Those towers not being rebuilt will leave a huge void in the American psyche. My wife is a native New Yorker, and although she doesn’t say much, I can see that the big hole in the skyline is like an exposed nerve. The towers need to rise again like a phoenix from the ashes!
I was born and raised in NY (Lindenhurst, LI, NY). I visited the WTC in Feb. 1982 and took a tour from one of the observation decks on the 107th floor.
The WTC needs to be rebuilt better than it was before! NO TERRORIST MONUMENTS!
Please leave a portion of the devastation caused by the suicidal attack so that there will always be a visible memory of that horror. I saw the site about three years ago and no pictures can do justice to the feeling when you stand there in person.
put them back the way they were – put them back they belong there – we could still include the freedom tower – what a message it would send – the twin towers and the freedom tower
I grew up in Queens with The Towers in my living room window’s view, while being built. I’ve long since moved away from NYC. The day of the attacks was one of the most horrible days in my memory. The only way to make things right is to rebuild them.
Anything less should be unacceptable to us as a nation & the rest of the world.
God bless America. And rebuild the Twins!
If the Pentagon can be rebuilt back to it’s original design then why not the Twin Towers. Did anyone suggest leaving a hole in the Pentagon for a shrine, or taking the opportunity to modernize it with some ghastly glass and metal structure…I don’t think so. Is that portion of the Pentagon destroyed in the attack now sitting empty with people in fear of a similar attack…I don’t think so. The Twin Towers were one of the worlds major landmarks, the world needs them back, period.
The Twin Towers were always two of my favorite buildings.Some may criticize that they were too simple and boxy, but who cares? They were still beautiful. I never actually saw them in person, but I always wanted to. Immediately after 9/11, I wanted them to be rebuilt taller and stronger, and with a memorial of course. That was always the most obvious solution.
Why did we choose the Freedom Tower? The LMDC claimed that rebuilding the Twin Towers was the most impractical solution, but it really is the only solution. The are far more beautiful than anything that came out of the LMDC’s design contest. They were all brute ugly. The Freedom Tower looked like a twisted junkyard.
I never even knew much about the Freedom Tower until I looked it up online a bit after when Trump said his opinions. He may have backed out of the fight, but he motivated me and many others. The new Freedom Tower is a lot better than the original, but it’s still not good enough. All the other buildings don’t match. This plan doesn’t even deserve to be called the World Trade Center. There are only two buildings that can be called that.
Instead of trying to finish the Freedom Tower and get the job done fast, let’s get the job done right. The LMDC is what wasted all of this time. The Freedom Tower is a disgrace to America. It just doesn’t belong. Not here. Not at Ground Zero. We must rebuild what was there before.
Thanks to all who put much time (and tears) into this effort. Remarkably,it came to this, rather than our ‘officials’ realizing the obvious long ago. But perhaps this was meant to be – “ordinary” citizens taking the in-
iative for the common goal.
Throughout history, many destroyed landmarks have been rebuilt: the White House, London Bridge, whole cities (like San Francisco). Even the wing of the Pentagon damaged on 9/11. What is preventing the Twin Towers from being a part of that?
There is No excuse for not building new taller, bigger, better twin towers on the site alongside a memorial to those who were murdered by the Bin Laden franchise.
The WTC Twin Towers should really be rebuilt. We should never forget what happened on Sept. 11, 2001 and all of the people that died that day.
If the WTC Twin Towers are not rebuilt, overtime people, especially younger generations, will probably forget what happened that day.
The WTC Twin Towers were amazing buildings. They were an icon of NYC and America. They stood tall, like America once did. The WTC Twin Towers and Americans need to rise up and stand tall once again!
The politicians need to listen to the people on this issue!
Remember politicians…Government is for the people, by the people. You politicians know the people want the WTC Twin Towers rebuilt! Now lets get them rebuilt taller, stronger, and more safe than they were before!!!!!!!!!!
The twin towers is a real peace symbol, not only for the U.S. but for the world, thats why they were attacked twice. This is why they must be rebuilt in some way. Its very important to the healing. I want my peace feeling back.
As a forner New Yorker now living in North Carolina, Nothing would thrill me more than to have 2 new towers rise about the ashes. Keep up the fight to get them rebuilt and let the world know of our determination.
Team twin towers I want to thank you for this fight on behalf of the people of New York, the 911 families, and the rest of America, I wish and hope for the day that the twin towers will rise again. I also think that gov Pataki is a disgace maybe a lawsuit is in order!! and I mean it!!
Rebuilding the Twin Towers is a must for New York, our nation, and the world. The Twin Towers stood for cooperation of man and world peace. Why are we letting the terrorists take this symbol away from us? Sure 9/11 was a tragic day for everyone, especially the families of those who died, but we must stay strong and band together aganist terrorists and those who wish to inflict harm on others. Rebuild!
Rebuilding the towers is the best way to honor American’s and people from all over the world that were killed durring the attack’s of september 11,2001.
The reason the current plan is going through has to do only with politics and money. We must be heard or else face a single tower with a massive bunker base along with a memorial also controlled by politicians.
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If it was the White House that was destroyed on 9/11 don’t you think we would have rebuilt the historic building by now? The rebuilding of the WTC has become a political hot potato. And beyond that it is giving those terrorists the wrong message that “They” won. Rebuilding the WTC and RESTORING the NYC skyline has nothing to do with a memorial there. Of course, there will be memorial. No one ever said there shouldn’t be a tribute to those who died. Without the Twin Towers, New York City is like an empty shell. The proposed “Freedom Tower” (don’t you just hate the cliche sounding name) is quite ugly and not a worthy tribute of all. I would love to see the World Trade Center rise for the ashes stronger than ever before! We owe this to our country and the world.
The morning that the towers fell, one of my first reactions was thinking that they MUST be rebuilt.
To do otherwise sends the unfortunate message that the We the People of the United States willingly complacent vicitms rather than a strong, unified society.
The fact that there has been so little outcry has amazed and dissapointed me. How short our memories are.
The current Freedom Tower plan was clearly never about what New Yorkers or Americans want or think is right. If the Freedom tower is built, it will only be a monument to cowardice and political grand standing. What a shame that would be and what a disgrace to the memory of the innocent who were murdered that day.
I agree with Wayne Villeneuve. We must rebuild, to do anything else is to let them win. I feel so strongly about it that every page of my web site has a link back to rebuilding the twin towers as big or bigger than they were.
I believe the World Trade Center must rise again to show the world that the U.S. is still the greatest and we won’t be defeated by terrorists. Building a “freedom tower” would only be honoring Bin Laden. Twin Towers II forever!
