Bless America
In britain since the middle ages, sticking up two fingers at those who wish to harm us has been a strong sign of disdain. Nothing would be more poetic to those who carried out the crimes of that day than rebuilding the twin towers as they were, sticking two fingers up in defiance. We perhaps should have put our efforts into this than trying to invade another country who clearly had nothing to do with this atrocity.
I traveled the London tube network the weekend after 7/7. I didn’t have to and it did feel uncomfortable, but I just thought it was important to do so. It was a personal way for me to show defiance. I want the classic New York skyline back. I stood and admired the Twin Towers in 1994, but didn’t go up them. I want to come back someday and see New York from their rooftops.
I thought this battle had been lost; it would seem from your recent postings that there is still a chance. Good Luck.
Please give us (and the rest of the world) back the twin towers. I visited the WTC in December 2000 and [thought I would] see them again (not only at pictures or on TV). I hope it`s not too late…
the time to rebuild the towers is now.
Rebuild them please.
To see the towers rebuilt would show the world that America is a nation that is not afraid. America should stand up against the terrorists and build them back just as they were. They should not admit defeat.
I’m from Portugal and have a NY skyline poster on my bedroom wall and an american flag on the front wall. I say i want the Towers back, so we (both the US and the West) show the terrorists that they don’t have the power to change our freedom!
Please rebuild! What is the New York skyline without the Twin Towers?
Looking forward to be back in The Big Apple!
these towers must be re-built !!!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t see why they don’t rebuild the towers. Oh wait there because people want to make money out of the freedom tower complex, that’s why. Re-build them, morale will be somewhat different then in America.
The American people and the people of the world must start to take their power back from the criminals who destroyed those beautiful buildings and who are destroying the American constitution and turning this whole planet into a surveillance prison! I’ve never been to New York but i have seen the twin towers many times in pictures and in movies. They ARE New York! Put them back up so that someday, i might be able to see them for myself. Nic, London.
The world is laughing as long as those towers are not built. Prove them wrong!! You can rebuild now stronger, higher and faster. Rebuild those towers…a story higher if you need to.
I have always thought the original Twin Towers should be reubuilt and – as long as the families of victims agree – have never seen where the problem lies in rebuilding them exactly as they were before. Don’t we want to see those lovely iconic skyscrapers in the New York skyline once more? The design for the new tower is laughable, a travesty. Rebuild these icons and stick two fingers up to the cowards that destroyed them.
BUILD THEM BACK!
Rebuild them , this time make them the tallest on earth.
No other vision is acceptable.
NOTHING ELSE WILL DO! THEY ARE AND FOREVER WILL BE A PART OF AMERICA!! JUST DO IT!!
Don’t let the terrorist win.
Let’s build them back exactly as they were! Establish an international fund, I want to contribute, others will too! Not that the money will be needed, but it should be used, to show the morons and cockroaches that the whole world is against them! This from a Romanian – God Bless America!
i remember the day as if it was yesterday. and i strongly believe that yes it would be awesome to re-build the twin towers, and send a message to all others. no decent person on this earth will be beaten by terrorists.
Rebuild!!
I can think of no better memorial to the innocent victims, and show of resilience against the perpetrators & supporters of this heinous act, than to rebuild the towers.
Please bring back what was an icon to New York and to the world. And make it as a memorial, a symbol of freedom, a symbol of peace.
Bring back the towers as a sign for freedom
It is my belief that the towers should be rebuilt as the only appropriate symbol of rebirth, defiance and people’s triumph over any tyranny.
It is also my belief that choosing the most controversial and despised design is a smokescreen, hiding the fact that NOTHING is going to be built on that spot. This is because the people making the decisions have no will and perhaps even no means to invest in a project this big. ‘Seven fat years’ are over.
Every image of New York today, in film and the press, showing a void where the towers stood is a tribute to the determination of those who brought them down. So would be any subsequent development that does not match the visceral impact of the original. Symbols are powerful and this is all about symbolism; the enemy clearly understands this, why is it eluding the political leadership? Rebuild them bigger, and better, monuments to strength, determination, resilience, and perserverence.
There can be no stronger symbol of defiance to the terrorists and memorial to those killed than to rebuild these magnificent structures as outlined within this plan. Even the memorial gardens and ‘rebuilt’ remains of the original ‘footprints’ are breathtaking. Great idea and I really hope you win.This should really go to the public vote across the US, to gauge the REAL majority opinion. If the plan to rebuild was defeated in this way, then I’d be disappointed, but it would at least be fair.
TTA Note: This comment is most likely referring to the Make NY NY link on the Restoration Alternative page. We wish to underscore that the Twin Towers Alliance is promoting the return of Twin Towers to the skyline, while not in a position to endorse or disparage any particular model or concept.
The twin towers were more than just office buildings – they were potent symbols of strength and freedom. Rebuilding them would restore our confidence and do justice to the thousands who died on that day.
Alex, citizen of the UK
Ever since I was a little kid staying in India I would dream that one day I would get to see the twin towers in person. However that was not to be cause of some maniac who thought he could de-stabilise America by bombs. To restore the glory of NY skyline I say we should rebuild the towers and the new towers should be grander than before. This is the only way to give a befitting reply to the morons who are jealous of Americas freedom.
Siddhartha
The city needs those two towers back up, exactly as they were. Yep it will cost money but it will send a powerful message of recovery.
The Twin Towers were iconic.
New York & the world are not the same without them.
What better way to say a big *f you* to the terrorists then to rebuild them.
Rebuilding them would be the best memorial possible.
It would say we are resiliant and will not give in to terrorists.
Stephen Grolimund, Brisbane, Australia
WITH THE REBUILDING OF TWIN TOWERS BACK AMERICA WILL PROVE THAT IT LOST ONE BATTLE BUT WON THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TWINS
FROM SLOVENIA
Rebuilding the Twin Towers much stronger and more resilient with a fitting and noble memorial to those we lost that horrible day will tell the world we will never forsake our way of life nor will we sumbit to religious terrorism. The only thing the Freedom Tower will accomplish (if it is built) is robbery of that opportunity.
– A Canadian (for now) but an American at Heart
since i was a little girl, i’ve always want to go to New York on Christmas.. i really hope that one day, standing in front of the new towers, my daughter says: “mom, they’re amazing”, to which i will answer: “yes, they are hon, some fanatics tried to vanish them off, but they rebirth, as a proof that no matter how bad the fall is, but the courage and dreams that makes you rise stronger..and indeed; Amazing!”
My name is Andrew, I am 16 years old and i live in England. Everytime I see images of the twin towers, although i have never visited them, i miss them.
I wish along with many other people to be able to witness the awesome and symbollic twin towers. R.I.P victims and towers alike.
I have never been on twin towers…so, me and all people in the world who loves new york PRETEND that twin towers back in life!!
Here in Ireland. Six year and on a Tuesday as well. They should build the Twin Towers back as they were because loved ones work and died there. It would be the best tribute to them with each floor named after them.
My mother visited the towers in the late 70’s and my sister with her husband were on the top of the north tower when the visit New York in the 90’s.
So build them towers again.
i’m not american by papers, but i’m american in my heart, and i say, REBUILD!
6 years ago, when I saw the footage of the Towers burning and collapsing, I felt empty, and that my life was never going to be the same again. Only a few months before, when I was on a trip to New York to meet my family’s friends, I was standing near those grand towers, admiring their look, feeling the power of that magnificent structure. I did not have the chance to enter it though. And now, if the towers will not be rebuilt I will never have the chance. I, and all of Russia support this cause.
Rebuild the towers!! After watching the devastating attacks on the news of september 11th 2001 a lot of people dont feel the same as the new york skyline is not the same, looking at the demolished skyline is a constant reminder of what happened on that day. Although i think it is wrong that we forget what happened, we must rebuild the towers to rebuild the peoples confidence and show terrorists we are strong and can survive!! I hope in the future i can visit and pay my respect to ground zero.
Rebuild them and lets show the world no one is afraid of terrorism.
It would be great to resurrect the two towers. Can I make a suggestion or two…..well I will anyway.
Rebuild but paint different color
Rename the towers “phoenix”
Maybe leave floors empty above point of impact
I do have one problem about rebuilding though – How will the people working in the towers feel
god bless nyfd
TTA Note: The people who choose to work in supertall buildings all over the world feel empowered. Or, they go elsewhere.
Eversince 9.11. I thought it was obviously understood that the Twins would be rebuilt the way they were to show that life is going to continue and that NYC will always have the skyline it had, the one it was famous for and the one that represented everything it stood for, is standing for and and always will stand for. I wouldn’t give a second thought to saying yes to rebuilding the Towers. I really hope this will become a reality. Thank you to whoever got this petition started.
DO NOT ADMIT DEFEAT. Rebuild the Twin Towers.
The American people deserve to see the twin towers again. Put them back where they belong! God bless America.
from David in Sutton, Surrey U.K
i was 9 when 9/11 happend and always wanted to go to the towers so hopefully i will in the future i will pass this site onto many others!
Rebuild the twin towers exactly as they were, rebuilding the towers would heal the wounds of 9/11 and the new york city skyline, not some freedom tower, i would love to come to new york one day and see those two beautiful towers rising from the skyline, please please dont give up get the twin towers rebuilt as they were on 9/10/01, good luck
I want to visit and perhaps live in New York when I’m older, but it wouldn’t be the same if the towers weren’t rebuilt for when I do go there.
I’d have to visit the Empire State Building and the Chrysler building, but what I’d of really loved to of visit was the World Trade Centre.
If they aren’t rebuild, it would in my eyes seem as a defeat to terror, if they are rebuild, it will signal that we have overcome it, and that we are stronger than the sick terrorists who did this think we are.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers is too much important: to give a signal of continuity with the past, and to rescue a precious monument of all humanity…give back us the Twin Towers…the WTC that Yamasaki projected like a monument to men’s cooperation and faith in a peaceful worldwide future…
This whole thing is about guts, faith, hope, belief and the will and strength to fight back. It’s not about how hard you can hit, but it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep coming back.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers is a statement. An iconic way to define America again as the great country it used to be.
This is such a great oppurtunity for America that it would be a waste not to use it. Remember how this will look in history books, how Americans will look tough again.
I am from Ireland and it has been my dream to visit New York City and its wonderful sites for many years. I hope that the towers will be built again.
… make them real again …
rebuild them just as they were, brick for brick.
They should restore the original skyline, and yes, even bigger than before – the Twin Towers were functional and beautiful, and New York needs to have them again.
Rebuild them!
I want to see them with my own eyes!
The Twin Towers should be re-built. They stood tall and looked amazing in the Skyline. Two holes that are put in the ground (not even how towers looked like)will not do it for me. I love Modern buildings but these looked amazing. If they cant rebuild, they have to recreate them some how.
My wife and I recently visited New York from Newfoundland, Canada, and fell in love with your beautiful city. The buildings (many of which were built by steelworkers from my province) and the people were wonderful. However, the lack of the WTC in the New York skyline saddened us deeply. Don’t give up! Rebuild the towers. Show the rest of the world how to really fight back and restore New York to its former glory. We’ll be back to visit the new Twin Towers soon!
Please rebuild them, they were everything that made NYC, it just wont be the same without them. The new buildings look really crap – and thats just for starters I could go on and on but I wont, I just wanted to say PLEASE REBUILD THEM!!!
The Twin Towers will always be a symbol of the 20th Century for me, a grand reminder of the culture we lived in. The Freedom Tower represents a constant reminder to our weaknesses as a people. Plus is looks shite.
I visited the twin towers in 2000 when I was 10, the next time I saw new york it was from the air in 2007 and its really a big shocking difference. Not rebuilding is like admitting defeat.
this would mean a lot to a lot of people x peace x
it would be great if the TT where re-built.
Re-built the twin towers again would be really good, in memory of the 11/09!
When i move over to America the Twin Towers will be a site to warm my heart
How can there be a memorial for a building that does not look like the building to be remembered? Please give back to us what we miss so much.
I believe that this would be the wish of those who left us, if they had a single minute to go back to this place…. how could they ever accept something else? What would they think if they saw NY without WTC?
There is nothing more respectful than rebuilding these towers. Nothing else would bring back our lost friends closer to our hearts.
I am traveling to New York next week and I’m so sad and disppointed that I didn’t get to see the Twin Towers for real. Nothing would make me happier to see them resurrected – it would be the ultimate ‘f*ck you’ to the inbreeds who took part in and celebrated the original terrible act of terrorism. The Freedom Tower being built would be an insult – it is unattractive and resembles nothing to what the World Trade Centre once was. Let’s recreate the towers. Let’s make it New York again.
I live in Canada and I’ve always wanted to live in New York later in life, I wish they would rebuild the Twin Towers. I would love to go there and stand on top of the Towers and think of those who lost their life on 9/11.
I come from Ireland and have wanted to move to New York ever since I was a kid.
Of all the symbols, land marks and buildings that make New York so special, nothing stood out more spectacularly than the Twin Towers. They defined what New York and the USA were all about.Its been a childhood dream of mine to get to the very top floor of the buildings and to look out at the beauty of New York City, and I hope that one day that dream will become a reality.
Just do it. :)
Get them to stand up once again, and if possible higher than ever, dont let the terrorists beat us, we will stand up again. I can’t wait to see them (the twins) getting rebuilt.
I’m from denmark in Europe and I feel with the families that where left behind in this terrible crime.
yes rebuild the towers
I am not an American, nor do I live in US, I am writting to you 1000 miles away from UAE, even though I am not an American, 9/11 did have a impact on my life, I would be more than glad to join this alliance to rebuilt the glory, the pride that was lost.
I believe that NY would not be NY with out its towers.
Thanking you and god bless all.
Regards,
Haroon Rashid.
Dubai. UAE.
Yes! They MUST be rebuilt the same as before. Beautiful buildings, NYC looks empty without them. All the best from New Zealand!
The only proper tribute to WTC is to build the Towers once again, standing proud as a sign of strength!
Twin towers were the symbol of America and specially to New York city and its rebuilding again, may be much taller than earlier!
Greetings from Lithuania. Hope that it will be rebuild.
Hello from Toronto. The new plans just don’t do it for me. We need the Twin Towers back. God Bless America.
The Twin Towers were iconic, they were New York. I was in NY and visited the twin Towers for the first time the week before they were taken away.
Look it’s a no brainer, New York New York needs Twin Towers.
REBUILD.
Jed.
9/11 was a horrible crime, and restoring at least the architecture of what that event took away is an imperative. Giving Lower Manhattan any other shape than the pre-9/11 one, means NY will remain a metropolis shaped by mass-murderers. Mixing the word “freedom†into it all doesn’t help. It’s intolerable.
A worthy memorial is also of vital importance, for those who lost dear ones and for the people still suffering from these memories all over the USA and the rest of the world.
Greetings from IRAN…I’m so sorry and I hope us to see the towers once again together…Those two towers are not just buildings…They are also the symbol of people who hate terrorism and everyone who brake the PEACE…so let us rebuild our world together!!
i live in southampton and was in florida 2 days before 9/11 . my mum promised me that in 2003 we would see the twin towers while i was in florida . i went to ny in 2003 but cryed when i saw ground zero . im going when freedom tower is built but i would much rather go and go inside the new twin towers . plz build dem agen . give them another chance
I never had the opportunity to see the Twin Towers and I’ve never visited New York city but even I feel sad when I see the New York skyline without those majestic buildings reaching for the sky. I really do not think the Freedom Tower is the best way to remember all those who lost their lives that day. Rebuild the towers and make new york city, new york city again! The perfect symbol of freedom and the perfect memorial for 9/11.
Stronger and taller (why not?)… that’s the spirit! That’s New York!
Twin freedom towers is great idea, the original Twin Towers provided a unique skyline.
Rob,
Ireland
Je croix que pour pouvoir avoire la liberté q’il-faut, c’est nécessaire reconstruir les “Twin Towers “, par-ce-que toute le mond peut voire que rien de rien va faire nous oblier ça; La Libreté.
Et je croix q’il faut les redimensioner: 100×100 metres du base et 500 metres d’hauteur, plus forts, plus sûres et également belles.
TWIN TOWERS FOREVER AND EVER
Ãedan
Put the towers back in the air!New york deserves back what the evil took away!
support all the way from ireland…keep up the fight!
Ni ceart go cur le cheile
-there is no stregnth without unity
xxx
I Miss The Twin Towers, Rebuild The Twins.
The Iconic world trade centres where an inspiration prior to 9/11 as they are today. The feeble excuse of the new design is both an insult and an abomination to all those who lost their lives on that day.
I spent an afternoon in august 2001 just sitting on the Plaza in simple awe of these megalithic monuments, testament to mans enginuity and desire for progression in 1973… 35 years later we seem to of lost direction and a simple desire to do what’s right. Keep the faith friend.