There is only one solution to what should be rebuilt and that is another twin towers….hell if you want the freedom tower fine just add another identical one right next to it. By not rebuilding all we are saying is that ok you got us and we are afraid to rebuild. If they had succeeded in crashing into the White House or Capitol would anyone not want those rebuilt?
Anything less than before is a victory for The Enemy; they targeted the WTC-building because it symbolized America’s Capitalist Greatness that they seek to “humble”; WTC is about Life and Pride–not death and bowed-heads!
Besides a fitting memorial I would support rebuilding twins at least as tall as before or one of several 3-tower systems, such as the one I propose at http://www.warrenfarr.com/rebuild
I can’t imagine anyone seriously contemplating this question and coming up with any other conclusion than to rebuild the twin towers…as they were, only better, stronger, and safer.
The towers need to be restored. It would help to heal a nation & make old movies/shows/stills once again viewable. We could build them a couple floors taller & lobby/grounds & top floors could be the memorials. It’d be a “f*#@ you” to the terroris
Relocated to GA in August, 2002. Was a lifelong NY resident until then. Was living and working on Long Island that most horrific day. My oldest son was among the thousands who, thankfully, were missing only for that day as he worked in lower Manha
I’d like to add my comment here saying that rebuilding the Twin Towers is the right thing to do,and I am proud of all of these people showing their support on rebuilding the famous icon Twin Towers. The NY governor and NYC mayor really need to allow rebuilding the same Twin Towers and dump the Freedom Tower. Rebuilding the Twin Towers shows respect to the people who died there and its shows those cowards that brought the buildings down that those cowards lost and America won. Rebuild those Towers.We all need to get together and write to the mayor and governor and maybe hold protests.
I loved those buildings, pull out the blue prints and lets get to work, just add a couple of stories for a memorial to those who were murdered by those Islamic terrorists.
The Twin Towers are the best choice for rebuilding the WTC. If the Freedom Tower is to be built there then the WTC will loose all of it glory that it had before 9/11, but if we rebuild the twins the wtc could be an American icon again.
I cannot even begin to imagine the smiles on the faces of New Yorkers and the sense of optimism and excitement when crane’s begin lifting iron and new Twin Towers begin to pierce the skyline replacing their fallen predecessors. Sadly our nation has become entrenched in a quagmire of bureaucracy and political correctness. Rather than building great, there are those making excuses why we can’t, shouldn’t or that it’s basically unnecessary. Had that attitude prevailed 70 years ago Hoover Dam or Mount Rushmore would never have gotten built. The late President John F. Kennedy said it best with the following:
“The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.”
I was born in NYC, & my family is from Queens & Brooklyn. I grew up in the suburbs of NJ. I know the pride of NY & what it means to be from there. There is NO better way to demonstrate that than to restore the crown jewel of NYC to its former glory
It could not be said better than this petition’s intro: Rebuild a similar pair of towers and repair the emasculated NYC and American skyline. Demonstrate our resolve and sentiment. These buildings will always remain in our hearts.
The only proper response to terrorism is to confront it with lethal force. And the only proper response this great nation to the destruction of our sacred symbols is to rebuild them stronger, better, maybe even a little taller!
Terrorism is a war of symbols. That is why the Towers were targeted and that is why they must be rebuilt. Not at the old height, but higher, only thus can we avoid symbolic capitulation – and we must, ere the terrorists smell blood in the water…
Rebuild the Towers and demonstrate that Americans are capable of rebuilding what we value and defeating those who would come to the US to destroy what we hold dear.
To not build the towers is a sign of defeat that is desired by these people.
The defiance we felt in the immediate aftermath of September 11, 2001 must be resurrected and re-channeled. Build the Twin Towers again and show every American friend and foe that the course of our destiny will not be altered by the whim of savages.
Build them taller, bolder, and prouder than ever. What a fitting tribute that would be to the victims of 9/11. We did not cower in fear, but stood boldly in the face of our enemy.
I can’t believe that we even HAVE to be signing a petition to do this. And with 111 stories just to say FU#K YOU OSAMA! What the heck ever happened to: ‘we shall rebuild’? didn’t the prez. say that? This is a disgrace we even have to BEG!
I can still remember where I was on that terrible day and how broken I felt. To build anything less of those beautiful towers is a slap in the face – only they can mend America. The freedom tower will onlys be a painful reminder of a bad decision.
Recently I visited NYC and was very surprised to hear that the rebuilding process of the Twin Towers is in a state of limbo. In an almost spiritual sense two towers must go up because of the way they were brought down.
I’m not a fan of Trump but he had the right idea. We need the towers back. More importantly, we also need a memorial for those who lost their lives and the pain of their loved ones.
It’s high time that new Twin Towers emulating the original 70s classic Twin Towers or ‘World Trade Center 2’ are constructed on EXACTLY THE SAME SPOT! At almost 1/2 decade removed from the disaster!.. Now where are those magnificent towers?
The greatest monument to the murdered asnd clearest answer to our enemies is to rebuild the object of their hatred. We as a people will not forgive killers nor forgot those we lost. With re-building our response is clear – “we still exist” and wil
I will say here what I said in my editorial in 2001: if we don’t put the Twin Towers back where they were, the way they were (with a memorial, of course)–then we are telling the terrorists who did this–“you won”. Anything less is a shame.
As a former New Yorker, born and raised in New York, it is my undeniable and solid will that the symbol of New York be restored on its proper location. Not only shall we rebuild, but restore the greatness that we lost.
I lost a friend from the Foran High School class of 1980, Mr.Michael Miller. He was always so proud, to tell everyone that he worked in the Twin Towers! The BEST memorial to him, and all of the others lost on 9/11, is to PUT BACK what Osama Bin Laden TOOK AWAY from New York City! NO OTHER MEMORIAL WILL DO! In the past five years, Gov.Pataki and his Port authority and the LMDC have accomplished NOTHING at ground zero! The Empire State building was constructed in one year! They were, and still are, loved and missed by many New Yorkers. If you had two of your front teeth knocked out, would you replace one tooth or both? Enough is Enough already! Make New York, New York Again! Rebuild our Twin Towers!
Anything less then rebuilding is cowering to the terrorists. America is not afraid and will not let that which is important to us be taken away. Imagine the strength we would show to the world if we rebuilding them 10 feet taller.
I’ve been a supporter of rebuilding the towers since hearing the idea on NPR three years ago. Nothing else I’ve seen does anything but make me wince. Re-build the Towers. Confidence and courage will make it work.
The Twins NEED to be set back in place and not some HALF BAKED design that has been presented. Is it not obvious,in ANY RESPECT, that the Twin Towers NEED to be an IN YOUR FACE symbol to those who THINK they won? WAKE UP,PEOPLE of America!
I want to return someday and take photo’s from the top of the towers and compare them to the old towers. This will be my reminder that we can take all the violence that is aimed at us. And we will rebuild and continue on. Hatred will NOT stop us.
I grew up in the shadows of the towers on S.I.and in high school looking out the window at lower manhattan at the greatest skyline of America and N.Y.C…. they need to be rebuilt.
Rebuild the towers, now! Mind you, not to their former height, but to 2001 ft., in recognition of the year they were destroyed. We have the technology to build this structure as the tallest in the world, and no reason not to. They should once again stand as a monument to what their founder (Minoru Yamasaki) intended. Scrap the “Libeskind” plan entirely; he’s a degenerative psychopath who’s only claim to fame is the construction of a Holocaust memorial, reflective of his “death” mentali
The Twin Towers MUST be rebuilt. As long as they are not standing tall in New York City, the terrorists have won, make no mistake about it. We must defeat them by bringing the towers back.
I can hardly recognize New York City without the World Trade Center towers. While several buildings like the Chrysler building and the Empire State Building identify the city, the twin towers are the signature of a beautiful city and skyline.
The empty space where the towers stood is a powerful recruitment poster for the terrorists. It disgraces this great nation that we’ve allowed them this for nearly 5 years. Restore the towers now!
I wanted to pay respect to the victims and their families that lost their lives on the horrible day. I feel that rebuilding the Towers will really help with the healing process, and the skyline will look normal again. God Bless:)
The towers need to be rebuilt to show the world we will not be detered by any terrorists or any other rogue nation They should be rebuilt to be the tallest as well !
It would be a sin to build something other than the twin towers. The world must see that The United States of America cannot be pushed around. If we are knocked down, we get up and do it better the next time.
Lemme ask this question: if the White House was completely destroyed in the attack, whould we be quibbling about a replacement that’s less than the original?
Of course not. Rebuild’em even bigger than before.
Nothing less than full rebuilding of the Twin Towers will tell the world that we might be hurt, BUT WE CAN’T BE BROKEN! We should make sure the new Twin Towers are the tallest buildings in the world. Period. By a lot.
Do the right thing, Mayor Bloomberg, and bring back the Twin Towers! DC rebuilt the Pentagon, right? Our war in Iraq doesn’t send the message to terrorists that we are strong–rebuilding the WTC better than ever will!
America deserves replacement towers. By not rebuilding something just as spectacular at ground zero, I feel we are accepting defeat. That’s not what Americans are. We look fear in the face and prove to the world the great things we can accomplish.
If we dont build the towers back the way they were, the terrerits have won.In my opinion,We should build them back EXACTLY as they were, and build them 10 stories higher than before.
Yes, I do believe the towers should be replaced in their form…maybe taller. Not only did they define NYC and the US but we shouldnt let the terrorist…we should raise up two new towers and say the hell with yall…
I have never returned to the former site of the towers because for me, more than anything else, the towers defined New York to me. When the towers are rebuilt, I will return as will New York to all its former glory.
Years later our nation is still grieving, still mourning, and still recovering. And yet I can’t help think of the road ahead, the long arduous battle we are fighting and will be fighting for a long time. A battle not against a Nation, but against a faceless enemy. One that we have to identify not by nationality, race, or uniform. But by Ideology. How can we here at home, those of us who cannot strike out, show such an enemy our defiance and our resolve to see this through? How can we show that this will not be forgotten in six years or six decades? What can “We the people” do to show our unity is not just a result of momentary horror but a deep-rooted, unshakable, terrible resolve? REBUILD THEM.
Rebuild them taller and bigger. They should be the tallest, grandest structure American engineering can conceive of. Built by Americans of all nationalities, races, and religions. Built out of American Steel, American glass, and American sweat. Put at their apex a beacon that can be seen seemingly forever. A beacon of Defiance that all Americans can point to when their resolve seems to wane with the weight of time. Rebuild it as a reminder to those who will guard Democracy after our generation has “shuffled off this mortal coil”. A monument that screams out to each of us that what we have here is greater than the cost of a couple of skyscrapers, and cannot be stopped by the killing of innocent people. Rebuild them so these future guardians of democracy will always know that the sacrifice those souls made was just another in a long line of payments made by the generations preceding them for our freedom. Rebuild them to remind them as they grow that they too, may have to pay to keep this country free.
Rebuild them to show our faceless enemy that we will not stop, we will not grow weary, we will not be deterred, we will not cease to hunt them until the very thought of terrorist ideology is unthinkable by even the most radical sect of any religion or country. I suggest a name that reminds us not of the many dead, nor of the terrible act that occurred there. Instead I believe it should reflect the effect it has had on our nation. The effect of unifying the nation instead of dividing it. Of new religious dialog, understanding, and tolerance. Of our deep and unmovable love for the special gift given to us over 200 years ago by the founders of this republic. Call them “The Defiance Towers” or “Unity Plaza”.
Call it anything you wish, but out of defiance, out of respect for the dead, and for the love of God and Country, build it.
As a firefighter/ems worker,and close friend to person who lost a family member,(firefighter Regan R3),And one who witness the horror of that day. Its the only way to truly honor those who lost their lifes on that day show the try meaning of America
Rbuild the towers-taller. We must not yeild to the weak among us,or our enemies here and abroad. The greatest city in the free world neesds the greatest towers in the free world. A symbol of our resolve to honor all of those who have sacrificed.
Please…….. it is my dream to see the towers rise again after all that has taken place. I watched them go up starting in 68 and I feel that NY will never be Ny without the original skyline. Build th Freedom tower on another site.
I don’t know if I had already signed, but I’m so supportive of this effort I’m signing this again. The twin towers were an American symbol and it’s reconstruction will truly be a slap in the face of those cowardly terrorists.
The best way to honor the Americans who lost their life and their love ones is to build the towers mightier and stronger than they were the on 9/10/01….
I have thought from day 1 that the towers should be rebuilt identical but stronger, thats the only way to restore the skyline and pride to what it once was.
I like Donald Trump’s idea of building them exactly as they were PLUS ONE STORY. Nothing can send a better message to all involved on 9/11 than us rebuilding the towers and our skyline and ADDING one floor.
I’m sure the ‘Freedom Tower’ would look nice when built, but build it somewhere else. The towers need to be rebuilt as they were, or only slightly taller.