Rebuilding the twin towers would show everyone around the world, including terrorists, that the will and determination of this country has been and is still being tested. But, also to show everyone, that we can overcome such adversity and look to the future. Not only for perseverance, but to also honor those citizens and the emergency personnel that lost their lives.
WE NEED THE TWINS BACK!!!!
im sorry but the ny skyline looks fucked up without them, i may be from Australia, but i DO care for the twin towers, and i am fighting your battle with you!
I never got to see those beautyfull towers reach to the sky. Rebuild them. New York needs its twins back.
Nothing fits as good to the skyline of NY as the twin towers did. They would be memorial, financial heart and the center of New York in one. They would be a national monument like washington monument or the lincoln memorial. The current plan which contains the footprints of the twintowers look like a grave and does not fit in such a lively and progressive city like New York. The new twintowers would symbolize strength rises like a phoenix!
I had the privilege of visiting New York in early 2006 and so many New Yorkers in their homes and places of business had posters or framed photographs on their walls of the New York skyline WITH the Twin Towers in all their beauty. Rebuilding them is not to disrespect those who have passed, but to help us remember what they unwittingly died for – freedom. I should very much like to pay my respects again when next I visit New York, not to a hole in the ground, but to the rebuilt Twin Towers.
If you look at the design of the tower of freedom it’s actually not that bad. That being said, there should be two of them!! The smaller one should be 1776 ft tall, and the bigger one including the antenna should be some 2000 feet tall… I would say… The twin towers looked like glorious guardians of Manhattan, like the collosal guardians at Abu Simbel… the new design looks exactly the same as other major cities’ skyline… how sad!!!
Greetings from Canada! Im signing this for many reasons. Rebuilding the WTC’s Twin Towers bigger and stronger is just a very powerful message and definitely something to remember. The original WTC served New York in many ways from well World Trade to tourism and those who just like to gaze up at them. One more thing is that the Freedom Tower is just not the same especially when replacing the most famous twinned structures in the world. If they’re built il bring a Canadian Flag to the WTC if I go.
Send a message to the world that they can not change anything no matter what they do.
I would ask that the victims of the September 11th, 2001 attack in the Twin Towers be given the respect and dignity that they deserve, and that very careful consideration be given for a Twin Tower replacement, and a Memorial that will respect and honor these 9/11 tower victims and the killed rescue workers. Thank you.
America wasn’t built on compromise or trying to please everyone. Knock her down, she got up again and stood taller. This is not the case with the Freedom Tower. It represents a weak and scared America that is compromising itself. The Twin Towers were stark, brutal and singularly beautiful, and were representative of a time in American thinking of hope, determination and daring. The ONLY way is to build them again, Taller, Stronger, and more Determined. Put back America’s hood-ornament.
As I want to be an architect I agree with the fact that the World Trade Center should be built again. The original Twin Towers looked brilliant in books and I believe that the 16 acres at Ground Zero should be rebuilt. As long as they were better-looking, more protected and had the same facilities as well as a memorial I agree that the WTC should be rebuilt!
In 1989, at the age of 17, i stayed in America for 6 weeks with a family friend and spent a day in New York (august 4th) and went up the top of the wtc as part of the tour i was on. Alas!! It rained for the entire day and there was no view whatsoever from the top as it was enshrouded by cloud! So rebuilding the towers would give me the chance to come back to NY and fulfil my dream of seeing the finest skyline in the world. REBUILD THE TOWERS!
Collectively we could buy the site and have Trump build it. Owned by those who contribute we form our own company, buy out all the deadbeats and get rid of the special interest groups!
I just spent a week in NYC and it is sad to see the gap in the skyline from where the towers once stood. Even if they were to build a memorial shell of the towers – that would be a much better option than the freedom tower. A true symbol of freedom would be to show everyone that NYC is not going to retreat from terrorism but rather that it is going to rebuild and to continue on with life as it was on September 10th. Rebuild the Towers!!
Please Please Please Bring these amazing towers back dont let OBL Win! These are the true Freedom Towers.
New York needs its towers back! It’s the only way to bring the city back to its former glory.
We owe it to the victims of the September eleventh attacks;
We owe it to all the other victims of terrorism around the world;
We owe it to America;
We owe it to every other democratic state in the world that believes in the values of freedom and peace;
We owe it to the men and women in uniform, who make such massive sacrifice in order to get to the root of the problem;
But most of all;
We owe it to ourselves.
September 11th is gone, but never forgotten… Let us fellow brothers and sistersrest in peace… God Bless America
Five years ago, the world’s tallest building’s groundbreaking occurred. It took just five years to create a building 2,684 feet tall. With sheer incompetence, the Port Authority and other elected officials won’t finish One World Trade Center (formerly the Freedom Tower) or any of the other towers before the year 2013. That means that one skyscraper can be built in Dubai in five years but in America a skyscraper can’t be built for over EIGHT years. That is unacceptable. Rebuild the Twin Towers.
For us, the “rest of the world” people, NYC is a symbol. NYC without its twin towers is like Paris without the tower, Egypt without the pyramids, Australia without Ayers Rock, Moscu without the Kremlin. For us, the “Fear Tower” symbolizes the end of an era. Once the Fear Tower is topped, USA will never be the land of the free and the home of the brave. USA will be the land of the fearful. It is sad for us. Is it sad for you, americans? I hope it is too.
We just have to have the New York Skyline back which we all came to love and treasure!
The Freedom Tower has already been plagued with problems, and is costing FAR too much money and is, in my honest opinion, rather odd looking…
Rebuilding the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre Complex will show the rest of the world that whatever is destroyed can be rebuilt the way it was, just how monuments during both world wars were rebuilt and reconstructed after being destroyed.
Im from Northern Ireland and it’s been my dream to live in New York and join The Port Authority Police Department since i heard of the 9/11 attack. A dream i plan to see through once i turn 21 in a few years, I think rebuilding the Twin Towers is a wonderful idea, both as a mark of respect for the men and women who lost their lives that day, and to show the terrorists that America will recover from this terrible tragedy, to finally complete the skyline again, its a terrific idea.
My sister & I (15 & 9 at the time of 9/11)were glued to the TV that morning & ever since had the urge to go to NYC hopeful that by the time we were older, saved up & planned our trip, the new WTC would be well under way. We were so disappointed to learn of the final design of the Freedom Tower. It is a slap in the face to all those who lost their lives, to the families left behind & to America as a country. The Twin Towers should be rebuilt. When we arrive in NY we want to see the Twin Towers..
The Twin Towers should be rebuilt as close as possible to the original design. To do anything else is to admit defeat and allow the terrorists to permantly change the Manhattan skyline.
I would really like to see those beautiful monuments built once again. I really hope you get your project to be built. Keep on trying and never give up!
The WTC Towers must be rebuilt – New York’s skyline doesn’t look or feel the same without them – down with the Fear (Freedom) Tower! Bring back the towers!!!
I totally support the rebuild of the Twin Towers. I think this has much more to it, than the new projects that are going on with Freedom Tower. The Twin Towers keeps the originality, strengthens safety, and also shows us that nothing is really destructable. Note that this will not hide the tragical accident, but rather make a confident tribute to what once was.
We can, we will, please let them finish this project.
For me the Twin Towers are the iconic buildings of NYC like the Empire State, Chrysler and other constructions. And without them, the NY is for me and many other people now “naked”. Still, after the 8 years of failures in fighting to bring them back i still have the dream, that someday we would see them back, rebuilded in their rightful place. Stop the construction of the FT “monster”, and bring this amazing buildings back. Greetings from Warsaw, Poland.
FIG.5. A logical and practical symmetrical version of the site plan with the “Super Block”, Twin Towers, Tobin Plaza, Koenig Sphere, fountain restored. The memorials and new towers have the same relationship to each other. This is the BEST BASIC SITE PLAN, with a centered original fountain and plaza. TWO GOOD IDEAS: @ 1776ft twin towers, with 135 floors. 13.15ft between floor to floor. OR (my favorite) CAREFULLY CONSIDER USA’s History: Ht=1776ft B/flr-flr=14.92ft. Flr#=119
As an appreciator and admirer of New York City and its people, I feel very strongly that the towers should return – a testament to the courage, spirit and heroism that ultimately prevailed on that tragic day.
I was not in any way involved in the disaster, but I was deeply moved, and my thoughts and well wishes are with all the families and friends of those who lost their lives.
Many of you have found the strength to stand tall – let New York once again do so.
Why not replace the Eiffel Tower or the Taj Mahal with some unpopular modern building of average taste. This icon cannot be replaced with so little consideration.
Bring the towers back, just like they were!
JL
Canada
Rebuilding the towers was my first thought after all the dust had settled, not on the same foot print of course.
That nothing has been done about rebuilding the towers is disgusting. New York must have its skyline restored.
I always wanted to stand on top of one of the Towers and view New York, ever since I saw them in the movie Home Alone 2.
When I heard that they were destroyed during the attacks on September 11, I was very sad. Then, I saw on Wikipedia that people wanted to rebuild them; and I think it’s a great idea. The Freedom Tower looks too futuristic and is only one building. The Twin Towers have a great design and were a symbol of NY. I hope you will succeed in rebuilding them.
Hi Folks, I am Peter from Hungary (Europe). I tought that america will restore the original twintowers and I was really sad when I heard about new plans making totally new towers. I wish I could do more for america rebuild the original twintowers becouse everyone liked it. But I dont really know what america official, state or plan on rebuilding the ground zero. I cannot find any news in this topic if you can send some send it for ravkin@ymail.com . Is it any chance they will rebuilt the towers?
Rebuilt the original Twin Towers!
I’m from Australia and would love to visit them some day, if the Freedom Tower is built you can guarantee I won’t be visiting.
Hi people, I’m Ali from England, UK.
We must have the ever beautiful Twin Towers rebuilt, and I’m proud to say that I want to be part of it no matter what. The WTC Twin Towers were a symbol of NYC, and not only a icon of the United States but also of the rest of the world. Rebuilding the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center complex will show the rest of the world that whatever is destroyed can be rebuilt the way it was. The USA should show a good example of that to the rest of the world.
hi everyone im from Canada i really want those towers rebuilt because new york just isnt the same without them they rebuilt the pentagon so they should rebuild the wtc not the ugly freedom tower!!!!!!!!!!!! the world trade center has been apart of lower manhattan’s history since the mid 60’s, people have loved them and their design! the mayor of manhattan must consider to rebuild the towers again!!
Keep the dream on…..
It would be awesome to see the two tallest towers in the world standing high above again.
My name is Epi, I’m from the Philippines. I totally the support the idea of TT2. While the Freedom, “Fear”om Tower is still delayed, this is our chance to bring New York’s beauty back. I currently live in U.S right now, and a U.S Citizen, but me and my family is from the Philippines, we moved here in 2000 about a year before the attack.
The Twin Towers 2 will prove, that the terrorists WILL NEVER WIN!
I think that we all must support this progect, because The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center is a national symbol of America, of New York, and World Trade.
I was in NY, I saw Ground Zero, and I know, that WE MUST REBUILD THIS SYMBOL of the city of New York!
Twin Towers like Lady Liberty, like Empire State Building! That’s why I SUPPORT this progect!
I know, we don’t have much money, but together we can rebuild this towers! I think, that we need oped bank’s account. Dmitriy (RUSSIA)
I would love to see the view on Manhattan what I should see if nothing happend. I want it back! I don’t like building like Freedom Towers. It doesn’t say anything to me.
Hi,i visited Ground Zero for the first time a few weeks back and it struck me how much those towers meant to everybody in new york and the people who worked in them. You see them in nearly every New York based media item dated pre-2001 and they were a part of new york life and a world icon. The towers must be re-built to say to the terrorists that you can knock us down but we’ll just keep getting back up. That will deliver a true message that we won’t be scared into hiding and New York is back
Im a british citizen who has always dreamt of coming to New York. I felt the original towers were an incredibly powerful symbol of america and no matter where you see New York post 9/11, film, television, photographs, etc. It always looks that little bit emptier without those beautiful towers. I think it would be a bold statement to the terrorists to rebuild. You can knock us down, but we’ll get right back on up!
it would be the best thing for new york city if they did rebuild the twin towers and i want to be a part of it
newyork needs the twin towers-so it can be newyork again i speak on behalf of all Australians
New York lost its identity the day it lost the Twin Towers.
New York will be complete again with Twin Towers, stand tall America, literally.
Please rebuild those beautiful twin towers. I miss the observation deck in tower 2 as well as the windows on the world restaurant in tower 1. The towers will rise again.
Why Get the Artists frustrated with this Freedom Tower. I was drawing a nice picture of Manhattan and the new WTC was all over the place, attenas and sharp pointy things?! I decided to draw a picture of the skyline from 1999 and was ABLE to because the Design Worked!
If any other national monument in the world was destroyed it would be rebuilt. Come on NY get building, hold up that torch.
Bring back the towers or leave it bare. Don’t go soft America.
Everyone wants them back!!!
These iconic towers were more than buildings!!!
PLEASE REBUILD THEM AGAIN!!!
America leaded by Barack Obama will be stronger so Twins should be rebuilt !!!
Rebuild the twins, just in order to remind! we need it! rebuild the skyline of NYC!
Rebuild to regain the spirit of how things were before the terror.
I don’t live in the USA but I would love to go to New York to see the twin towers rise up above the skyline again, I am totally for TT2 and totally against the Freedom Tower, if the Twin Towers are rebuilt, it will show the terrorists that they can’t win.
I have loved NYC since I was a child, I have never visited, but I plan to move and make it my home some day. The loss of the towers was devastating, and I still cry to this day. Not rebuilding them would be a loss to such a great city, and of it’s people. Letting the towers fall and not stand back up again is just awful, and it’s sad to see that some people are letting the tragedy of that event teach nothing about pride and respect. Raise the towers and show these monsters haven’t won.
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Quite simply put this is the best plan. Nothing else will state the position of America and the free world that it will not be effected by the acts of a few individuals with their own twisted agenda. I visited New York just before the first attack in the 90’s and I want my daughter who was due to be born on Sept 11 2001 to one day visit New York and see the twin towers for herself. To allow the construction the Freedom Tower would be an example of how to teach our children the wrong values.
I am a 17 year old male from Glasgow Scotland. I particulary would love to see the towers back in the sky of New York. As its always what stuck out in the minds of almost everybodys when they thought of New York or even America. I began looking into the towers roughly about a year ago due to consiracy theoryist and would love see the towers rise once again.
Check out youtube user Freedomtower2012 – this is support towards the twin towers
Im from SWEDEN.
We, and u all know it, loves and support America.
But we DONT support some f**kin freedom towers.
ITS UGLY AND NOT NICE @ ALL!!!!
It look like som sh*t in the middle east, this is not america.
TAKE BACK THE TWIN TOWERS, NUFF SAID!!
The world has spoken, and you dont listen?…
God bless the USA, And please please please, TWIN TOWERS BACK! BUT BIGGER AND BETTER AND HIGHER!!
TTA Note: This comment is on the borderline of the sort we have refused to post in the past because, as we have explained to the individuals when we have deleted their comments, and sometimes their signatures, this is not a bulletin board. The comments are only meant to support the petition statement. But we do not think this comment was intended as a put down of another culture. It is a crystal clear example of how frustrated and disgusted people around the world are with our failure to do the right thing at Ground Zero. Thank you, David.
The correct thing to do would be to rebuild A.S.A.P. as im sure if other American icons were destroyed they would be rebuilt. I was lucky to visit the World Trade Center and to be on the roof. There is nothing else like it what a view. Eight years has past and all New York has to show is nothing. To the pepole of New York Demand that you get your Magnificent twin towers rebuilt. Accept nothing else.
Thank you very much.
I like everyone around the world was shocked with the 9/11 attacks and cant believe that it has taken so long to make a decision on what should be built on the site. Everyone around the world, when you mention New York, thinks 1st of the famous skyline. The towers must be rebuilt, and I agree with Donald Trump in that an extra floor should be built to show these cowards that its just like the song says, I get knocked down, but I get up again, you wont ever keep me down.
Although I am not from your country,I have a great respect for those who died in action or those who were or are victims of the tragic. Personally I believe it should be made into a memorial park for families to remember their loved ones, but also think that if they could be rebuilt the same as the originals it would be great and would serve as a message that we all fight back, bearing in mind the respect of all families linked to this site.
Much respect Kristy from Australia
hi
i live in the uk, and it was a very sad day for me when the towers came down!! and my thoughts went out to all the peoples familys. but i think the twin towers should be rebuilt,for sure!! i think it is what the people of america, and people of the uk would for sure want to see, the sky line will never be the same again with out them! if i had the money, i would pay for them to be built for sure!!!! TWIN TOWERS PLEASE
chris united kingdom
Ever since I was a child, the WTC towers were to me an incredibly strong icon of America. I dreamt about going there, visiting my favorite city and favorite pair of skyscrapers. My father once went to the towers, and the pictures and stories he brought home fueled my lust for going there one day.