I saw them when they were being built the 1st time. I saw them after they were destroyed. I want to see them bulit again, because in America WE DO NOT GIVE UP!!!
The most awesome buildings in the world need to rise again. The terrorists can not take the towers from us. I am a SSGT in the U.S. Marines serving in Iraq on my second tour. Most of us over here would love to see the towers rise again!!!!!
I agree to rebuild the towers. They were not just “buildings” but American Icons that should not only withstand time but should be rebuilt with the mindset of thumbing our noses at the terrorists who cost many innocent Americans their lives.
Nothing can be more sacred than the lives of the people. No one has the right to take that away from us ! Let Freedom Ring, Rebuild the Towers the way they were, but stronger than before !
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS.Restore the greatness of the NewYorkskyline.Don’t replace an icon of such magnitude with just a hollow piece of art.rebuild with the notion that this would simbolize america’s ablility to overcome any obstacle in a tough tim
I just want to give all the support and love to all the familie’s out there who have lost their loved ones
in the tragedy of 9/11.my prayers are with you all.god bless.
I was raised in nj…grew up viewing the majesty of new york city from the top of the towers most weekends or the skyline from the cliffs. No longer a majestic site for us to gaze…the void just brings back the sadnesss of that horrific day…
Hello I am an ex New Yorker living in Jacksonville florida I watched the twin towers rise into the sky from my bedroom window in Brooklyn I left NY 2 days before the attack I think it would kill the terrorists to watch the towers rise again letsdo it
Cowards would not replace destroyed property with identical buildings. No real American is a coward. See, they who more than self their country loved, ran INTO the burning buildings. Will New Yorkers now run away from the towers?
Why re-invent the wheel? No other buildings in this world would have withstood the impacts of the planes, let alone stand for 45 minutes while the burned. The design saved way more lives than they took. And we can improve upon the original designs.
The twin towers were built to be as economical, leaseable and awe-inspiring as possible. They succeeded. The notion of replacing them with anything less is an absolute insult to all of us and to the towers themselves. Let’s rebuild them!
Until we Americans stop the current undemocratic rebuilding process sponsored by governor Pataki, and listen to the voice of the people by rebuilding the Twin Towers, we will never triumph over those killers who long to destroy our democratic ways.
Born in N.Y. and raised on L.I.Living in Fl since ’79. My Dad helped build the twin towers. Been to the top of the Trade Ctr. many times. Others should have the opportunity to see the breathtaking view. N.Y is not the same without them.
The WTC was a symbol of American optimism. That symbol of optimism needs to be reforged. Regardless of their appearance, the stature of them towers that rise should represent the best of American imagination, technology, determination, and commerce.
They rebuilt Europe and Japan after WW2..why can’t we rebuild the Twin Towers taller and stronger?Why not two 150 storey memorials to all who perished?
my soulmate, the man i knew i would marry some day was killed in iraq serving our country after 4 of his close friends were killed in the towers. his name was dimitri gavriel, and his sister forwarded this mail to me. he was a securities analyst on wall street–a genius–and joined the marines to contribute something in honor of those he held so dearly. his death left ALL of those that knew him with a hole in their heart as big as the towers have left. please, do whatever you can to fill that void, to honor our country and the freedom that dimmy fought and died for.
i signed it, and good luck to you and your cause. i hope it works.
It’s about time that we as a nation stood up and let the world, friend or foe know we will not apologize to people who hate our country and way of life and religion. This is the best way to remember our fallen citizens, they deserve this!
The skyline seems incomplete without the towers. If for whatever reason they are not rebuilt, the towers and all the people that died during 9/11 will be forever etched in history and in the hearts of the American people.
To best honor and remember the victims and heros of 911, The Twin Towers must be rebuilt as they once were. The NY City skyline is bare without them and America deserves to have them back. The Twin Towers were an important symbol of America.
This should have been the idea from day one. There never should have been a contest or competition, there should have been a rebuildinig of new and better towers – but looking like the SAME towers!
Former New Yorker that would love to see the Twin Towers rebuilt to honor those lost in the tragedy.
To raise the skyline to it’s former glory and raise the spirit of New York and America.
Nothing else will do! I lived under the Twin Towers shadows for 10 years and even thousands of miles away now – nothing else will do. Esp their newest idea.
Fear is one of the biggest weapons radical extremists used to topple these monuments and symbols of our great country. Fear will also keep them from being rebuilt. Fear not, rebuild. Let the legs of the towers stand in place of all of those we lost.
I BELIEVE IF WE DON`T REBUILD THEM AS THEY WERE OR EVEN BIGGER NOW. THE TERROROISTS HAVE WON THAT BATTLE. IT WOULD BE A GREAT SLAP IN THEIR FACES IF WE REBUILD BIGGER AN BETTER BUT LOOK THE SAME.
Build the towers but build them taller! That’s what we want to see. No one wants to see some art deco variation…this is NY…we need our twin towers back!
I am so glad to have found multitudes of others who feel as I do about the Twin Towers. Although not a New Yorker, they were just as much a part of me as those of you who are fortunate enough to call yourselves native New Yorkers.
If it were up to me, I’d rebuild the towers at least 1 floor taller than they were when those scumbags knocked them down. Call the towers Mecca & Medina, & let it be known that if they fall again, so will the Muslim holy cities sharing their names.
If we DON’T rebuild the Twin Towers, we empower every terrorist who ever thought ill of the United States or any American. As the old saying went, “DON’T TREAD ON ME!” Remember, you’re only beaten if you stay down, so…RISE UP, TOWERS!
We need everyone’s support to rebuild the Towers as they once were. Everytime I look over from the Jersey Turnpike I know something is missing, the two sisters.
Utilizing technological advances in building safety (as seen in the “Freedom Tower”), we are capable of creating new Twin Towers in a post-9/11 world, similar enough to retain their significance, but different enough to show the capacity to move on.
We need to get off our collective duff and rebuild these beatiful towers. Anything less is just a continuation of our defeat at the hands of our enemies on 9/11/01.
Just a few pragmatic and logical words: the twin towers have to come back, America owes that to the world, putting anything else instead of it, it is an outrage and a huge disrespect toward the world and human rights, it’s like the 3 thousand lives were lost in vain, and the fear prevailed after all.
I strongly support the rebuilding of the Twin Towers, in particular according to the Trump plan. We need to show the world that we will not be intimidated, which is what building the single, so-called Freedom Tower conveys!
Michael Horn
If we don’t rebuild them, then the terrorists win.
We should show the world that we have the means and the ability to overcome this terrible event . . . rebuild them exactly as they appeared . . only structurally stronger . . and declare victory in the war against terrorism.
Please we need TWIN TOWERS to replace what was stolen from us. Not identical to the priginals, but similar to give us a reminder that we can overcome anything
Why not? The Pentagon was rebuilt and so would have the Capital had it been hit because they are important symbols. The towers were also a great symbol. Rebuilding the towers would completely deflate the ego of the terrorist movement.
I live in the midwest now but I will always be a New Yorker. (Yea! Queens!) Bring the twin towers back stronger than before. If they can make buildings earthquake-proof, they can make them terrorist-proof. Rebuild them and make it snappy, dammit!
Yes, please rebuild them. To not rebuild them or to build lower structures is merely a way of giving in to the terrorists.
Build them stronger, make them 111 floors each, but make them appear the same.
As a native NYker who lives in Colorado, I say rebuild. The NY skyline has always been seen as one of the most recognized in the world. We need to say to those pathetic terrorists that we will continue to get up after being knocked down. NY has always taken the hits and has proven time after time that we always get up. That being said, rebuild and pay respect to those who lost their lives on that day. Put those buildings back and make the skyline whole again. The entire country would cheer
I was living in NYC on 9/11. I would definitely prefer to see the towers rebuilt, rather than the tepid, committee-driven compromizes that have been the norm so far. We should have the courage of our convictions, and realize that the only way to truly make any sense at all out of all this is to rebuild the World Trade Center, just the way it was. What could more demonstrate that we were not cowed?
Let’s get the towers backup, taller prouder and stronger. No terrorist should dictate to us how when or where we construct our buildings. This can still be sacred ground with a greater testimony to AMERICA.
The Twin Towers should return to the New York skyline for two reasons: to send the message that Americans will not be changed or intimidated by a handful of pathetic terrorists; and because we want our towers back. We can do it, we should do it.
Build the Twin Towers stronger and higher and in the same spot they once stood. Do not allow anyone because of their idiotic beliefs to alter the way our cities look. We are who we are. A memorial should be built within the complex.
The Twin Towers must be raised to show the terrorists that they have not won. The Twin Towers were a “flagship” to cooperation in world trade and peace.
Towers must be rebuild again! We have to proof the Terrorist we have courage and that we do not care about them…we need to rebuild and also pray for the unfortunate people that die that day!
I lost my friend Gabby (106th floor). Rebuilding the towers so we can honor those innocent lives lost on 9/11, but also to help those of us that are still here still living with the memory of it all, still living with the loss. Rebuild the towers.
REBUILD! Make the twin towers better than they were originally!Show the world that the citizeens of NYC and the rest of the country can come back from anything!
As native New Yorker, who is now in DC I wants to see the WTC re-errected. Any other building orediface represents a win for OBL and his members. Everytime there is a skyline shot of NYC without the WTC they win. Good luck
i have always believed (even before any of the ‘conspiracy theories’ began) that we/americans should replace what was taken from us. not only an american icon, but strenght it sybolizes.
we can replace them and show the world that ‘you can knock us down, but we will get up’.
with these towers being replaced using new and better technicology, a new courage and faith will be restored.
I currently live mere blocks from the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The Pentagon has been rebuilt ahead of schedule and stronger than before. Now the neighborhood is thriving. New York, you can do it too!
For almost 3 decades they marked the Manhattan skyline. having them gone doesn’t ruin the overwhelming view Manhattan has and the excitment of visiting it, but I really, really wishes they would have stayed there unharmed, so let’s try and make perfect replicas of them.
Build our towers back! We’ve rebuilt everything else that was damaged during these cowardly attacks except for the 2 most symbolic buildings in the world! We want them back, not that lousy, french looking, spire…most of it being a useless antenna!
Of course the WTC towers should be rebuilt exactly as they were. Anthing less, anything else, is a victory for our enemy. Why should the NY skyline be left altered by our enemies actions? Every WTC worker who died that day would want their memory homored by replacing those buildings as they were when they worked their. NY and the U.S. should not just accept their demise.
I was a resident of TriBeCa at the time the towers came down and always had the opinion that the only and best thing to do is to rebuild to original height if not even higher to top it off! Let’s show what we are made of!
funny, how it was so late after this happened that we never heard there was a chance for anyone to send in designs for structures to be built until it was already decided. Maybe someone more creative could have come up with a better design than the freedom tower.
This country needs to show some backbone and start standing up to these terrorist thugs. One clear message would be the rebuilding of the towers just the way they were.
My Uncle worked on both towers and I had cousins working there when the planes hit. Lucky they lived. Please preserve these wonderful monuments of America and do not let the radical muslims win.
GOD BLESS AMERICA.
It would really be nice to see the towers soaring above the NYC skyline again. As a former NY native of upstate NY I can’t see NYC without the towers. The towers were there most of my life and the NYC skyline looks like it’s missing something.
If we don’t build the twin towers to the height or even higher than they were before then the terriorist have won and I be darn if I’m a loser. God Bless AMERICA.
As a flight Attendant our industry was severely effected and to this day still is. Passengers may have returned but our jobs will never be the same. I would love to see the towers rebuilt and I know several of my coworkers would too. Could you please add the category of Airline Employees or Aviation.
I grew up in Williamsburg Brooklyn and can remember seeing the Twin Towers from every block I walked or drove my car down.
When I went home I stared at them through my bedroom window before I fell asleep.
Those were the days.
I know in my heart the people that still live in Brooklyn would rather look at a big blank space the sky fills, than anything other than the newly re-built TWIN TOWERS.
Lets not show those who would try to defeat us, that they can be successful. Anything other than new twin towers would be a tribute to their “success”. Lets not show that they have succeeded at anything!!!! God Bless America!!!
Build the twin towers again, bigger and stronger. That pitiful Freedom Tower might as well be a flag of surrender to the filthy, rabid DOGS that brought them down. New York will never be the same until they are standing proud again next to each other. Hand it over to Trump. He’ll git-R-done.
FREEDOM TOWER IS A DISGRACE TO THIS COUNTRY. REBUILD THE TOWERS BACK TALLER, STRONGER. NEW YORK IS NOT THE SAME WITHOUT THEM! DON’T LET THOSE BASTARDS WIN!!!
It is obscene that more than four years have passed, and the wreckage of these monsters remains uncorrected. This can only be seen as a victory for their cause.
I lived in NYC at the time of the Sept. 11 attacks and for over three years afterward. I would like nothing more than to see the towers rise again, in defiance of our enemies and in pride for America.
i’m very happy to see that some one is doing the right thing! I allways wanted the Towers to be rebuilted. But now i have a new hope to see them again. God bless America!!!