In September 2001 my dreams were shattered when on television I could see that someone had destroyed the towers. I wish nothing but to see the iconic towers rise again! When they do, I’ll be there.
Rebuild the Twin Towers!
I wanna see them again!
The towers always stood gracefully
looking over manhattan. These towers
stood for something. They were symbolic
and deserve to be rebuilt. We need
to act fast and insure that the freedom tower
design will not go ahead.
Bring Back the twin towers, dont settle for anything less.
Rebuild the twin towers!
That’ll Show Them
(i’ll let you decide who ‘they’ are)
Since I was child I dreamt to travel to NY to meet the twin towers, and now I could do it, they are not there anymore…
For north american dignity, they must be rebuilt.
I have always had a great fascination with the Twin Towers, and think that they were exceptionally beautiful buildings that carried a powerful message. It would mean so much more to people not only in the USA, but to the entire world’s people to rebuild these symbols of freedom and integrity, than the cheap glass ornaments of historical irrelevance that the project leaders are so misguidedly forcing upon the world’s people.
Tom Elliott,
United Kingdom,
England.
I visited New York City almost three years ago. Where once stood the magnificent Twin Towers, there was instead an empty void. I believe that no design can replace the Twin Towers in the hearts of the USA’s citizens and in the hearts of its friends and allies.
I hope that rebuilt Twin Towers will one day stand proud as a symbol of your country’s indomitable spirit. May they inspire the entire world once more.
Your friend from Québec,
Jean-Philippe Larivière
Twins should be rebuilt! America wont ever be the same without them!!!!
Rebuild the Twin Towers!!!
build them up! exactly the same!
I agree with your cause of replacing the twin towers, no other statement would strike home to whoever carried out these attacks. I have visited New York and love the spirit and determination you guys have, here’s to a peaceful future for all of us. Good luck with your efforts, David from England
I agree with Donald Trump.
Well they sure were some great damn buildings and should be rebuilt. I can’t possible understand how they allowed the Freedom towers to be built instead of the Twin Towers, weren’t the Twin Towers the icon of New York? Back in ’01-’02 they told me they would replace the Twin Towers, but there still is nothing out there, with the simple design of the Twin Towers, we could’ve rebuilded them back in 2004 but nooo…
Good luck boys, hopefully I’ll get to stand upon them once…
To me there is really no logical reason that can be made for not re-building the twin towers.
Quite simply, the people who should have the final say should be the families of the victims.
In fact you could say that the decision should have been theirs from the beginning, and from what I’ve heard they support re-building the towers rather than the freedom tower.
I’m quite certain Mr. Obama would agree that the families deserve the final say.
I will pray that your cause is successful.
TTA Note: The only thing we will add to Clint’s comment is that the family that counts the most is the American Family — we all have a big stake in this outcome.
Rebuild these two icons of peace, freedom and democracy.
I’m a Brazilian teenager who prays everyday to they rebuild the Twin Towers, first of all, it’s not too late, we can see the current progress at Ground Zero. It was been 8 or 7 years now since New York wasn’t New York anymore: Terrorists take the towers in New York Skyline, but they never will take the towers from our hearts, and now IS TIME to make these words WORTH.
Nothing less than rebuilding the Twin Towers exactly as they were is acceptable to any world citizen who values freedom and democracy. When the Campanile of St Mark’s Square in Venice collapsed in 1902, the city authorities and the citizens of that other great republic were of one voice when they considered a replacement:
“DOV’ ERA E COM’ ERA” – “HOW IT WAS, AND WHERE IT WAS”.
REBUILD!!!!!!
I live in New Zealand and love America, I would love to go to NYC and hopefully one day when I go I will be able to see the twin towers standing tall.
America was targeted for a reason because it is the best country in the world and other countries are jealous of its power but no other country will stop America’s light from shining.
If the twin towers were rebuilt then America can win the fight and will be in control of the world trade center again and we can finally move on from 9/11.
Rebuild the Twin Towers! :D
Twin Towers
I want to see the twin towers back in new york. I live in england, and ive always wanted to go to new york, but new york just isnt the same as it was when the towers where there. I dont think people want to see the freedom tower or whatever it is called. People want to see the twin towers.
im a british student from manchester, i think every person in this petition is in it for the same reason, they want to make a stand and show how america and american citizens will not be beaten or changed by the act of terrorist scum. re-building the twin towers is the perfect and best way to do this.
I am a British student, who was at junior school, when the Twin Towers were targeted, and one of my ambitions would be to come to america and see where the World Trade Centre, and Twin Towers were. I think that the WTC and the Twin Towers should be rebuilt. I always like looking at pictures of how the Twin Towers used to look like, but it breaks my heart to think of what happened that day! R.I.P all of the people who lost their lives on the day of 9/11. XXXXXXXX
Make the New Yorkers proud of New York! Make the World proud of Manhattan again!
Twin Towers II would represent the acievement of men and the strength of all of us…
Make New York – New York again!
I am a British citizen but a resident of the United States. It still amazes me that those in charge of redeveloping this site ever considered doing anything other than rebuilding the twin towers as they were. Surely that is the only appropriate response available in order to send the message that the terrorists’ impact has not weakened the United States, and that everything is now ‘business as usual’?
Bring back the Twin Towers and let the healing commence.
I remeber how terrible 9/11 was, and I would like to remeber how monumentous it will be when the Twin Towers rise over Manhatten again.
I lived in NH when 9/11 happened. I was devastated. I now live in Australia and the newsagency I get the paper from has an old front page article from their newspaper showing the tragedy.
I miss the towers. I miss the significance that it had. I knew just what city I was looking at when I saw the skyline. Without the towers, I can’t tell anymore.
I may be an Australian resident now but I’m STILL an American Citizen!
The new tower looks like rubbish I would 1000% perfer the classic twin towers. I’ve always wanted to visit the twin towers, if they build the tower I wouldn’t come to New York I would go to LA or something.
the twin towers should be rebuilt exactly like the originals because anything else would be like saying the victims never existed. it would be the biggest message that the world can send out saying you will never beat us. it would be the best memorial you could ever build for the brave people who lost their lives. i’m sure each one of those brave people would want them rebuilt too. god bless the brave and please rebuild the towers.
Hi, I am from Australia and had the pleasure to visit the world trade center back in 1996. I have to say that only 1 structure – one wtc (Freedom Tower) is a gutless response!!! This is not the America that we know back here in Australia. Really the only logical way to go is to re-construct the twin towers larger, stronger and better than ever. This would certainly display a sense of absolute power and triumph over disaster and this is the old America we know back here down under !!!
Rebuild the Twin Towers in all its former glory.
pleaseeeeeee rebuild them the freedom tower looks rediculas whats the point of building 4 when you can build two perfectly beutiful towers bigger stronger and safer REBUILD THEMMMMMM
Don’t peg away at fighting for rebuilding the Twins.
I loved them and I’m looking forward to them again!
Having the same New York before and after 9/11 will be the best answer. We have to show them that they do not have influence on our cities. We should not give them a building coming from their act ! Twin Towers forever !!
rebuild the twin towers taller,stronger and safer not the freedom tower the twin towers were an iconic symbol in america lets show terrorists that they cannot take that away!!!
The proposed design of the Freedom tower to me is a sign of weakness. New York looked strong with the iconic Twin Towers , and should stand strong once again. The US is a powerful and admired nation. You need to show that if “‘You knock us down , we will spring back up stronger and better than ever before'”.
I always admired the Twin Towers (WTC), after the Liberty Statue it held a high place as an Icon, and was the Financial Life line of the world no doubt.
Now that being lost, only Physically , the same has to be rebuilt Taller and stronger with all the researched technology.
Hi, I´m from Guatemala. I want to see the Twin Towers Again. Please rebuilt them, there are a world icon. The Heart of New York. Thanks.
“I feel this way about it. World trade means world peace and consequently the World Trade Center buildings in New York … had a bigger purpose than just to provide room for tenants. The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man’s dedication to world peace … beyond the compelling need to make this a monument to world peace, the World Trade Center should, because of its importance, become a representation of man’s belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.” — Minoru Yamasaki
If the White House had been destroyed, would you build some condos in it’s place? Please replace this American symbol. The towers should be re-built.
I was born in 1994 and I first remember seeing the Twin Towers in a movie in 1997 when I was 3. I remember thinking wow such tall big towers. Thats how I knew New York. Ever since then I wanted to live in New York City. The Twin Towers is how alot of people know NYC. If there were no Twin Towers, I never would’ve known about NYC until probably the age of 10. The old WTC was soo beautiful. I like the design, reminds me of the 90’s. The Freedom tower is just ugly. I want the old ones back.
Rebuild
I allways dreamed of going over to america one day… to go up the twin towers.
Now I realize my dreams are not completely abolished.
If the freedom tower is ever created, I will never have anything to do with them.
America, stick up for yourself.
Do you honestly think, that surrendering to those terrorists is the best option.
They took thousands of lives, that were not theirs to take,
Don’t let them take America’s spirit.
Rebuild!!! Show the terrorists how weak they really are.
The Twin Towers were an icon to New York, and a symbol of freedom to this country. They Must be brought back, but built with heavier materials, and more structurally sound, so 9/11 will never happen again. They Should move them offset and have the reflecting pool, in the place were the original towers were to show they will always be there in our hearts. The Freedom Tower is a nice idea, but doesn’t fit New York
The new tower stands out only because of the ground where it will be built, and for no other reason.
I can’t think of anything more powerful or defiant than to see the towers rebuilt.
REBUILD THEM!!!!!
The freedom tower would be a big shard of glass creating a scar on the face of New York and America.
Bring back the towers !
The towers were iconic, if they can survive this long without being forgotten. Then there is something special about them. They weren’t just any ordinary glass tower block.
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS! JOIN ME, AS WE MAKE THE WISH FOR THE NEW TWIN TOWERS AT September 8, at 8:08! New York City deserves its king!
I was only 5 when the twin towers were attacked. I remember sitting on the floor in my lounge room waiting for my favourite children’s television shows to come on. They didn’t. Instead, ABC was reporting on the story of 2 commercial jet airliners that were hijacked and flown into the Twin Towers. Only as I grew older have I realised the importance of what happened on that day. If we rebuild the twin towers we are showing terrorists around the world that we are resilient and will not be kept down by them.
Rebuild these fine towers
It’s been 8 years! New York looks so naked now. Don’t let “him” win. They managed to rebuild Dresden and Berlin not to mention Hiroshima and Nagasaki in a reasonable amount of time and they were entire cities but you can’t rebuild two towers due to bureaucratic bickering? Re-invent them a little bit fair enough but get the most famous skyline in the world back to its former glory at any cost.
Marvin James
Liverpool, UK
I’m not frm USA but I lyk this country and hav a few felow countrymen who worked and died in 9.11.Watchng the news and the real footages of the scene made me feel realy sad and mad(i’m sure evrybody felt the same way).I feel super sory for the victims and their families.Those animals who participated for this tragedy to happen and are still out there should be burned alive! Not rebuilding the Twin Towers also says “You won terrorists”. AMERICA CAN AND SHOULD BRING TWIN TOWERS BACK TO LIFE.
I come from Glasgow, Scotland and have always loved NYC. I visit the city regularly and love it dearly.
The iconic image of the towers stays with me since early childhood; there’s something missing everytime I visit or see images of downtown Manhattan.
Rebuild and show defiance against terrorism.
Don’t scar New York’s skyline forever!
Rebuild the towers.
-Lisbon, Portugal
I was only young when the twin towers fell. I now at 13 years old look at the sky line of new york and feel there is something missing from what was a beatiful sky line. I enjoy watching the programme ‘friends’ just to see if I can spot the twin towers in it, i am obsessed with them. they should be rebuilt.For my birthday someone bought me a picture of the sky line and i could not look at it so i told my dad to take it back to the shop. please rebuild them make america america again.
Hello
The events of September when it happened on 11.9.2001
I was only 10 years and I’m from the Middle East, now I remember the scene very frightening
I was child, but there is something in my heart told me that this is something bad and dangerous
Now I am 18 years old and very sad because of what happened
It was a normal working day suddenly turned into a disaster
In the eighth anniversary heard in the news that there is still Ground Zero as it is not the project ends
Discussed in the Internet and knew everything about design
And I chose to rebuild the Twin Towers
It’s the best building in the world and I think that this is also what made terrorists destroy it
But do not anyone will be able to destroy life in the heart of New York City
So I found it my duty to join with you and encourage you
I’m with the Twin Towers
But we will be to see the twins towers again rise in the skies of New York high and lofty say to every terrorist
I’m back again will not be able any person to collapse me
Yes for twin towers
World with you YES TWIN TOWERS
Ahmed
I dont have alot to say but i would really like to see the towers rebuilt. Anytime NY comes to mind i think of Lady liberty, the empire state building and of course the beloved twin towers. Visiting NY for the 1st time soon, wish they were still there :(
If a natural monument, feature or landmark was destroyed then we could only remember how it was but here is an opportunity to rebuild something that was manmade to start with, and with better technology and safety measures. The Freedom Tower just looks a ghastly and the fact that it has been plagued by controversy is a bad omen.
The idea of building this monstrosity that is called the Freedom Tower, and not either the original or proposed World Trade Center 2 towers is a heinous crime not only to New York, but to the rest of the world. Even though originally they were built just as any other commercial building, and belonged to the financial market, over the years it belonged to the people becoming as iconic as the Statue Of Liberty, even more so now. Please, listen to the people, rebuild the icons not the lifeless proposed plans.
Good luck in your just fight, I’m hoping, wishing, and praying that you succeed for all of us.
TTA Note: Actually, they were the only commercial structures we know of that were NOT “built just as any other commercial building,” but were dedicated to fostering world peace through world trade from their inception — quite an extraordinary pedigree and distinction worthy of being defended and upheld.
Its the best tribute and the best stand of defiance that could ever be done if this plan went ahead everyone would always remember.
Rebuild and re-ignite New York City!
Rebuild them!
They knock down the Twin Towers… and America wants to build only ONE in their place?! That’s like half a life bar in a video game. It’ll send the message that whoever did this are succeeding in their aims.
IF WE REBUILD THE WTC – MODERNIZED, HARDER, BETTER, STRONGER – WE SEND OUT THE MESSAGE THAT THEY’LL NEVER KNOCK US DOWN.
Make New York New York again. These buildings must be rebuilt.
im from monterrey mexico but i live in the united states,
I LOVE THE WORLD TRADE CENTER!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REBUILD THEM
PLEASE!
i didnt get a chance to go up the first twin towers of the world trade center, but i really really! want to go to new york and see it as new york with the twin towers!
i would love to go up the new twin towers of the world trade center!
please please please rebuild!
its the right thing to do!
RIP to all the victims of 9/11
we need new york to be new york!
Gob blessed america with the twin towers. God bless all the victims. i really think bringing them back will cause more loving memories to many ppl. Its the right response to bring them back b/c u show the terrorists that we’re not done yet.
I love the twin towers. On september 11th my mom came home from work. And saw me crying she turned on the T.V and was stunned.It was 11:00 a.m. witch meant the towers were already down. I was 5 when they came down. Now I am 12 about to turn 13. I have researched alot about twin towers. Watched videos. And even made tributes. But i still cant get that sicking feeling out of my heart. Only way to get it out is to rebuild the twin towers. 65ft higher so they are tallest buildings in the world again
Big YES for TWINS!! Rebuild!!!
i think we need to rebuild the twin towers! they where amazing! and im from the UK and im 12. on the day of september 11th i was at school so i didnt know about the whole thing and i was to young to understand but now i think shoud get them back! im hoping this petition might make a change!
You have to call people. — 7000 — thats not enough for changes!!! You need hundreds of thousands signatures, and I`m in! Rebuild them!! God help You!
TTA Note: Thank you… If people had any idea that there is a movement and a real plan we surely would have hundreds of thousands of signatures — but then we wouldn’t need a petition… If people knew that there is a viable Twin Towers option, it would be all over for that tower that is such a glaring symbol of tyranny, not freedom. And they will know — it is our constant aim. It really is just a matter of time…
Good Luck in your fight to rebuild the originals. I sure hope it happens and dis-heartens all terrorists through out the world. Once again good luck to everyone involved in the Twin Towers Alliance.
The Twin Towers must be REBUILT!!
Not only an icon for the City of New York, but an icon for the entire World.
Miranda (The Netherlands)
Rebuild the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center!
New York City is incomplete without them.