I was born in NYC and live now in Virginia. When I made a trip to NYC in November 2005 I refused to peer into that pit in the ground…I will not visit that site until the towers (or something better)are put back! I will not pay homage to carnage!
Not rebuilding is a surrender to the terroists. What better way to show the American spirit than to rebuild the Twin Towers at least a few floors taller than it was before.
It’s imperative that The Towers be rebuild as they were, not only as a tribute to those that perished but, as a symbol that We as Americans will NOT be swayed in our resolve to prevail and replace, if we have the power to do so, the things that are part of our national fabric and pride. The World Trade Center Twin Towers was such a ‘thing’. Don’t let the terrorists succeed…place the Towers as they were…
The Twin Towers have always symbolized NY and the great American spirit. To look into the NY sky and not see the beautiful towers anymore hurts. Americans have always been proud of accomplishing what seems to be impossible and in a grand manner. Our Twin Towers were exactly that. It’s time to rebuild the new grander Twin Towers in memory of the originals.
If we build something smaller or shorter, it will be an admission of guilt for building the original towers. We are not guilty! In no respect did we deserve to be “knocked down a peg.” The guilt lies with the Islamic aggressors. Take THEM down.
I will never forget you. We shouldn’t have let politics get in the way of what should have been started 4 years ago, rebuilding the towers. We owe it to the innocent people who had their lives taken and to send a message to the Killers that we will over come
It’s a travesty that the WTC is not being rebuilt higher in honor of those who died in this atrocity and as a message to the enemies of civilization that we won’t submit or weaken but will come back stronger.
The twin towers should indeed be rebuild – just as before, or taller. No other option will both reassure and inspire our allies, and make our resolve clear to our enemies.
The Freedom Tower should be re-named the Surrender Tower. It is a disgrace to our Military Personal who are putting their lives on the line to defend our way of life and our right to have our skyline look the way WE want it to.
The World Trade Center was a very special place for me. I came to New York City with a dream and ambition.
I was exhausted after 4 days without any food and very little water.
I came to rest at a place where I could identify.
The World Trade Center 9-10-01.
1) Must rebuild the Twin Towers
2) To remind ourselves, and to remind the entire world that American will always stand tall against all terrorists
3) Deny terrorists any chance to claim to world history that “Terrorists have forever ‘disfigured’ America!”, if anything-else-but-Twin-Towers is built here
The new buildings should be a proud testament to what America stands for: freedom of the mind and the pursuit of happiness, not submission to the terror that our enemies are trying to inspire in us. The twin towers represented the best of America.
Rebuild ’em. The 1776 foot mausoleum they’re planning now makes it seems as though we’re supposed to feel sorry for ourselves in the foreseeable future. I would love to one day goto ground zero and see the memorial dedicated to the first Twin Towers.
Rebuild the World Trade Center. Spare us all the mawkish memorializing. Just rebuild the towers, make them as safe as possible, add a tasteful, discreet, respectful, unsentimental memorial, and let’s move on. Rebuilding is the best memorial.
Ever since 9/11, I have always believed that the WTC should be rebuilt exactly the same. Had the White House or US Capitol been hit, they would have been rebuilt–as the White House was after the War 0f 1812. Rebuild it!
The day the Towers fell,all I wished is that I could have been up there to help.I am now in school to be a paramedic.The attacks inspired me to do so.If we don’t rebuild the towers,we are just giving in to the Terrorists’ dreams.*GOD*BLESS*AMERICA*
I was at the unveiling of the current proposed replacement tower, and the entire room was underwhelmed. Everyone wants the towers back. Bring them back.
Finally! I’m glad this petition has been created because I’ve felt all along that rebuilding the towers is the right thing to do. Apparently some other people do too!
Nothing would send a stronger message of resiliance toward terrorists, and, more importantly, Americans. We should stand up, show our courage, and rebuild the twin towers.
By not rebuilding the towers, we are showing them that they accomplished their goal. They set out to destroy a prominent landmark, standing for freedom and free enterprise in America. The towers came down but we have the power to rebuild them and send the message that we are not afraid and that we are still strong.
I am a former New Yorker who sorely misses those magnificent two buildings.
For us to raise a substitute building, no matter what explanation given, it would be a tacit sign that we have been defeated by an enemy of freedom and of our country.
I join with others who see in this attempt at an ersatz replacement and unfitting appropriation of land for a monstorous memo0rial to be a folly and a sellout of our forefathers.
Exactly as before, (except with a few internal modifications to avert things like jet fuel spilling into the elevators shafts). What better way to piss off those that would seek to deface the landscape of America
The collapse caused my son, at sophomore in HS at the time, to cry in front of peers. That tells me that he recognized the devastation in spite of his somewhat protected childhood. To rebuild the towers taller than before, with an appropriate memorial to the brave EMS folks, and the poor victims who were in the wrong place at the wrong time, would be spit in the eye of the fanatics who did this. We are at war with fanatics, and we cannot cave in to them.
I fully agree: we must rebuild the twins, at least as tall as before. I’m a building inspector and enforcement officer and would dearly love to help show the terrorists that they have failed and will fail, forever. Born in Manhattan I spent time in The Towers in the past and, although I now live in Oregon, my daughter was in her office in the WFC on 9/11. I am profoundly grateful that she survived and my heart goes out to those whose loved ones did not. Let us rebuild in their honor.
We can rebuild it better and stronger than before. Give NYC and the USA its Twin Towers back! Anything less is a victory for the scum that did this to us. Semper Fidelis! Rob Holden
I am a native New Yorker now living in Va. Everytime I visit family I take the Verrazano Bridge and tell my daughter (age 7) that there used to be two big buildings over there on that island. Shes asks — who took them away and when are they going to be put back?
If America is to prove its resilliance in the face of militant Islam’s onslaught, it must rebuild the towers as on operating commercial center. We should do this to prove that freedom and trade are superior to mysticism and death threats.
This is a good idea as long as it is privately funded and not paid for by the government. Oh…and it would be great if they were even bigger than before.
Fall down seven times, get up eight. It is important that we show the world that we have the spirit of winners. If terrorists destroy, we will rebuild out of courage, not memorialize out of fear.
Just look at them. The towers stood as a solid symbol instantly recognizable and identified with NYC and the USA. The freedom tower pales in comparison. It’s no way to show a triumph over terrorism.
The only way to truly show that we have not been defeated by terrorism is to rebuild twin towers at least as tall. It’s also the most fitting memorial to those who died – getting back to the business of trade and exchange among nations of the world.