Carlos (The Netherlands)
I believe that replacing the old towers as opposed to going with the current watered down and non-inspiring project would be a great tribute to the families involved with this tragedy, would replace one of New York’s iconic landmarks and also show the resilience and strength of this city and the nation as a whole.
Rebuild the towers! That is what the people wants.
Rebuild them!!! Not rebuilding the twin towers would be a disgrace. Make New York New York again! Stand up against terrorism, show them they cannaot alter the skyline. Lets not give them the satisfaction. Rebuild in the honour of the famalies, the people and the heroic firefighters who died that day. Build the towers taller and stronger and show terrorists around the world that we as people, although we might stumble or get knocked down, we will come back stronger and prevail!
I was 8 years old when the twin towers went down and I have always thought why dont they rebuild them. I am coming to New York next year 2010 because I love the look and atmosphere of New York. I think that the twin towers were the most beautiful buildings ever, they stood taller than anything else and it was as if to say “here I am” and I liked that. Obviously I don’t live in America but that just shows if it has had that much of an affect on me then the people of America will agree.
The Twin Towers must come back. They are the look of America. They look powerful, and are much more beautiful than the freedom tower.
Twin Towers, come back!
Hello, I’m from Auckland, New Zealand and I’m 15 years old. One day I wish to live in New York city and it would be a truly amazing thing if these towers were rebuilt instead of the so called ‘Freedom Tower’. I was only young when 9/11 occurred, but the day still rings out to me and will always remember waking in the morning and finding watching those shocking images, I still check this website everyday for updates. So please for the sake of us all, LET’S REBUILD!!
These were superb buildings. The ideal solution for Ground Zero.
You can knock them down, but they will always be rebuilt.
Rebuild the Twin Towers.
when i think about NY… the first thing that comes to anyone’s mind is the World Trade Center… and why the icon of the wealth and prosperity is not rebuilt is the question which should be asked! because by not rebuilding the original WTC America has proved to the world that they have given in to the whims of Osama bin Laden… that America is afraid and that the people of America is afraid.
Hello, I am Nathan and I am 12! Please rebuild the twin towers so I can see them again and so can everybody else! When I think about New York I think WTC! We cant let these terrorists win! I would like my future children and their children to see it! So please have a heart! REBUILD THE ORIGINAL TWIN TOWERS BUT STRONGER AND NO LOCKS ON THE LIFT DOORS!
Keep the Freedom Tower – but rebuild the Twin Towers too – use this design and also have Donald Trump help
iye go frit
i always wanted to go up when but and it would a honour to fullfil my childhood dream
The Twin Towers was a wonderful construction destroyed by two airplanes pilot by terrorists 11-S, after these moment the world change and NY Without WTC1 and WTC2 is very different. The plan of Freedom Tower and other buildings different than Twin Towers isn’t appropiate to Ground Zero (isn’t representative such was old Twin Towers). The old Twin Towers were more than simple towers, were a NY, US , America and Worldwide Symbol, and must be reconstructed.
Greetings from Concepcion, Chile
It is incredible that 1 World Trade Centre is being allowed to proceed. It is a sure sign of defeat to Al Qaeda. For all of us across the world that were affected by this disaster the only possible way to stand up and prove our will against such appalling behaviour is to rebuild the Twin Towers and show the Manhatten skyline as we all knew it. It is the only fitting and appropriate way to honour all those that lost their lives by proving that we will not be defeated by extremists – rebuild both!
I live in England and recently came back from an amazing trip to New York. It was really upsetting to see Ground Zero and I have always been interested in the 9/11 and what happened. The Freedom Tower looks quite nice, but it just wouldn’t be the same. In my opinion The Twin Towers II is the only choice! I hope this idea goes ahead, good luck!
I add my name to the list. Cause i knew NY before the tragic events on 9/11. And i would love to see those towers in the sky again. Oboy, what a sight it was!
New York will never be the same without the Twin Towers. I was 12 yrs old when they went down. I always wanted to visit and stand in top of them but I never got the chance. It should be Rebuilt Better and Stronger so my dream to stand on them can become real. REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!!! so New York will be New York again!!! NO Freedom Tower!!! it would be a disgrace if it is built!
It’s got to be the Twin Towers. When I visit New York I really miss them not being there.
I was 16 when the twin towers went down and I will never forget that day because the eleventh of september is also my birthday. I´d like the twin towers would be rebuilt and I think this is the best way to get over from the terrorist attack. From Spain!
We must rebuild the Twin Towers! New York without the Twin Towers, it seems empty. This skyscrapers, were the greatest in the world. Freedom Tower – a terrible project.
Rebuild the Twin Towers!
New York City should look forward, but must not allow any outside change to be unnaturally imposed on the spirit of this greatest city of the world.
First of all, I’m a citizen of other nation. Anyhow, I just want to support in rebuilding the TWIN towers in the WTC site- better, stronger, & taller! in this way we can remember the memories of the wounded hearts of the thousands of people killed/victims on that terrible day, also this is a bolder message to send terrorists that New York or the USA will NOT be defeated. “We can make things possible if we truly believe we can.” Restore the New York skyline to it’s previous beauty.
Freedom Tower, along with the rest of the new WTC Complex is completely meaningless, bearing no memory to those who lost their lives on 9/11/01. I cannot emphasize this next point enough… Stop building that monstrosity that is ‘Freedom Tower’ and bring back the icons of the American Economy – The Twin Towers! A poll conducted by MSNBC found that 92% of Americans would want to see the Twin Towers rise from the ground again. 8% want to destroy New York. Pretty conclusive I would say.
When you were young, made buildings with Lego or Sandcastles at the beach. Lets take sandcastles, you build two. Then somebody comes along and intentionally knocks them both down. Would you rebuild both or just one? Personally, I would rebuild both! One is like admitting defeat. But two, standing taller, signify power and pride. To summerize the above: Rebuild the Twin Towers!
The NYC skyline is just not the same anymore..
It’s a puzzle with 2 pieces yet to be found, them pieces are the Twin Towers.
Lets get them back up there, doing America proud and showing the world that no matter what, we fight back and become bigger and better than ever
Build them stronger and more robust than ever±
Mat L from England, United Kingdom
Any other building than the two towers of the WTC will be a shame. Rebuild now!
I was 11 when the towers were hit. I still remember how shocked I was. I remain shocked to this day. Please, rebuild the towers, as a sign of your resolve and unwillingness to give up. It will fill every freedom-lover’s heart with joy all over the world.
Please, if the government has any respect for the people of America and of course, those who were deeply effected by the tragic event of September 11th 2001, then they shall rebuild the towers in memory of those who died that day.
Stop the construction of the freedom towers now, and let us show the terrorists that they have not, and never will win.
God bless America
Your British brother
Jason Connelly
The twin towers were a beautiful landmark of the city. Those unmistakeable towers were unique to the city and played a big role in the heart and spirit of the city of New York. A classic work of art unlike the plans for a trendy fashionable new Freedom Tower which would quite frankly stick out like a sore thumb amongst the rest of the Manhattan skyline. As a future resident of New York City, I hope for nothing more than to see these towers stand tall and strong, regaining the beauty of the New York skyline.
To not rebuild the Twin Towers is to admit defeat and acknowledge the terrorists won. There is only one New York skyline and the ‘politically correct’ plan does not restore that. If you want to show courage, unity and strength there is only one way to do that. Rebuild the Twin Towers.
To not rebuild the Twin Towers back to its ORIGINAL WAY is admitting defeat and failure to these “Terrorists” who committed these acts, the Twin Towers should NEVER be replaced by the Freedom Tower… Give the Americans what they want, to stop building this Freedom Tower and REBUILD the Twins Towers the exact way as they were prior to September 11 2001.
Australia
I was really fortunate enough to visit the twin towers on 2 occasions during a short holiday to Manhatten in October 1993, Ironically, a few months after a previous terrorist attack. I visited the outside viewing area from the top of the South Tower both at day, and at dusk. The view of the city captured my heart. Nowhere on Earth can give you that amazing feeling or view of the best city in the world, bar none.
Don’t let these brainless maniacs take our way of life from us. Rebuild the towers.
I always had a fascination for the World Trade Center Twin Towers. I was devastated when 9/11 occured. I along with thousands of others never had a chance to see the WTC in person and rebuilding it not only proves America’s stand as a strong country, it also shows that it has made a comeback and nothing can stop it.
New York IS the skyline we used to see. It simply IS. Seing anything else, as the Freedom Tower (nothing against its design) means showing that terrorist CHANGED our lives. NO, they didn’t! Let’s show them they didn’t and that we are strong as ever, as before.
What better way to show American Spirit than to re-build these towers!
The towers of world trade center had always been an American symbol. I am Brazilian and here in Brazil all want the towers as it was before and I am certain that everybody also wants this. I do not know to say English, I used a translator to say these words, but valley imposes a fine on an effort it reconstructs this project of the towers therefore is what more it is come close to the americano symbol!
TTA Note: Since it was obviously important to him to leave this message, but the second part was so unclear, we wrote to ask if he would like to send us his comments in Portugese. When we get them translated we will add them — but for now, here is the Portugese. If anyone reads this who can help with the translation, please let us know at rebuild@twintowersalliance.com.
Olá, posso repetir o comentário sim, em português!
As torres do World Trade Center sempre foram um sÃmbolo americano. Eu sou brasileiro e aqui no Brasil todos querem as torres como eram antes e estou certo de que todas as pessoas também querem assim. Aquele dia…11 de setembro de 2001 um dia tão triste, tão trágico para tantas famÃlias, o mundo inteiro acompanhou pedindo a Deus que tudo acabasse bem. Mas New York sem as Torres Gêmeas Não é New York. Ainda não conheço NY mas pretendo visita-la ano que vem, sei que não encontrarei as torres lá, mas gostaria muito de saber que estão sendo reconstruÃdas outras torres iguais as anteriores. Eu vi o projeto atual da ‘torre da liberdade’ achei ”ridÃculo”. Dou a maior força para que sejam reconstruÃdas as verdadeiras torres, pois elas sim são um Ãcone da historia, e se precisar assino mil vezes para que as Torres Gêmeas voltem.
Atenciosamente, João Paulo Queiroz da Silva.
Observação: mudei um pouco o comentário.
Generations to come will have to put up with the mess that currently burdens the WTC site, no-one in their right mind should let that happen.
Why not the one world trade center looks like a load of krap
It seems that if they continue to build this shoddy replacement tower, the terrorists have won. Not only that, the arabs tower in Dubai is taller!
We’ll never forget!
I signed up, because I think that you can only oppose your opinion to the terrorists, if you don’t let yourself be slammed down.
I’ll never forget the majestetic view of the Twin Towers.
I’ll always remember the beautifulness of the WTC.
As a firefighter I will mourn for all firefighters and medical staff that lost their lives at the attack even if I never new them. I only donated a few mony but I hope it will help to hit our target.
We’ll never forget OUR 343
Build the towers
Build them for the families who lost a loved one, to the hero’s who gave there lives, to the American people, build them for the world…..show the ones involved that they will not win.
God Bless America
Your Canadian Friend
America without the Twin Towers is like Microsoft without a computer. For the sake of all that makes sense, rebuild the Twin Towers. Standing, they would represent a nation of great power, for which you should be proud. Freedom Tower represents a nation defeated by terrorists, for which you will be ashamed.
The twin towers were beautiful buildings, and although I don’t see greater sense in this petition I give my vote for it, because if you don’t fight, then you’ve already lost.
I never got the chance to climb to the top of the WTC (always saw it in ‘Kevin Lost in New York’ at the beginning) but it was taken away from me with the attacks. I admire the architecture and I think it matches the skyline much better than a supermodern building and that it’s NOT a vilification of the victims of 9/11.
the twin towers should be rebuilt, its common sense, why build another building that isnt the same and only 1 of them, they should be rebuilding the twin towers pretty much totally identical to the first ones tho maybe a bit taller, stronger and more resistant, the 1st ones were completed in 1970 its now 2010 there is alot more advancments in modern technology and construction though this idea will likely fail as the new single tower has already far began construction. rebuild the twin towers WTC.
TTA Note: Even those who don’t think we have a chance know that what is going up is wrong and say so. Fortunately, we have a much better chance than he or she thinks.
The Twin Towers should be rebuilt in memory of those lost on 9/11. When someone is down, they get back up, and so should the Twin Towers.
Deepest respect and support from people of the UK.
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It’s been almost ten years and still nothing. If the new One World Trade Center is all we’ve got, then at least give it a twin. For thirty years the New York skyline as we knew it had two towers as the focal point; if they don’t come back, the terrorists have won. Deepest respect to those who lost their lives and those who worked to save them, and I believe restoring the skyline and the original World Trade Center complex would be a true tribute.
It hasnt really affected me until recently when I did some reasearch into several different areas of 9/11. Although I live in the UK seeing the New York skyline without the towers is incomplete and shows the terrorists won. I have always wanted to visit the towers. Please rebuild them.
I’m 15 and from Switzerland and say:Rebuild them! NYC is without the twin towers not so beautiful! About 9/11: America, wake up! Watch the Terrorstorm documentary!
This beautiful and well done project is the only reasonable answer to terrorism.
To heal the wound of 9/11 it’s necessary to rebuild the original skyline of New York!
America, NYC specifically, is like an incomplete jigsaw puzzle. Thing is, the people at Ground Zero holds the final pieces of the puzzle and, to this day, still refused to put it back to where they truly belong.
In short, America, The Beacon of Democracy, is not complete without the Towers, and the sad part is, your own leaders are the ones responsible for its authenticity.
Just to shorten a long comment, we all see the current plan there as an unjustifiably senseless waste of precious time, valuable resources and effort. http://vimeo.com/15250258
Towers must be rebuild! This the only appropriate answers to terrorist and to show that USA is back and never forget !
the first time i heard about the twin towers i was just 6 years old and i had to leave my infant school early and we watched the news about the disaster and i think they should build not one freedom tower but two freedom towers but the second tower should have no spire like the first tower dose have and they should scrap the plans of letting the original 2nd tower from being built and let a twin of the freedom tower be built next to it just like the old twin towers
I would love to see the twin towers, WTC one and two, built exactly as they were originally. I believe by doing this, America can begin to take back what was so violently stolen on that day. As a Canadian, I would love to see them rebuilt, as this would to me, be the true American spirit shining through.
It amazes me how it has turned out to be so complicated. It’s so simple…
America will only show it’s strength if you rebuild what was taken from you. If you don’t rebuild the WTC as it was, basically the terrorists will win and finally accomplish what they always wanted: America losing all it’s glory and become a weak country living in fear!
That’s what the Freedom Tower stands for: fear and acceptance!
America fails with the ordinary Freedom Tower! New York will never be the same… America will never be the same…
Bruno Peixoto from Lisbon, Portugal
THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA AND ALL AROUND THE WORLD WHO BELIEVE IN SHOULD DEMAND THIS NO MATTER HOW FAR ALONG IN THE PROCESS THEY ARE. THE FREEDOM TOWER WILL STAND AS A SYMBOL OF BUREAUCRATIC ARROGANCE AND BUNGLING FOR YEARS TO COME BUT WORST OF ALL WILL REMAIN A DREADFUL EYESORE–NEITHER IS ITS FLAWED DESIGN REDEEMABLE. REBUILD THE INDOMITABLE SPIRIT OF AMERICA–REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS EVEN GREATER THAN THEY WERE — WE MUST STAND TOGETHER UNTIL OUR TRUE FREEDOM AND HONOUR ARE RESTORED
VOX POPULI DE
As has been said a thousand times, for us non-Americans, twin towers represented America. The void created by their destruction cannot in any way be filled by any other structure.
please rebuild the twin towers its what the people of america and the world want
I have always thought two totally revamped and updated interiors, but with the exteriors looking exactly like the original North and South Towers of the WTC was the best tribute and strongest response to the events of 9/11/01. Nothing would please me more. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRW92eEZtj8
As child I dreamed of to see the twin towers live. They were a symbol of freedom for me. I lived behind the wall in east germany (GDR) to that time. On September 11, 2001, after the wall fell down, it was too late. Today I still dream of to see the twin towers in New York. Please, make my dream come true.
France always loved the Americans; and what happened to NY and to its people affected us as much as if it had happened in Paris and to our Eiffel Tower! But there couldn’t be another shape for the Eiffel tower or it wouldn’t be the Eiffel tower anymore! Americans should stand up all together for the rebuilt of the exact same skyline which made the identity of NY, maybe with improved materials, but with the exact same shape! These towers are part of your patrimony and should be rebuilt as such.
i think the best thing to do is say no to the freedom tower and say yes to rebuild the twin tower and make the twin tower stronger and bigger and better stant up and speek out
Rebuild the twin towers if you don’t then the terrorist have won they knocked them down if we don’t rebuild then they won let’s do the right thing for all free person in this world scrap the freedom tower (wtc1) and build the twin towers it’s what we want it’s what the new york sky line needs urgent!!!!!!!!
we all want to see these towers rebuilt. the freedom tower does not represent freedom as it was not the peoples choice. they should be rebuilt with pride and passion as that is what makes america the contry it is and that is freedom loving nation. (uk)
I once had the chance to go up the original towers but never did. Rebuilding them would give me that chance again and this time I’ll take it.
NEW YORKS SKYLINE IS NOT THE SAME WITHOUT THEM
I want the Twins back cuz they were an icon in the NY Skyline, Freedom tower it’s nice, but it doesn’t have story, it won’t make fell like what is New York, and to show to those f*cking terrorist than they lost, nothing better than rebuild them again. I believe every new yorker and even every american wants the twins back, 7 billions wasted and almost 0 progress. They should have respect towars who died inside, and the family members of those people. We can’t forget what happened that day, b
The Twin Towers II need to be built and not the 1 WTC (freedom tower).It is not New York City without the Twin Towers.Please rebuild the Twin Towers II and bring back the stunning New York City skyline.
I remember 9/11 and being deeply affected by what I saw that day. But I also felt powerless to help.
Canada is not known for being outspoken, but those born in the countryside of the Western provinces, we are strong and moral and will ALWAYS support our neighbors in the USA as we support our neighbors at home.
By not rebuilding the Towers, you are allowing the terrorists to define for America what is right & religously correct to do.
This is allowing the terrorists to win after our countries have lost so many soldiers in that region.
Your politicians should be ashamed.
I think that the Twin Towers should be rebuilt cause it symballised what America stood for and stills stands for today. If the American goverment should give back what the American people want, not to be mucked about with some funny looking building called “the Freedom Building”, seen a picture of the Freedom Building and I think it looks very disgusting, goverment should give the Twin Towers back to the American people and the way I see it if that is what the American people want then the American people should get.It will put the 9/11 families mind at ease and would be the perfect memorial
No other building in the world is more distinctive then the twin towers.
While I’m not American and the towers are gone they symbolise the land of opportunity and the American spirit.
The freedom tower is a pile of junk that ruins the manhattan skyline.
Rebuilding the towers is what everybody wants. Then why build that ugly glass junkyard that don’t belong in New York?
I really hope they don’t build that crap and make NY complete again.
From Norway
Stop building the new WTC!!! Rebuild it like it was!
Dear Americans,
I strongly believe that the Twin Towers should stand AGAIN! I am Canadian and was only 6 years old when the Twin Towers where hit! I was nestled tightly in my bed that morning, as I was Living in BC, so we were on Pacific Time. I remember my mom wouldn’t let me watch the T.V that day, I get very upset over these things. Anyways, I believe that nothing would make America prouder than to have their Twin Towers back. I know, it would make me proud to be in the neighboring country. I am proud of America, now and forever. Although I am Canadian, I would like you to know.
I’m 14 girl from Czech Republic, who really love the Twin Towers. I believe it’s not too late to rebuild them and restore the beautiful skyline of New York. I think the Freedom Tower isn’t safe, because it’s mostly made of glass. The Freedom Tower isn’t pretty such the Twin Towers, it looks like it’s from the space. The memorial doesn’t look spectacular and it’s expensive for the maintenance. The memorial with flags and with the wall sections is better. The Twin Towers were beautiful and unique buildings with pretty view. Inside of them it looks magnificent and spacious. Why don’t rebuild?
BE PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!
I believe we should rebuild the twin towers as I feel that every time I look, there is a massive hole in the new york skyline that needs to be filled with glory.
Well, I’m Australian. Also I’m 12 and you may think just because I’m 12 means I don’t know about 9/11. America was heartbroken when their beloved Twin Towers had collapsed. I think Everyone would agree that we need the old design back! It suits New York. It’s not too late to rebuild them…… Lots of people will be happy that their buildings are back and ready for business. They are the heart of New York City. Don’t forget them……..
Rebuild the world trade center a little higher than it was before. America must show what they are made of. Americans are not cowardly fools that will let themselves or their country be affected by foreign scum. It’s a matter of principles.
Good luck.
this great nation should rebuild in order to pay tribute to all involved. to show that were not afraid. we don’t stand back. we will all continue fighting for what is right!
I visited New York on 2008. Obviously, I was late. A very important part of New York was missing. Please, return New York’s original Skyline.
hi im from england i want to see those 2 lovely towers built again because they were the icon of american society. unfortunetly living on the otherside of the atlantic i never got to see them. but wouldn’t it be great if they got rebuilt. :-) they were AWSOME. some day i hope to go to america and new york and maybe, just maybe i could see them standing tall in all there grace and glory. love fom the UK
joby
I’m from Auckland, New Zealand and I came to New York for a holiday in 2008. I love New York and had always dreamed of going there as a young child. I had seen this amazing city through watching many movies. I was absolutely devastated and sad when 9-11 happened. I remember watching on tv back in New Zealand crying and thinking WHY?? Terrorism is something which makes no sense to me. I dreamed of coming to your gorgeous city for years and years and always wanted to go to the lookout at the top of the towers. I was captured by everything about these wonderful sky scrapers. PLEASE REBUILD THEM!
Hi, I’m a 13 year old from London, England. My family and I stayed in New York for a month when I was only 4 years old. I have no memories of visiting except for walking next to one of the towers. We left, and 8 days later the twin towers were no more. It’s an event I feel close to though I’m no New Yorker. I think the “Freedom Tower” is a disgusting idea, all I want to see are those 2 towers that I remember from so long ago! BRING US BACK THE TWIN TOWERS! If America is a nation, then Americans should decide what to build, not just a few in power!
im from poland im 24 years old, i cant forget those beautiful towers and what happened!!! it was my dream to go and see twins live, they took it from me with all lifes we lost on 9/11, it shouldnt happned, please rebuild twin towers, new york without old wtc is no more new york!
Iconic towers, my favourite buildings in the world. Freedom tower is an insult to all those who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001. “Reflecting Absence” is an awful, impratical memorial which resembles two massive toilets. Thank God there are people like Ken Gardner out there who are dedicated to see those towers rise, that breaktaking observation deck return overlooking the best city on earth and the lights of the twin towers to brighten the spirits of the world, and to dim the lights of cowards like Osama bin Laden.
I live in Canada but I hear and feel the pain of every New Yorker all the way over here! I’m sorry if anyone dissagrees but I think that to build anything less then a memoral and or re-build the Twin Towers is an insult. That ground is sacred (like a church or a cemetery, when you think of how many people lost there lives on that ground) anything less then a testament to what the original Towers stood for or a memoral to the fallen is just WRONG!!!!!
I can imagine that not only 80% of the American citizens want their towers back, but also 80% of the complete Western civilization. And I am one of them. Rebuild, and add one extra floor in each, to show those terrorists that they can destroy steel and concrete, but that they will never be able to destroy the Western morality: FREEDOM!
May all the 9/11 victims rest in peace.
Greetings from Holland.
Hello people who love old, good and beautiful Twins. I was dreaming to come to New York City and see WTC towers. Now is destroyed and Mr. Silverstein wants build one Freedom tower, which in my opinion has a terrible desing.
So please Mr. Silverstein and many others who wants Freedom tower, rebuild old Twin towers and make NYC same as was before 9/11 attacks. You will make a lot of people happy.
Yours sincerely Lukas from Slovakia
Ever since the attacks happend that day in september, i believe america has never been the same or will be again and lost so much! The skyline will never look complete again without those two towering towers standing bold and smart! The new freedom tower may be a small effort at building for the fututre but has no connection with the past towers and is no way a replacement to the originals!
In my opinon if any new towers were to be bulit, it would only be fitting to rebuild the orginal towers, identical exterior features but much needed and improved safety and economical features inside!
Hello, my name is Mackenzie. i’m from Canada, and i never knew what 9/11 was until i researched it. and i am mad because those heartless terrorists destroyed one of my dreams. i would love to see those towers stand again. thanks for reading.
I was nine when I saw the events on the news on that sad day. I was frightened and shocked as much as a kid could be. Even then I understood what was lost – America has lost its symbol. But this movement can change it all, and I really want it to succeed. Back in the day whenever I thought of the US, I always imagined the Twin Towers. And now since I’ve saw this movement, I want to take part in it and help America be the way it was, as strong as can be. Do not allow some terrorists change you and break you. Show them your strength!!! Rebuild your icon the way it was! Never give in!
Starting my early days I am keening on the Twin Towers. I am keening on their beauty and their interesting construction but tragedy. Twin Towers were one of the most honorable places in the world, you know. People all around the world know them.
That time had slipped and only North Tower has remained.
I do not think that it is good idea to build Ground Zero because I think it is not real replacement of Twin Towers.
Anyway I hope that Twin Towers will be rebuilt. Even if it will take 30 years.
I’m a Peruvian (now an American citizen,too) living in the U.S for 17 years, and like everybody in the world I was horrified by the terrorists attacks against New York. I can’t still watch the destruction of the Twin Towers. I was deeply affected. If you want to honor the lives lost at this tragic event, New York must rebuild their famous Twin Towers, not replacing them. Raising them like the Fenix, will be a slap in the face for those terrorists and show up to them what this country is: Stronger and not easy to give up, but build the Freedom Tower will do the opposite.
Hi! I’m Hungarian, and even if I didn’t see the Twin Towers, and haven’t been to the USA, I want those buildings back! When I see a film, and it sets in New York, and I can’t see the towers in the background I feel that something important is missing. They were symbols, and the two towers were as important as any other famous buildings in the USA. Why build a new one instead of rebuilding them, with doubled safety of course? I want them rebuilt!
The Towers were sublime, exquisite and stunning especially at night. Now, no one will be able to view them, visit them, and enjoy the view from the top, so THE TERRORISTS HAVE SUCCEEDED AND THEIR KIND CAN FOREVER BOAST “HERE WE DID IT”. Also, a certain ambitious architect has succeeded in essentially building a memorial to himself in its place (let’s not go into the ironies of the causes and effects here). Total crying shame, and I don’t feel like visiting New York at all.
I wasn’t a victim of those who died. I alway’s wanted to visted New York. I feel so horrible to those who died in the plane crashes and the world trade center. We should rebuild a stronger building that will better protect everyone. We should put a special palce for those victim so that they can visted the site. My heart goes out to those who died especially the one in flight 93 who fight back and try to save their lives as well as other. Everytime I see a movie that has the world trades center. Or they show the world trade center the day of the attack. My heart go out to those victim.
I always thought they should have been rebuilt exactly the same as before, maybe a little taller with safety in mind so structurally more sound. Similar in idea to the war when Germany blew up a bridge we would rebuild it, they would blow it up again and we would rebuild it again. Stubborn pride in the face of the enemy. Anything less is showing submission and the Manhattan skyline isn’t the same without them. Remember those who lost their lives in a fitting manner. Bring the Twins back !!!
im from the UK and i defo agree that the Twin Towers should be rebuilt the usa is strong and by doing this they would show this to everyone, i remember the day when i got home from school i saw on the news about this it was scary stuff. i really feel sorry for everyone who had to witness such terror that day and my heart goes out to everyone who lost there lives that day
I love the WTC. I went there in july 2000 with family. It was a great day out on the windows on the world. Its so unreal that they are gone. Bring them back!!! God bless America
Rebuild them better and stronger than before. Show the terrorists that they won’t win by knocking down our buildings, that we are strong enough to put them right back.
Hi, I’m Italian. I love your Country and New York too. You know that the Twin Towers were the symbol of your great City in all the world, people of other nations love them, and me too. I hope so much you will rebuild them in all its splendor and stronger than before soon, because Twin Towers were also the symbol of freedom, progress and human strength.
At the bottom, all the world miss them!
A special thought for all victims of 9/11!
Great luck!
New York would never be the same again without those titanic magnificent towers rebuilt again. This is the only restoration of New York image and reputation. This is the best revenge that Americans can do to humiliate terrorists and honor those who paid their lives in that site. New towers that are identical to the ones attacked would be the best memorial and best symbol of a nation that never dies. That’s what I call reincarnation.
Ever since I was a little kid, I have been fascinated by the USA. That dark day almost 10 years ago made me shiver. Even nowadays, this day is burned in my memory. Every time I visit Ground Zero, I get sad and a tear pops to my eyes. However, my love for the country gets stronger and stronger and I am sorry I haven’t been there before the attacks. Because, I have the feeling of never being able to see the real New York, without the Towers.
May we never forget that a deed like this is always lurking behind a corner. And I am sure, one day, the city where the towers once stood, will be my home
The Twin Towers are a historical and engineering landmark those terrorists should not take that landmark away from us. Tell Obama do not build that stupid Freedom Tower and make America America again!
Nobody has ever told New York what to do. The only possible answer she can give her towers’s destroyers is rebuilding them.
We should rebuild the twin towers same way but stronger and safer. Don’t let terrorists win their victory by damaging the faces of NY and the rest of U.S. Thank you and God Bless You all.
I have not, and sadly nor will ever, look upon the old Twin Towers with my own eyes. I have never been to New York, but the abstraction I know only from TV shows and movies is only complete with those two buildings. Like others have said, New York without the Twin Towers is just not the same. If they are rebuilt, it will send a message of defiance to terrorsts, that we refuse to let an iconic skyline be cut down. The opportunity still exists to halt construction of the Freedom Tower at its present height and rebuild the Twin Towers alongside it. We must garner more public support for this.
I really love the Twin Towers. They`re so beautiful. I vould like to see them again in NYC. I hope that one day politicians will understand that we want Twin Towers II.
the world we know the world we love
Everyone has heard of all those conspiracy theories. Either you believe that it was an inside job or you don’t, but it actually doesn’t matter: If we manage to rebuild the twin towers as they were before 9/11, we show the whole world that people still rule and can change a country and that the people are more powerful than the most powerfull men in the world!!
I’m 15, I’m from Switzerland and I have a dream: rebuild the twin towers in New York City!
YES WE CAN!
Be wonderful to see a replica of the original towers built, even though I never saw them physically.
I think Twin Towers MUST be rebuilt! First of all, they were one of the most popular symbols of the United States (like the US Capitol or the White House). They were grand, colossal, impressing, imagination-blowing buildings. Libeskind’s plan is pathetic – it’s nothing. That would fly somewhere in Europe, but not in the US. America has it’s own culture, it’s own architecture, so building European skyscraper in New York City is wrong. Put them back! Put Twin Towers back! Good luck, guys! I hope you’ll make it!
I honestly believe that there would be nothing better than for the people of New York and America than to rebuild the twin towers. Not only were they a big part of America but also a big part of the world. The name I believe is the WORLD Trade Center and because of how many innocent people lost their lives on that tragic day, it would only be right to honor them by rebuilding those monumental figures that everyone loved instead of replacing them. Once you lose a loved one they cannot be replaced, which many of us learned that day. The closest we can come to doing so is by doing the right thing and restoring those towers.
Restoration. Renewal. Repair. Rejuvenation. Revival. Return…Required.
The new plans would look perfectly fine anywhere else in the world.
But not at Ground Zero.
I’ve been to the site twice since 2001. I have my memories. In 50 years time, people need to see that America, and the world, did not bow to terrorism and extremism. The memories will fade with each generation. We cannot allow just another cluster of generic early 21st century vanity projects to be the legacy that endures.
Put it right. Make it whole.
Twin Towers should be back. But I don’t think so because they were and they are my favorite buildings in the world. But because when you fall, you must get back on your feet and go on walking. New York and the United States should say to the world: “we are back in business, again, as usual”.
Building those Towers again would I think put hearts at ease, what they are building now does look nice, but it shouldn’t be related to the original World Trade Center at all, even though its where the Towers were. Even if they put the Towers somewhere else in New York, it means that they are still there for everyone to look at, work at, or even go to the Observation Deck. I’m not an American, but we all feel the same about this.
As a little girl, i’ve always dreamed to visit New York, and especially go on top of the twin towers (my favorite skycrapers ever on every poster or movie.) Years and years later, i finally had the opportunity to visit this wonderful city and felt in love with it. When i went to visit ground zero, i couldn’t feel nothing but sadness seeing this empty space, and what it was about to become. I respect the Freedom tower and its architects, but it doesn’t fit New York. It’s more a Dubai or Shanghai like building, and doesn’t have this ”Manhattan’ atmosphere the twin towers had. I don’t lose hope that maybe someday they can be rebuilt, so i finally can get on top of them and live one of my childhood dreams.
Defiantly rebuild the towers!! Haven’t been to NY yet but will soon and even sooner if they rebuild! It looks friken amazing and to see new Twin Towers would be epic!!!! REBUILD!!!
In 1985, as an Australian,
I stood on The Verrazano Bridge for the start of
The New York City Marathon.