Americans should all be of one voice. Rebuild the towers. Make them stronger, larger to show the resolve and the power of reason in guiding a secular public under a constitutional republic whose sole purpose is to protect its citizens individual rights. This includes of course property rights. America!
Why would they want to build anything else but the Twin Towers…We the people have the right idea to tell the terrorists that we will not allow them to change our City or Country. Thank You!
They should have been rebuilt immediately, but stronger. We had the chance to send a message that if you blow it up, we’ll rebuild it, and we blew it. What will we do if the Empire State Building is destroyed?
New York isn’t New York without the real World Trade Center. Freedom Tower “looks like” the North Tower…so all we need now is the South Tower. We wouldn’t have this discussion if it were the Statue of Liberty…would we?
I worked on Wall Street when the World Trade Center was being built. I’m a native New Yorker living in RI. I would like to see a monument built to show our pride.
Yes, build it taller than before, and dedicate the 93rd floor to the bold passengers of United Flight 93, who fought and won the first battle in the war against Islamic totalitarianism.
Each time I fly into NY, I still look for the Towers. Rebuilding the Towers, with improved efficiencies and memorials, will be a constant reminder to our citizens as well as those bend on destroying our solidarity and freedom, that we will come back better every time.
Give Islam the BIRD! Let there be no apology; no dishonesty; no self blame nor self doubt implied nor expressed in any memorial! http://www.geocities.com/crusadersarmory/
I have visited New York several times since 9/11 and have gone to the site of the tragedy. The New York City skyline was symbolic to me of all this country could achieve. Replacing the twin towers with any other type or style of buildings is akin to finding a perfectly good second wife after your beloved wife has passed on. Good, but never the same. Please rebuild the towers.
I believe that building the towners once again would show our enemies that we are not afraid. That even though they tried to inflict pain and cause chaos. They infact brought our nation even closer and by building those towers again we would symbolize this. So please build the towers once again and show those cowards that even though we may get hit in the gut, we’ll rise and fight with even greater strength.
I visited N.Y. and ground zero shortly after the tragedy. My gut instinct is as the rest, of course go ahead and rebuild as they were, although, recently I have started to imagine how hopeless all of those victims in the towers must have felt as they realized their fate was at hand. whether due to their position in the towers or, they Made the ultimate leap of faith, that God would carry them home, the heighth of those buildings made it impossible to survive. I pray this is what they would want
I cannot think of a single thing that would send a better message than to rebuild to the way we were. The Towers were not built to stand as a statement, though they became one in the end. The statement of that site should not be how we were struck down, or how we taunted by making something bigger. The statement of what we do now should be that you cannot change how we live or frighten us into submission.
I truly hope that the organizers would allow the nation to have a voice in this.
I fully support this concept and believe that restoring what was sends the strongest message that we will not be influenced by this type of criminal activity.
The Twin Towers were the iconic signature of New York City- especially for those who live outside NYC. The best way for the city (and the nation) to gain any sort of closure is to rebuild the towers stronger, taller, and safer.
It’s the best option for everyone. Rebuild the towers to be safer and stronger–bringing back a lot of businesses and jobs, and create some sort of memorial or museum for everyone close by the site of the two towers.
I could not believe that they are going to build something other then the Twin Towers. I am outraged by this plan of the Freedom Tower. Freedom, I thought that the plans would be voted by the people in a truly democrate manner.
I watched a Showtime program by Ben & Tiller’s BS last night on Ground Zero. A real eye opener. As always, those who are in charge always seem to nothing what the people want and at the same time get paid for doing nothing at all.
Rebuild the WTC as tall if not taller, without all the weepy, self-pitying embellishments. Rebuild from pride, not sorrow. Did the U.S. go into permanent shock when it was attacked at Pearl Harbor? No, it planned to strike back and defeat the enemy, not go into a perpetual crying jag.
This is a good start; motivational step. But if we stop here we will continue to lose this WW3 against radical Islam and the Third World Countries that are threatening the existence of our children.
No design could be more inspiring to me than seeing the same or higher, soaring gothic towers which is an icon of Ameria. Why would we build anything else?
Yes. Rebuild the towers, but make them bigger and better. Also, those Islamic Fascists who supported the bastards who destroyed the original towers, especially Iran, must pay the full price for their treachery; their own destruction.
Put ’em back up, without delay. The Empire State Building was built in a year – is the spirit that made that possible still alive? I say yes! Let’s do 2 in 364 days!
Rebuilding the Twin Towers, a newer and technologically more advanced version, with the same appearance would send the strongest message to the World that the World citizens will not allow terriorists to destroy symbols of freedom and commerce among the various nations.
5 years later and the greatest city in the world can’t even rebuild the gaping hole in the financial district. As a result, we constantly have to be reminded of 9/11 every time we look at downtown manhattan. To me, that is the greatest tragedy of the post 9/11 world because it’s the terorists imprint on America. Pataki has been a joke since Guliani left office and has cost the city millions of dollars paying off unions,architects, engineers, etc. for a bunch of disgraceful building designs..
The attack on the Twin Towers was an attack on all of America, and all of us have a stake in seing them rebuilt. I am willing for all of America to bear the cost.
To not rebuild the towers would show the terrorists and the rest of the world that we are afraid of them. God bless America, God Bless NYC and REBUILD!!!
Rebuild the towers.
Better yet, build something bigger.
I vote for FL Wright’s “Mile-High” —
same square footage as the original towers combined, even more grand.
I feel that the Twin Towers should be rebuilt as they were, except with a couple very minor modifications: First, stronger, with thicker bolts on floor supports, better fireproofing, and next, with one extra floor each.(this to taunt the terrorists – ha ha screw you!!!
On one tower, a Memorial to those who died-the best place for it! Can one imagine the impact of looking out those windows at the other tower a short distance away, and the distance to the ground? On the top of the other one a dis
I think that rebuilding the twin towers in all their glory would be the best option for the WTC site. I’m in NYC at least once every year for business and always remember the twin towers standing proudly in the New York City skyline. To rebuild the towers is to stand up against terrorism and the terrorists that took those buildings down and took with them the lives of our loved ones. The freedom tower plan is ridiculous. I hope that our efforts to rebuild the towers will be successful.
At first I figured, don’t rebuild them if you don’t need the office space. But I’ve come to see that sometimes, symbols matter. If we wanted to take down the towers, I wouldn’t care. But we can’t let THEM get away with it.
The “Freedom Tower” will be 1776 feet tall. Wow! What a message that will send to the terrorists! And the very name “Freedome Tower” as well. Bullcrap. Terrorists don’t care, and the “message” will be lost on them.