I looked to the left of me and saw the heart and soul of America.
The Stars and Stripes on the bridge,The Statue of Liberty and the World Trade Centre.
My journey was 26.2 miles that day.
Let’s rebuild and continue America’s journey.
las twin towers se deben reconstruir por respeto a las victimas y también porque se habìan transformado junto a la estatua de la libertad en la imagen de New York
Please rebuild the towers. The only other acceptable option would be a park. A modern contruction will be outdatted within 5 years, real eyesore. The fact that the original plans are still available will save a lot of money and we know for sure the project will look perfect once acheived.
Go for the Towers, we miss them.
Please rebuild those wonderful towers who illuminate again New York by there incredible height. The twins towers was really a symbol for the America and even for my country the Canada. Im really sad they was destroyed but we can forget and rebuild. The people who destroyed it don’t merit we stand here to do nothing, we must fight and rebuild the most quick possible to show we are not coward and we are free and trust in God. Im only 16 years old and im not american but i like this country and want to stay on it and i trust you are a free people and these attack show you was able to go in the burning towers to save those bless people who just want one thing, live. Your a people able to be free and bless. You are my heroes forever. Mickael Rivard
Don’t re-place, re-build! If the Whitehouse or Statue of Liberty got hit they would be replaced. 10 years is far too long a wait. If the city of NY own the site and want the towers back then why not?! Much money and time would be saved and a much happier outcome will result. Never give up and never forget the people lost in 9/11.
The United States is not the United states without the original Twin Towers. New York is not New York Without The original Twin Towers. That is why they must be rebuilt as they were before. If you build the skyline different then you bow to the terrorists. Do not bow to them. Build New York as it was before. There could be no stronger Symbol of Freedom and Strength then to see Gleaming new Twin Towers in the New York Skyline.
At the time of the attacks I was only 11 years old, I wish I had the chance to see the twin towers when they stood in all their glory. It was not only the American population that was rocked by the 9/11 attacks, it was the whole world. I remember coming home from school on the day of the attacks and seeing the twin towers collapse and I just broke down crying. To see such devastation was unbearable and I feel for those who lost their lives in the twin towers on that day and indeed the families of those people. I believe that in order for America to fully recover the Twin Towers should be rebuilt as they were only even stronger as a message to the cowards stating YES we built them again and NO you can’t Hurt us anymore. Long live the TwinTowers.
Hi,
I am from England, and think the Twin Towers should be re-built again,
I visted New York in 2003, and went down to Ground 0, to pay my respects,
I would love to return to New York someday, and see those beautiful towers on the New York Skyline once again,
Until i return, God Bless New York.
As Donald Trump said we can’t replace the Statue of Liberty, so also we can’t replace the Twin Towers with ‘The Freedom Tower’. I can’t recognize New York without the Twin Towers and we can’t just stay and watch how they are building something we don’t want… What do you prefer to see Twin Towers or 4 ugly towers?
The twin towers should be rebuilded taller, better & stronger.
The Twin Towers were an American symbol. Just like Lady Liberty, apple pie and many other things. Without the Twin Towers America ain’t the same. And most definitely New York City ain’t the same. The Twin Towers were the most beautiful buildings in the whole world. Those two giants stood there defining hope, courage and liberty. The Twin Towers should be rebuilt. It’s not too late to rebuilt them. If they are rebuild, that means that America has won. The Twin Towers would be symbolising all that is American again. Many people overseas, including me, loved The Twin Towers. I loved everything about those two towers. It’s time to rebuild.
The Twin Towers were THE famous iconic landmarks of New York City. New York just isn’t the same without them. They should be re-built.
It would be so great to rebuild these towers!
Let’s make NY NY again.
I don’t want to see my favorite city looking like Tokyo!!
Rebuild the twin towers !!
I really don’t understand why the new world trade center plan has been approved and is being built. It is a very unsatisfactory replacement for the magnificent, grand and elegant twin towers that were truly awe inspiring and pierced the New York Skyline so beautifully!
The Freedom tower is an odd design that will look out of place in New York, and more to the point doesn’t mean anything. It’s simply another skyscraper out of many that have risen from the ground over the years. As for the other surrounding towers that accompany it, disgraceful is not even the word. They are all at random heights and at different angles which frankly, look odd.
The whole design looks like an art project designed by a high school kid… That cannot be the case! REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!!
REBUILD!
It’s such a scandal and a shame that they are building this stupid Freedom Tower that it is not even called by that name anymore. It’s just named ‘One World Trade Center’ and that’s a big disgrace. Not only from Mayor Bloomberg but also from ex-governor Pataki and Mr. Silverstein and all the other people who supported it.
This New WTC complex with their stupid One World Trade Center is a big embarrasment not only to the Great People of America but to the whole world and to our future offsprings. Even here in Holland people are thinking it’s a joke about the new WTC with how long it took to start to rebuild and with what they are building right now.
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!!!! :) that’s the only and right thing to do.
I have lived for 5 years in NY state when I was younger and went visiting the Twin Towers Observation Deck around 1980 for the 1st time, and 1990 for the last time. In 2001, like every cityzens around the World, I was shocked by the tragedy of September 11th, but also shocked by NY politicians arrogance toward the rebuilding of the WTC, especially Silverstein and Bloomberg, they are the same as the one who is leading the country where I live.
I have returned twice in NY since 2001, but something is deeply missing in Manhattan and I thought it would be rebuild as it use to be before 2001. NY deserves much better then this horrific Freedom Tower, the Ken Gardner project is absolutely fabulous, it must become reality.
Best regards from France.
Lets make NY be NY aganin, rebuild the Twin Towers ii stronger and taller!!
I am in favour of rebuilding the Twin Towers. I like the new 1 WTC however the Twin Towers should be rebuilt and surpass the Freedom Tower. The Twin Towers showed everything America was, great, united and powerful in many aspects. The Freedom Tower represents America’s resilience against any attack no matter how devastating. Rebuilding the Twin Towers would be the ultimate memorial honouring those who gave their lives to save others and ordinary, innocent workers who perished in the tragic events of 9/11. America is the most powerful nation in the world so why let a minority ruin that and show them what America is really about and win by rebuilding those magnificent towers, this time stronger and taller to once again be the greatest buildings
Please bring back the Twins to New York. New York is not New York without the towers. They were and are an icon on the skyline of New York. Freedom tower and other buildings will never become icons. Towers were the power freedom and liberty of America. Since 2001 they became more. I think the real weekness is not rebuild them. America must show the terrorists they will never win no matter what buildings they destroy. Twin Towers II would be stornger and higher and would show the world the terrorists can never destroy an icon. Freedom tower not show this because it is a symple building without own history. Maybe Freedom tower would be a great building somewhere but not here.
NYC will never be the same NYC as long as you don’t rebuild the Twin Towers…
I was 9 on 9/11. I keep photos of the Twin Towers in various places, like the cover of my college journal, a giant poster in my bedroom etc, to inspire me to always do and be my best, because, to me, the World Trade Center signified and still signifies greatness, and also how short life can be and how we have to make the most of it. I can only imagine how much more inspiring the Twin Towers would be if they were back with all of us. All Goal, No Fear.
The wtc twin towers were the unforgettable symbol of a New York.
plz rebuild twins!!!
I never had the chance to visit them… I want them! NY is not the same without them, USA are not the same without them, the world will never be the same without them!
rebuild the twin towers
We need to rebuild the twin towers. It’s the only way we can show the terrorists that America has won. It would be cheaper to rebuild the twin towers and would show respect for the 9/11 families, respect to fire fighters and also police officers. I live in Scotland and even I want the twin towers back, everyone does. Lets all do the right thing, It’s not too late to rebuild the twin towers. Scrap towers two and three. I would recommend watching Timothy Mcque on youtube, search rebuild the twin towers and you will find him on web cam video. This man knows what he’s talking about.
I was 15 years old the on day of the attacks on America and it is a day I will never ever forget to my dying day! Fast forward 10 years later and I finally get to visit the great city of New York, a dream come true for a young Irishman as myself! While there I had the time of my life but every second of every day the world trade centre and the twin towers were on my mind! The day I went to visit the site or crime scene as I refer to it, it was just a chilling experience for me thinking of all the people that perished that day and all the long strangely for some reason I still expected to look up high into the sky and see those beautiful towers but I saw nothing but a poor attempt at salvaging America’s freedom! So please bring back the Twin Towers!
I was deeply affected by the atrosities of 9/11. The world will never be the same again for the generations that witnessed this horror. It cannot be undone but in my view, to heal the wounds best possible, we should have a rebuild of the original, beautiful towers. Anything less will be a perpetual reminder of the horrors that went down that day and I prefer to put that behind me. I want to honor the innocent victims but I don’t want such a visible reminder, that the terrorists were “succesful” in their horrible endeavor. Bring back the twins! I don’t mind that it’s in an improved, and safer version, but there should be a set of twin towers at ground zero.
I want to see Twins Towers!
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Its just need make.
It should be restored – it’s one of the most well known american symbols.
They were the symbol of NY, they should be rebuilt to restore the spirit of the city.
Recursion!
I first commented back in Dec 2010, now I have just returned to Sydney after spending the 10th anniversary of 9/11 in the Big Apple. I’m sorry, but the new Freedom Tower left me cold and wondering – how much more pride would those fine Iron Workers feel, if they were re-building the Twin Towers instead?. Like I said before, that freedom building is okay, but it does not have ICON potential and could be from any other city on earth. To us here in Sydney, the Twin Towers were not only an icon of New York, they were an icon of the United States of America……and the free world.
TTA Note: Thank you. It would be hard to imagine a more positive testimony. The system will catch duplicate comments when the second one from the same email address is validated, but it moves the new one to the original date — and we want to keep this where it will be seen — so we removed the earlier one manually. It read: “The freedom tower is great… but it could be from ANY city in the world. The Twin Towers were one of the icons of New York City. If terrorists knocked down the Statue of Liberty, would you replace it with a giant Mickey Mouse? of course not. Then why is the freedom tower even a consideration? REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS and return this missing symbol of NYC to the people of the FREE WORLD.”
Make New York New York again!
I remember seeing the Towers from Newark Airport in 2000, and being so impressed by them from that viewpoint. I wish I could have visited them but am glad to have seen them from there at least. Even though I do like the new One World Trade Centre, I do wish they could rebuild the Twins as they were.
Towers 2 & 3 postponed indefinitely? Get the Twin Towers back in there!
bring back the twin towers otherwise the terrorists have got exactly what they wanted there should be no question of rebuilding them come on new york the twin towers where loved the world over not just in the usa
Ever since 5/28/02, when the depressing square hole dubbed “Ground Zero” was relieved of the destruction and shattering devastation that our beloved Twins became, 16 acres have taught us that bureaucracy runs America, political correctness forces the will of the few onto the will of the many and the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site has been a complete failure.
I embrace the new WTC, but I have a void in my heart and in my spirit. A void created by terrorism, and reinforced by incompetence. I know Lower Manhattan will NEVER have the Twins again. Yet… I just can’t let the flame of the WORLD TRADE CENTER die. It will burn in us until we get back what was taken! I don’t know how, or where, but that void will be filled once again.
Never been to new york but im going in march 2013 and im sad to have missed out on the chance to see them. Rebuild them. Make new york, NEW YORK again. The new plans will ruin the city and no one will look at it the same.
Coming from Northern Ireland I grew up with terrorism daily. When there were bombs we just kept getting up, shaking ourselves off and rebuilding. I’ve never been to New York but hope to go February 2013 and am sad to have missed the two defining buildings. You might have the Statue of Liberty but these were the real emblems of liberty throughout the world. Please rebuild them as a shining example of freedom and liberty for America and the rest of the world.
God Bless you all.
Hi, I was only 4 at the time of 9/11 I have seen some videos on 9/11 and saw how amazing the twin towers looked like! I am really disappointed that they aren’t here today because I would of loved to see them! I really want to see them in the New York skyline again! Please rebuild them again but stronger and taller! Lots of people are saying it’s too late but it’s never too late! Please rebuild them!!
hi, i’m from and live in Ireland, i think the twin towers should be rebuilt, i’ve looked at so many photos of New York before and after 9/11 and it looks much better with the twin towers, the freedom tower/one world trade center is ok but its nowhere near as nice or iconic as the twin towers. i really really hope that they rebuild the twin towers. hopefully someday in the future (within the next 10/15/20 years) i’ll be visiting New York and seeing not just the freedom tower/one world trade center at WTC but also the rebuilt twin towers.
Visiting ny next week,its a real shame not to see the towers,the new tower looks an impressive building but how can you build one where there was once two and call it progress,I’m afraid the politicians and powers that be are playing into the terrorists hand by taking a big step backwards by not going ahead and rebuilding these magnificent symbols of the world-a real shame!
I was 14 (soon turning 15) on 9/11, remember it well. The outcome of the attacks still makes me sad, and I’m also sad because of how Ground Zero has been, is and will be treated. The current plan is just foolish and doesn’t do justice to anyone. To put it simple, the twin towers were and still are irreplaceable, no matter how many out-of-place replacements under the name World Trade Center are built in New York City. Rebuilding the towers would be an honor to everyone and to the city of NY. And yes, I would love to see those towers at least once in my life.
I think this project here is brave and noble, and by signing this I’m proud to be part of it! I’ll support you with the best I can from here.
When I saw a plane hit the twin towers it was a sad moment for me because I knew a lot off people who went to the twin towers before the attack. I would really love them to build the twin towers so who needs the freedom tower when we could build the twin towers back? America with out the twin towers the twin towers standing high up in the sky a better America a better life a better livf for Americans and a better life for everyone so let’s beat those terrorists. Let’s get our buildings back.
Rebuild the towers! They were a symbol, not just from New York, but also from America itself! I was 5 years old when i saw the towers go down on tv. Still remember that day. Really love them! They’re still in peoples hearts! To rebuild the 2 is the best option for me, not just building one tower!
If you, citizens of New York (I knew this wonderful Town at 1995 and I saw WTC,) and all Americans will see again a new and strongers and secures Twin Towers but with the same design like the Originals (Twins of them! Is the right word!), these rebuilt give you back and all of us, Americans or not, the power of American People, proof that terrorism NEVER win, and YOU ARE NOT AFFRAID of some radicals and psicotic people (may be inside USA, who knows?). The new WTC give back to NY one of the Principal Symbols that define the City Identity, Like Liberty Statue and the most impotant: Its THE BETTER HOMAGE YOU CAN GIVE TO ALL THOSE INOCENT PEOPLE DIED AT 9.11 AND THESE FAMILIES! God Help You Forever!
I would love to see these towers being built again.
Hi there, I have to say how beautiful those 2 towers looked, with the aluminium-alloy facades and sleek windows, Yamasaki must of been very proud of his acomplishment, but the twin towers never got the justification they deserved. It is always the same for critics, you never enjoy the beauty until it is gone.
They definitely made a brilliant set of buildings for America and especially New York.
In my heart being an Engineer I would love to see these much loved buildings rebuilt to exactly the same exterior and interior but much stronger. I have never actually been to the Twin Towers but I am deeply saddened that I did not see their beauty. I hope this becomes a reality.
Rest in peace all the people who died in this horrible disaster.
I am from The Netherlands living in Malaysia. I would personally love to see the twin towers be built once more. It just has so much sentimental value for New York. Building different towers all together means the terrorists win. Lets rebuild them but taller and stronger to show that we are not afraid of terrorism. Its basically the same thing as killing a kids mom, then replacing the kids mom with a new one. ITS not the same person!! Lets act now to restore the skyline of New York, to not only fill the hole in New York, but also in our hearts.
When the USA is strong, the world can be too.
The world wants the national landmarks restored and to see the strength and will-power of America.
That Freedom Tower is a dishonor to all that the Twin Towers stood for. It is ugly, and looks unfriendly, like a pin forcefully stabbing itself into the sky. The Twin Towers were a symbol of the Western World, of freedom, liberty, and capitalism. There were two of them, like a natural couple, engaged in a peaceful dance that the whole world came to see. Whenever I think of America I see those Towers, and I see what they were standing for. I don’t think they are being rebuilt because so much that they had come to stand for had been destroyed when those subhumans put into action the raising of Hell itself.
The twin towers were wonders of the world. I have marvelled at them and researched them to the best of my ability, and it saddens me that they’re not being rebuilt. For New York to have something taken away, and replaced with something as ugly and lonesome as the freedom tower — let alone the fact that there aren’t two! — it’s saddening. I wish I could have seen them in person and for the sake of everyone I wish to one day see them standing tall in the NY skyline yet again.
The freedom tower is not the height to replace the twin towers. Rebuild the Twin Towers.
Although I’ve never been to New York and USA I think WTC 1 & 2 were one of the most beautiful buildings I’ve ever seen in my life (by photos and videos). Manhattan had such a recognizable skyline. They should have been rebuilt and I hope they will be.
I made a research about Twin Towers and 9/11 and I presented it in my class. I’m Italian and that day, not only New York, but all world lost those buildings, a symbol, a symbol of the work of thousands people and a symbol of freedom.
I never visit the WTC, and my dream is I can do it, but I don’t want visit One WTC, but the Twin Towers, rised again from their ashes.
My fascination with the twin towers is unique like many other people’s stories. I don’t really know where to start. I didn’t even know what those towers were called on 9/11, I just remember seeing them from somewhere and I thought they were really awesome. I was 7 when they were destroyed and I’ve missed them ever since. I think it’s fair to say that people like them more now than ever before. It’s that sense that you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.
I live in Portugal, but I’m English, but I remember seeing those twin towers appear on TV quite regularly in movies, music videos etc. At the time (pre-9/11) I didn’t really take much notice of them, I was only a very young boy (5 and 6 years old). The biggest moment though was the Limp Bizkit video does was shot on top of the WTC at night and for me, it’s just the most beautiful sight in the world. I always had a fascination with skyscrapers and they were the best ones ever built.
I love USA and I think since 9/11 your country has taken a turn for the worse and you, the people need to stand up and make it mighty again. I’m not gonna go into politics here. USA like most countries in the world has a shit, corrupt government, but your people are awesome and your endeavours, free thinking, and never give up attitude has inspired me and others all over the world.
I visited New York in 1995 with my dad and sister. The World Trade Centre was the first place we visited. We went up the South Tower, all the way to the roof. I still remember looking over and seeing the ariel on the North Tower. It made a buzzing noise on our video camera.
Those buildings were so iconic of NY and the skyline simply isn’t the same without them. My jaw dropped when I saw the pic of the Towers looking golden in the sunlight- I keep saying to my sister that the Twin Towers should be rebuilt, and coloured gold! I wish they would rebuild the Twin Towers and am all for your efforts to get it done!
My Biggest wish is to rebuild WTC.
I had just turned 5 in August, and then in September the tragedy happened, I was young, but at that age I still vividly remember the news and the towers, If the towers were recognized by a 5 year old from a different country, why choose not to rebuild these great buildings!? The world needs an icon, America needs a signature, two that tower over all of Manhattan. May the spirit of these towers exist in the hearts and the souls of everyone.
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I have hope that the towers will be made again. I’m sure everyone will agree with me on that. They made New York what it was, without them New York will not be the same. I will continue to have a huge scar that may never heal. If only America had a chance to repay debts to those whose lives were taken that day, it is what they would have wanted, what the families want, what America wants and what the world wants. New York is an iconic place, so why not rebuild that which was taken from us, why not fight for your freedom, why not stand up and rebuild the towers? Everyone wants them back, we must fight for them! Never give up hope America! May the towers always remain in the hearts of many.
It’s time to say opinion… I’m 18 years old… September 11… that day i was 6 years old… in the 1st class… When I came to the living room and saw in TV news what has happend in New York City… of course in this age people don’t understand what is terrorist attack and what is happening… But now… almost 12 years later… I know what is the symbol of freedom and city, that is city of dreams for me… Twin towers… Only Twin towers are the icon of New York City… And what I know is that families, firefighters which have lost family members are supporting this thing… and they are absolutely right… because what is more recovering from attacks on September 11 than rebuild the World Trade Center that stood on Manhattan since 70s?
I was only five years old when 9/11 happened. I just remember waiting for my parents to take me to school, but their jaws were wide open on the horrific news coming from the television. Obviously I didn’t know a thing that was going on at the time, but the fact that I still remember that moment astonishes me and makes me realize that I remembered it for some purpose. Obviously this day must be remembered for all. The Towers should and will be rebuilt. Their not only a significant symbol but an engraving footprint to humanity for strength, beauty, and peace. Not just for the nation of America, but for other nations around the world. Rebuilding these Towers will reunite us and bring us closer. Please rebuild the Twin Towers.
I’ve seen the WTC when I was very young, on a trip to NY City back in the 90’s. I remember the Twin Towers very well. The “Top of the World†was by far, the most amazing observation deck in the world, and the Manhattan skyline with the Twins…well…that was just THE greatest and THE most powerful symbol of America. I still can’t understand why the US didn’t rebuild the Towers just like they were, only stronger. It’s not about a skyscraper. It’s about a symbol. And when a symbol of your country is destroyed like that, there’s only one way to go: bring those responsible to justice, remember the victims on a timeless memorial, and REBUILD your symbol back. Replace the Twins for any other building it’s just not right.
I <3 skyscrapers, and the Twin Towers were and still are my all time favourite. They were just big shiny rectangles, so they should have been boring, but were so elegant, progressive and stylish instead. I agree with Trump’s idea to build two slightly taller Twins with larger, sexier windows.
TTA Note: We need to point out that although the “Twin Towers II” plan is attributed to Donald Trump it was not Mr. Trump’s creation. The designer, Ken Gardner, had done work for him in the past, so when he saw “Twin Towers II” being introduced on Fox and MSNBC in May of 2005, he got on the phone to Gardner and offered to showcase it in Trump Tower — where he held a press conference and thousands of people filed through over the following weeks to see it.
I would love to see the twins back in the NY Skyline. However i think that it is to late as 1 WTC is already completed, unless they build two freedom towers?
The twin towers of New York City. Architecturally flawed but nonetheless beautiful. To have these back in the New York skyline would do the families and friends of the poor 3000 people, so much justice. To put these magnificent buildings back in the sky would be showing that the USA will never forget what happened on that tragic day all those years ago.
I would want the twin towers to be rebuilt. It would make a lot of people happy and me happy too. It would fix a lot of hearts.
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I think we should rebuild the twin towers, but I´m not too according to the Twin Towers II project I believe that we must rebuild exactly like the originals except that these new towers have to be much safer than before They must have a different interior structure more safer than the originals, they should have more fire stairs than the originals because what matters most is the safety of those working within, and the usable office space isn´t the most important Also my new Twin Towers would include a memorial museum on the first floors In my opinion they should also rebuild the other five buildings exactly the same as originals but with more safer and more modern structures, the Austin Tobin square must also be rebuilt I really liked t
I have always loved the twin towers, and i really think we shoulg re-build them!
RIP all the people who lost their lives that day.
Rebuild right!
Get rid of the rubbish like 1 wtc and 4 wtc , rebuilt the twin towers
I was one when it happened but I understand. Rebuilding these towers would tell the terrorists that we will not surrendor to them. No wtc 2 and 3. Bring back our towers.
Without the original look of the Twin Towers New York will never be the same as it once was. I don’t like the Freedom tower. It looks like any other skyscraper in Hong Kong or smth. It’s not authentical and unique as New York deserves. The beauty of the Twin Towers lies in their simplicity. As a kid I collected hundreds of post cards of New York because of the Twin Towers admiration, now when I look at New York skyline it’s definitely the same with Hong Kong skyline, or Beijing skyline, or some other Asian skyline. Unfortunately, the terrorists succeeded not only for America to lose 3000 lives on that day, but also for New York to look like an Asian city. It doesn’t have that American proud look anymore, and I’m so sad about it. :(
The most absurd thing is that you have decided that the world changed after the attacks. It is also absurd that politicians and journalists decided that the only memory of the twin towers that people should have is the destruction. The terrorists wanted to see us in perpetual mourning. We have let them get that they want. An idiotic excuse someone has said to not build the twin towers was that “it would erase history.” Rubbish! Now comes the most shocking fact. In movies and television shows have been censored scenes where the twin towers appear. Twin Towers can be built up in a respectful way! The main thing is not to listen to those who say “it can not” or “you can not”. If you listen to people who say so, so be it.
I will always love those Towers – the unforgetable and symbolic concept of a flair, power, elegance, soar and freedom. So I do not want to miss them all life and to allow terrorists take this backcloth away, as they did 13 years ago. I hope you will win, with these spirits.
Let this multiple support help the Alliance, to determine it’s efforts, ahead of rebuilding even more awesome and adorable Twins of the 21st century – not disturbing their’s ancestors’ Memorial. I keep my fingers crossed for all New Yorkers in this work and wish it, with all my Slavic heart – hit on Sept. 11, like the Big Apple site.
Stay strong and build it again!
You can’t imagine how I want the Towers back!
Please rebuild them as they were!
The Twin Towers were a representation of America’s world power, not only because of their colossal stance but also because of its economic strength. New York built not one but two giant landmarks where 50 thousand Americans went to work every day! This differentiated those towers from anything else that this world has built giving it a distinctive overpowering image to everyone and anyone who had the privilege to either work there or to see them in person.
Rebuild what made Americans proud and strong enough to innovate, dominate and succeed in all aspects of the world economy which made America the top super power up until the fall of those towers.
Rebuild the Twin Towers. Bring back America!
The whole world was knocked out on 9/11-2001. And our world is still bleeding. We will never recover from this wound until the exact Twin Towers are rebuilt. They symbolized something so important none could even imagine. A symbol for indestructibilty, our beliefs, a strong Western World.
We still don’t know who took the towers down. But whoever did it, i’m sure they didn’t know what impact it would do for the future generations.
This isn’t about New York only. This is about the whole world.
And people, I’m telling you, the only way for this world to heal is to rebuild the Twin Towers.
This is not a design contest, this is about restoring and healing the wound everyone is suffering from since 2001.
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Please bring back the old twin towers!
I live in Ireland but I wish I lived in America. I would love to see the twin towers rebuilt the same with the permission of the families that lost thier loved ones. GOD BLESS AMERICA. New York will never be the same without them.
We simply need those towers back. The one world trade center tower can still stand but the twins were a landmark. Now i’m from Denmark but i hate the Bjarke Ingels design. In my mind we have two options. Rebuild the Original Twin Towers or build an identical twin of the One world trade center tower.
I would love to see the towers back on New York’s skyline. Maby next to one world trade center. So rebuild them please.
I love NYC from my childhood! I have watched so many movies, which were made in 80s-90s – and I always loved the Twin Towers in that countless numbers of movies! And one of my biggest dreams was to grow up and go to NYC to see it for real! But, unfortunately, I didn’t make it, because of I was only eleven years old when WTC twins collapsed! And now, when I am 25 years old, I finally made it to go to NYC! But it ain’t “that” city for 100 percent which I loved from my childhood! So! I really want them to be rebuilt! And when I will come back to NYC, I can see this great buildings in the NYC skyline! I don’t know is it possible to do it with Freedom Tower was built, but I hope that some one will work it out and make dream comes true!
I want America to stand again by building the twin towers back in the same place where they were fallen by the terrorists.
For many years now, I have known about the Twin Towers. For a good portion of that, I have wished that somehow, I could get to see them, go inside them.
The new 1WTC and 2WTC are alright, but it isn’t New York without those Towers, standing tall.
If there is one thing I and Mr Trump can agree on, it’s that the US is admitting defeat by not rebuilding the Twins.
In my opinion, the main reason to rebuilt the Twin Towers is purely ethical. The leaders of 9/11 tragedy are now satisfied, as they think that by destroying them they managed to terrorize Americans. But no. Americans should get over 9/11 (not forget it) and demand from their government to rebuilt them, because in this way they wil show terrorists that they even such a major hit, won’t frighten them. The Twin Towers II should look exactly like the previous ones (to show that 9/11 didn’t have impacts of fear on the U.S), be built with stronger materials (in order to resist any attack) and become some floors higher (to show that America is now even stronger than before).
New York’s skyline will be renewed but at the same moment not changed
I had loved (and still love) the Twin Towers since the first time I saw them, on a poster, when I was a 5 yo child.
I always thought that the view from Brooklyn Bridge, with the towers rising up, was the most powerful, evocative, recognizable urban landscape of the world. Also romantic along with Eiffel Tower from Trocadero and the city of Florence from Belvedere. A TRADEMARK.
I was obviously shocked on 9/11 but equally disappointed when Bloomberg, Pataki, PA and Silverstein Properties decided to not consider at least the “idea of a twin”.
NY always changes but in this case the decision of changing was wrong as we needed something that would have shown REBIRTH: new TWIN TOWERS.
PS- Charging people for paying tribute is also disgusting.
I want Twin towers back
Hi my English is bad but i went to Manhattan when i was 12 with my family and we we’re watching many famous thing like empire state, times square and 5th avenue but one thing i think is mystery was I saw the 2 enormous pool close to one world trade center and when my father saw that his face was sad because he lost his best friend in the twin towers and I went to memorial 9.11 and he was right the tragedy happened in 9.11. My father was in the twin towers. He said he was in the Fuji bank in south tower and when he felt the crash to north tower hit with something. Fortunately my father felt danger so he succeed to escape. Now one world trade center is build but this not make satisfied for new york families. So twin towers need be rebuild. I love your project. I will love to see the twin towers again.
I was born on 1997 and i never had a chance to visit the former site. I’m signing in the hope this petition will succeed and the site, especially WTC 1 and 2, restored to the original (or almost) design, externally at least.
New York without the Twin Towers it’s like Rome without the Colosseum, you have to fix that vacuum. The Freedom tower is an insult, The WTC pre-911 was architecturally perfect.
It wouldn’t of been the Freedom Tower. It would of been the Freedom TowerS. Because we want BOTH of those towers back the way they were except we’re gonna build them stronger! We want them resisting! We’re just being held back.. Who is holding us back? Politicians. Special Interest Groups. Political Correctness. Get ’em the hell outta your way. I’m British, and I say. Let’s give the Americans a chance to build it back!
Some immigrants came in New York based on nothing but a postcard they had seen — a photo with that distinctive Manhattan skyline. To me, a French citizen, New York always has been the Twin Towers. This distinctive, tough, violent shape, was indeed how America seemed to us. Powerful. Mighty. But also beautiful.
All the movies that featured the Twins have written in my head how NYC should look like. It’s now a ghost that haunts even me, a young citizen in France… That’s how amazing the Twin Towers were.
I’ve always wanted to see them, to breathe New York’s air from the observation deck, at nearly 400 meters from the ground. But now it’s impossible, and not only for New-Yorkers, but also for any citizen in the world. The new tower, somehow, has less than the old Twins.
Sorry Freedom Tower, but it’s going to be very hard for you to replace such icons.
In my opinion, twin towers are essential parts of New York consist memories unreplacable by the freedom tower. Without them, New York is not New York. By the way, I really think the new world trade center is ugly.
As a Norwegian/American living in Norway who has never been to NYC, I was sorely saddened when the towers fell. And now I’m hopeful that they will be rebuilt once again restoring greatness to lower Manhattan once again. The current skyline is not the same and not impressive whatsoever anymore. The original WTC 1 & 2 were amazing in every way possible and there were two of them! Even though One World is there, we can just build the Twins even higher! And not in glass! Let’s build them back! Yeah!
I became obsessed with reading about those towers previous year. I am still obsessed with them. I am very sad they are not there. Just came from NYC last week. Was looking at the 1wtc, and boy, the twins are missing. It was interfirring to the eye! I hope one day they will be rebuild. Lets try bring that day.
Twin towers were such a treasure to the New York and to the USA. I think that they made a mistake for building a new “better” WTC, instead of just rebuilding the old ones. Oh, they we’re so beautiful, and so magnificent!
The Twin Towers were a symbol of NY architecture, freedom, and economic power. They were amazing in every possible way! I visited them as a kid and would love to see them again. With the rebuild of the Twin Towers based on Donald Trump’s proposal back in 2005, greatness will be restored in Lower Manhattan. New York deserves to have the Twin Towers back, and so does the rest of the world.
I was born in 1999 but didn’t see them really because i was too young, i’ve never had any chance to visit it and only recently started thinking about it. While NY has other things the twin towers really stood up. at least make a twin of the freedom tower or rebuild the twin towers. They looked very much like something of 20th century and I’m pretty sure a lot of people from all over the world would visit NY just to see the new twin towers!
I have always been in loved of the twin towers. I always thought the twin towers, symbol of USA must to be re-built! The re-built would be a sign of love for the country and for all those who lost their life the 9/11.
It would be a dream to come in NY one day and seeing them!
I feel proud signing this petition and being a part of like-minded people. The Twin Towers had their own brilliance, which cannot be compared to nothing. Rebuild The World Trade Center. Restore the soul of NY.
Yes, I was born in 2001, precisely in February, when they still shone high in the sky. But I was obviously too small to see them, this does not mean to have forgotten them. In fact I’ve always grown up remembering them and seeing them as an icon of the New York skyline. I know it will seem strange, but it is one of my greatest desires, and I do not think to speak only in my name, that of being able to admire them in person, huge, side by side, built as only the American skyscrapers can be. In a word “impressive”.
I hope with all my heart and soul that my dream is realized.
I apologize if my English is not one of the best.
The Twin Towers were the most remarkable icon of New York. The new World Trade Center looks like it’s from another world. The new building doesn’t fit in comparison with the rest of the city. Give the people what they want. Rebuild the Twin Towers. We will never forget, even the people from other countries.
It would be great for me to visit New York and the twin towers. When they collapsed I was 5 years old. I remember how long these terrible images were shown on TV.
New WTC complex as if from another world. It suits Dubai more than New York. Therefore, I only for the restoration of the twin towers!
I was born 6 Months after 9/11. I kinda missed out on seeing them. I want nothing more but to witness the Twin Towers again. If we don’t rebuild them we are letting the terrorists win and we can be defeated. The World has gotten worse as we know it ever since 9/11 happened and the Twin Towers NEED to be restored. Without them, there’s no hope. It may take some time but I have faith they will be rebuilt and I will help ensure that happens.
I’m not sure if this is still valid or not, but I guess that people like me will keep on dreaming. I have always been inspired by the Twin Towers, by their architecture and their beauty – that almost innocent, but immortal beauty, which only simple shapes can have. I used to consider those two buildings the pinnacle of the architecture of our days. An architectural heritage to the world, like the pyramids in Egypt from another era.
I’d love to see the Twin Towers rise again, like a phoenix bird who rises again from its own ashes to defy death and destruction – as a symbol of immortality.
Let the Twin Towers rise again like two phoenix birds who defy destruction, to convey the message of the immortality of our civilization.
We made the One WTC 6 floors shorter than the twin towers? Why? I don’t know. The new twin towers will be 112 stories tall! I think if we wanted to build a symbol of healing we would build a taller building. Right?
The Twin Towers need to be rebuilt. They represent The United States.
For Twin Towers Alliance !
What the WTC meant to me as an Australian:They symbolize not only NYC but the United States, the uniqueness and history with these majestic structures are something that is nowhere else in the world, since Philippe Petit’s 1974 stunt: performing acrobatics on a thin wire strung between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, to George Willig who climbed the South Tower of the World Trade Center on May 26, 1977, to King Kong and the many movies for which they were a back drop.
They are iconic in every sense. Donald Trump & architect Ken Gardner offered a plan to rebuild them taller and stronger but their idea was ignored. To rebuild would show the world America can’t and won’t be beaten, yet what is there now is the opposite…
The sign of the World Trade Center was the Twin Towers and there are no reasons why they shouldn’t be twins again. Further on, I think it will heal the wounds, if we get them back. And Hey Silverstein loved the look of the Twin Towers as he leased the WTC complex, so I don’t understand why he hasn’t rebuild them.
The symbol of America as well as New York are the Twin Towers, and they simply have to be rebuilt. Maybe a monument can be made on top of the buildings. We should definitely start this project stronger and more decisively. Is there such a thing in action?
I love the twin towers i never got a chance to visit them in real life, whenever i want to see them i just go look at their pictures, i really hope i will see them someday in real life. new york’s skyline is not the same and it will not be without them.
“On September 11, 2001, humanity collapsed into a pancake effect. I know the history of the Twin Towers, from the beginning, through magazines and reports, and here in Gonçalves, everyone is very fond of the imposing structures that we lost on that sunny morning. There is a void that haunts New York, and ours is the only nation, Humanity, which will soon be free of borders and wars. And that void needs to be filled in some way. That new structure has nothing to do with the context It’s ridiculous, and the people of New York don’t deserve it. The towers must be remade, even if I have to use my artistic power to move the world in this battle. The Twin Towers were our most beautiful spiritual and material link. Give it back to us”.
my dream since I was little was to know the twin towers, it breaks my soul not to see the twin towers on the horizon only a hole is seen I hope to see the twin towers in life
With much of love from France.
The Twin Towers were among the most iconic buildings in the world and New York, the United States and the entire world is not the same without them. The Twin Towers were beautiful buildings both in the day and at night – they were a simplistic yet sophisticated design starting at the ground with their iconic steel trees. I sincerely hope that new Twin Towers will one day be constructed and that the New York skyline will be restored. It is terrible that the Twin Towers have been absent from our world for nineteen years now and I hope that one day this petition is submitted to the United States Government and will lead to the resurrection of two of the greatest towers in the world.
The Twin Towers were bold, iconic and striking. They have to be rebuilt to restore the skyline once and for all, the skyline needs replica twin towers.
The Twin Towers were a symbol of both New York but also of the USA. When you saw the towers in movies you knew exactly where you were. Please bring them back.
I live near Venice (was born on 1977). My aunt, was born in Ohio, and since I was child, she spoke to me of NYC and the skyline of Manhattan. I received sometimes from her, postcards with photo of the Twin Towers. Since then I started to love those towers. I never had the opportunity to go and see them. On 9/11 2001, my dream was broken. And my heart was broken, for the victims of that tragedy, and because I realized that I could never see that magnificent towers. I think Twin Towers, those Twin Towers, designed by Minoru Yamasaki, was one of the most beautiful architectures been ever built in the world, perhaps the most beautiful in absolute. Nothing like that has ever been made, neither before nor after. They were masterpieces of art. So please, rebuild them, a perfect replica, thank you
I’m born 1 years and one month after the towers have been destroy. When I was a child the view of the plane crash into the tower afraid and estonished me. At the time it was impossible two towers like them, it seem to me like a dream and keep looking at them. I pray for all the people who die that day. Few year later I keep looking at this beautiful tower who represent really well New-York of the end of 20’s century. We must rebuild the towers if it’s not at WTC it will be on the other side of the Hudson River in New Jersey or the other side of Manhattan Island or maybe an other western country. But I think 20 years after the attack in a world of geopolitic tension and mulitplication of terrorist attack in Europe. We must show strong we are than ever. We have to rebuild the towers. The new should be without the flaw of their time (wind problem, structure problem etc). We can construct modern twin towers or with the original architecture. I hope, I can go to New York City one day or any where else, Titanic will be rebuild. We can hope the same things for the Twin Towers.
The Twin Towers are the symbol of New York and America for the whole world. Their restoration will be the best memorial to the endurance and firmness of the American spirit and Western civilization.
It makes no sense whatsoever that such iconic buildings that were so central to defining New Yorkʼs worldwide renowned skyline have not been rebuilt. That should have been the priority from the get-go, if the wounds and the trauma were to heal and the victims truly honored by not allowing the terror that took their lives to triumph in their objective to leave New Yorkʼs identity permanently maimed with a conspicuous indelible scar. It is impossible to restore the victimsʼ lives, and they obviously deserve the most dignified memorial so that their horrible loss and sacrifice will never be forgotten. But the Twin Towers can and should rise back from their ashes like the mythological phoenix, as the most powerful and symbolic reassertion of the American peopleʼs determination.
Rebuild the twin towers ❤️???????? I love Ny ????
They should be rebuilt as a sign that if you do get knocked down you get back up no matter what circumstances. Also they were beautiful buildings and made the New York skyline.
In wake of the catastrophic consequences of America’s withdrawal in Afghanistan, it seems more appropriate now than ever to heal the wounds of 9/11 with a symbol of rebirth, strength, and honour. The indelible absence of the Twin Towers along with America’s abysmal mishandling of its foreign policy has added fuel to the ever growing impression that America has lost its sense of self determination that served as the driving force behind it’s very founding. 9/11 still casts a long and melancholic shadow over the West that has had a profound effect on the American psyche. But by rebuilding the Twin Towers to their original glory, it would end 20 years of American mourning and start an epoch of rebirth and hope. America’s long road to recovery can begin, with the construction of the Twin Towers. Two Towers, that would serve as a symbol for a new era of America, one that honours the loss of those that died that fateful day, by giving back to the American people an icon that belongs to them. By beginning with raising the World Trade Centre, America can fix it’s gaze to ever newer heights and ever brighter futures. Look up to the stars, America. Your dreams can be as tall as the towers!
Desde chico siempre me ha interesado la historia de las Torres Gemelas, tuve siempre la esperanza de que algún día las reconstruyesen, más fuertes y más seguras, como un símbolo de resiliencia para Estados Unidos y el mundo entero. La caída de las torres significó un antes y un después para la humanidad, pero creo que la mejor manera de sanar la herida que dejó tanta maldad, sería volverlas a ver erguidas como siempre debieron estar.
Translation: Since I was a child, I have always been interested in the history of the Twin Towers, I always hoped that one day they would rebuild them, stronger and safer, as a symbol of resilience for the United States and the entire world. The fall of the towers meant a before and after for humanity, but I believe that the best way to heal the wound left by so much evil, would be to see them upright as they always should have been.
I have grown up watching the wonderful old Twin Towers in films such as Stuart Little, Armageddon, and Home Alone 2, and I truly feel the same as many others globally that the Twin Towers are the true icons not only of New York but of all America and represented a peaceful nation that gave benefits to mankind in contrast to the profit-hungry state that invaded Iraq and Vietnam. And thus verily, I believe too that the best way to really pay tribute to the victims of 9/11, and defy the awful terrorists who were emboldened by the Deep-State’s globalist pillages and foreign wars and learnt the skills they needed to commit the attacks in the first place, is to rebuild the Twin Towers in their full glory adjacent to the Memorial Pools and cut out the obelisk eyesore of a new tower. Twin Towers ????
Translation: Why try the impossible, why follow your dreams? Well, because that was exactly what the original WTC meant, a marvel, the dream of every city, of every builder, of every worker. Then as soon as the twenty-first century arrived, it disappeared to be replaced by glass buildings. However, memory and memory never dies, the essence and meaning of the WTC’s golden site are those Twin Towers, nothing else will be able to return that power. Destroy them and tear down an entire country, rebuild them and prove to your enemies that they will never win, an opportunity for the world, something to admire. The impossible with effort becomes possible. 20 years have passed, the world is no longer in the same fear of those buildings, people clamor for the return of their glorious icon.
¿Porque intentar lo imposible, porque seguir tus sueños?
Bueno, porque eso fue exactamente lo que significo el WTC original,toda una maravilla, el sueño de toda ciudad, de todo constructor, de todo trabajador.
Luego apenas llegar el siglo XXI desapareció para ser reemplazado por edificios de cristal.
Sin embargo, el recuerdo y la memoria nunca muere, la esencia y el significado de sitio dorado del WTC son esas Torres Gemelas, nada más podrá devolver ese poder.
Destruirlas y tiras abajo todo un país, reconstruirlas y le demostrarlas a tus enemigos que nunca ganarán, una oportunidad para el mundo, algo que admirar.
Lo imposible con esfuerzo se vuelve posible, han pasado 20 años, el mundo ya no le tiene el mismo miedo a esos edificios, la gente clama por el retorno de su glorioso icono.
Being 16 in 2001 and watching this destruction on tv from the other side of the world has had a profound impact on me since. A major world changing event in my lifetime and nothing has felt the same since. Those towers held a rightful place in that skyline. By leaving them destroyed and the skyline empty you are telling the world’s evil that they have won. Rebuilding them bigger and stronger is the only way to show respect to those that perished.
Rebuilding the WTC to the exact design will send out a message to the faceless cowards that destroyed the original towers in 2001 that they will never win.
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS IN THE EXACT SAME DESIGN (With added safety features built into the new buildings)
New York does not look the same without the iconic twin towers.
This is history
I would like to see the Memorial and Museum to be relocated off site in a respectful way and have the twin towers rebuilt, eventually 1 WTC and other towers would be deconstructed from the top down. It was the worst idea to not rebuild the twin towers and whoever built this in their place should be ashamed.
I have had an undying love for New York for as long as I can remember, but one thing was always missing from all my photos. Well, two things to be precise. I feel as though the twin towers were, are, and will be symbols of strength and prosperity, but with new towers in place of the old ones they would also be symbols of undeniable victory.
Even though I was against the construction of One WTC for the same reasons as the TTA at first, I had really made the effort to try and like the new tower thereafter. However, it is hard not to conclude, after all these years, that the citizens of America and the world have been sold short at Ground Zero. Looking at what was initially promised, and then, how it all turned out to be, the “World’s Greatest Compromise”, as B1M on YT succinctly pointed out in their video recently.
I feel like rebuilding the Twin Towers would ensure a way to a more safe and a more harmonious, peaceful world. Balance is key here. The events in the past two decades on the geopolitcal arena that have been unfolding shows the need for it. Peace and progress starts at rebuilding the Twins.
I think that rebuilding the Twin Towers would be a great symbol of hope, power and resilience.
Be strong: rebuild the Twin Towers to be even more beautiful than before!
I believe that the current design is “not good” (l would say something else but l won’t). I was born in 2010, so l never got to see the twin towers myself. But just looking at the pictures made me realise how great these behemoths were. Considering a large percentage of 9/11 affected families wanted the twin towers to be rebuilt, the current design is not a great one.
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I was born a few months after the attacks, am neither a new yorker nor an american in general, but I loved the towers ever since I learned about them. From comparing photos of pre-9/11 New York to photos of the city today, I always felt, that something’s missing, that New York has a whole other vibe to it. The Twin Towers just have to return, to finally make the Skyline complete and to show the terrorists a middle finger.
The twin towers.. as a Canadian I was never able to see the towers I wasn’t born in time but I will allways want to it’s different just looking at a photo from now and 2000 it’s just not the same we need to build these towers I HAVE FULL SUPPORT build these towers take it to the limit and make it the tallest building in the world and make it a structurally strong and call the towers WTC 0
They absolutely need to be rebuilt.
there must be a no hideing from the fact of what did happen here, & there allways has to be a mamorial for the bombing & 9/11 , but at the same time, the towers should & could be rebuilt, bigger stronger & safer then ever before! i look forward to that happening! & i no many others feel the same
Although I have never been to New York, let alone ground zero, I still see pictures of these buildings and I imagine the huge scale of them, looming on the horizon. I want that to be reality.
In the memory of Michael and Christine Egan.
Born shortly before 9/11, the Twin Towers still have always been one of the most iconic symbols of the United States to me on par with the Statue of Liberty and the White House. Their design is unique, recognizable all around the world and stand just all in all for everything american. Bringing them back would be the only right thing.
Ciao mi chiamo Ottavio ho 18 anni e vengo dall’Italia, sono sempre stato innamorato delle torri del world trader center sin da bambino (anche se non ho potuto mai vederle),e nel pensare che quei magnifici complessi architettonici non ci sarebbero stati più, mi sale una grande tristezza interiore sia per ciò che è successo ma anche nel sapere di non poter mai vedere quelle fantastiche torri.
Desidero fortemente la ricostruzione di quelle torri, anche per dare un segno di rinascita e di riscatto e nel trasmettere che il terrorismo non ci ha fatto niente, e poi anche perché loro richiamano un periodo d’oro un po’ per tutti.
Ovviamente sempre se questo non dia un fastidio generale a chi ha purtroppo perso dei cari durante l’attentato.
PS sarebbe memorabile.
Translation: Hi, my name is Ottavio, I’m 18 years old and I come from Italy. I’ve always been in love with the World Trade Center towers since I was a child (even though I never got to see them), and thinking that those magnificent architectural complexes would no longer exist makes me feel a great inner sadness both for what happened but also for knowing that I will never be able to see those fantastic towers.
I strongly desire the reconstruction of those towers, also to give a sign of rebirth and redemption and to convey that terrorism has done nothing to us, and then also because they recall a golden period for everyone.
Obviously, as long as this does not cause general annoyance to those who unfortunately lost loved ones during the attack.
PS it would be memorable.
I was born nearly 7 years after 9/11, in England, and I have to say that I have never wanted to visit anywhere as much as the Twin Towers. Perhaps it is my taste in architecture, the sheer size of these buildings attracts me to them straight through my computer screen. To dine at the Windows on the World, sat eating 107 stories above the ground, looking out over Manhattan. I guess that feeling is one very hard to come by without the buildings to feel it in.
Think about what it symbolised! Not only international trade and more peaceful times-for many people, on a personal level, it represented those more simple days, pre-2008, before social media made so many people miserable.
Rebuild them. Make the NYC skyline iconic again.
The current tower may rise high, but it doesn’t carry the weight of meaning that the Twin Towers held. That silent strength. That brutal clarity. It’s gone.
I’ve read about your work, and it moves me. I didn’t even know such a movement existed until recently. But now that I do, I feel compelled to add my voice. Please don’t give up. The idea of rebuilding at least one of the original towers — maybe even the South Tower — feels to me like healing. Not erasure. Not forgetting. But remembering
honestly.
I believe we can honor the dead not just with reflection, but with the courage to restore what they were once a part of — those enormous, stubborn, unforgettable towers. I believe that would mean something to millions.
Thank you for carrying the torch all these years. You’re not alone.
With all my heart, Alimkhan