The one thing that will send them a message will be a few years after 9/11 the Twin Towers are back up again EXTACTLY AS THEY STOOD BEFORE. Now that’s a “message.”
My wife is a native New Yorker. We watched them fall on CNN. No words can discribe the horror on her face. The pain that I could see. If we don’t rebuild them as they were, the terrorist win. We can’t allow that to happen.
Please rebuild them, stronger and taller, as we americans should also stand against these terrorists, stronger and taller.
If the USA’s sometimes lumbering Federal Government can do the absolutely correct thing with the Pentagon, with the first rebuilt part being occupied in less than ONE YEAR, and with the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania, there is no reason at all why New York’s state and city leaders can’t do likewise with the World Trade Center. The time has long since passed for them to get off of their egos and do that right thing. PUT THE TOWERS BACK! NYC, NYS, the USA and the World all need
Californian whose Uncle was in Trade Tower 7. He survived, and I would really like to see the towers up again. I got to see them once, as a little kid. Good luck guys, you’re doing the right thing.
9/11 was a horrible day. I am an AMERICAN from FL. I believe that Building a sad ass looking building like the Freedom tower and museum shows that we have been defeated. I am a proud American and would love nothing more than to see those buildings stand again, but one floor higher… I think that idea is great, showing that not only did we bounce back, but we returned higher than before… Rebuild those towers!!!!… Why is it so difficult for people to understand that thats what we want!!!!…
It’s time to rebuild our American pyramids, to last for generations. Taller, stronger, safer, better. A tragic turn in our nation’s history needs to be corrected. Rebuild the mighty Twin Towers!
I am so angry that the twin towers are not already being rebuilt I don’t know what to do. The half way effort that is being made is unacceptable. Let’s show the world what we can do and build the two most magnificent building ever seen.
For America’s Future Generations. Death to ISLAMIC Radical Terrorists The World Over !!!! NOW !!! Their Job is to meet their 72 Virgins, Our Job Is To Make The Introduction Happen !!!!
We must not be appeasers on this issue. Rebuild the twin towers with pride and make a statement to the world that we will not go quietly into the night.
Chicagoan here, If the freedom tower is built, they show the terrorists we can be defeated. We should rebuild the Twin towers a few floors taller, improve the design, and put up a memorial for the people who died at ground zero in the new buildings. Whats taking them so long, the half way effort that is being made is unacceptable, this is the world trade center we’re talking about. The NYC skyline will never be the same without them. REBUILD REBUILD!!
The absolute best memorial to the fallen heros is the rebuilding of the Twin Towers. The Twin Towers are the perfect demonstration of steadfastness.
An over-the-top different design is just a provocation for more attacks.
The Fraud-em Tower is not a bad name, but I would think of it more as the “Osama Bin Laden Center” or “Al Qaeda Plaza” and a monument to terrorism that exists but for his “greatness”. I have absolutely no doubt that it would truly be the world’s safest building from terrorism because its mere existence would serve as an inspiration to terrorists the world over that they too can pull off death and destruction and have a huge skyscraper built just for them.
The most resolute gesture we can make is to rebuild the beloved Twin Towers exactly as they were…with improvements regarding structure and safety systems, of course. I say, BUILD THOSE BABIES BACK TO THE SKY!!!!!
This shouldn’t even be discussed. It should just have been done. The fact that we’re even discussing this is sad sign of the times we live in. In any other period of American history, they would have immediately started rebuilding them. I can only hope your efforts are successful. Good luck!
I check news articles often to see if and when the powers that be will come to their senses and rebuild the towers as they were and as they should be to make a statement not only for the New York skyline, but to those throughout the world who would seek to harm America in the future.
After watching the events during the morning of September 11th, in particular the fall of the Twin Towers, my immediate thought afterwards was to rebuild the towers. I know such a thought was not prudent to the families of the deceased particularly at that time, and perhaps not to some of them now, but I believe it is vital for the people of New York City and for the people of this nation to see the towers rise again… even higher than before!
It is indeed possible to not only rebuild the Twin Towers but to alos provide for a Memmorial to all who lost their lives that day. To do anything less is to submit to Terror therby further enabling Terrorists.
Everytime I see the towers in a movie and know they’re gone now, makes it so clear to me that the right thing to do is rebuild them. Anything less is a victory of the 9/11 highjackers.
Rebuild the Twin Towers! America won’t back down, we will get back up anytime someone tries to knock us down. We Are AMERICANS! Now give us back our towers!
God Bless Americans!
I have always loved the Twin Towers. I never got to visit them as I live in Utah. To me, New York is not New York without them. I want to see them rebuilt as they were, not the freedom tower! I want my chance to see them in person. It would also be nice to have a memorial on site. 9/11 breaks my heart. I wish we could just rewind, knowing what we know now. God bless the USA!
Build the towers to let the world know that Americans are proud of our form of government, proud of our legacy, proud of our free enterprise system, and defiant in our resolve to battle those who would defile it.
I believe that either building back the Towers or building something else will work because New York City derives its power from the people, not from the buildings. I support the powerful people in that city and the surrounding areas and THEIR decision. What do they want? If it is to rebuild the Twin Towers then let’s GET IT DONE!!! (Of course I want to see those awesome Towers built back – NYC Rocks!)
Over time the towers became beautiful, and I miss them each time the city invites me to look at her skyline again. The original twin towers that were unveiled in the 1960’s went up with little public input and participation. I would hate to see the same thing happen twice.
I have wanted the towers to be rebuilt from the time of the tragedy. I hope it comes to pass as a tribute to the American spirit and to the many victims of the attack.
I think it has been our history that America has never backed down from any challenge be it small or great. We owe it to our to the people who forged this great country to rebuild the towers bigger and better than before and show the world that we cannot and will not be intimidated!
Cut the red tape, get moving and rebuild. 7 wtc is completed bigger and safer and they cannot get their heads out of the sand to rebuild 1 & 2 wtc. Nobody wants a Freedom tower, people want our towers back!
By rebuilding the Twin Towers, it is like shoving a fist in the air, saying to the the rest of the world, pooh on you, you can’t beat us , or hold us down – we are invincible, we are The U.S.A. the Red, White and Blue!!!!!!
It is LONG OVERDUE to rebuild the towers. We have already shown the world just how weak and indecisive we have become. Get off your ass New York, and start building!
New York is the greatest city of the greatest country in the world. Rebuild it just the way it was and show the terrorists that we are as strong as ever.
The WTC must come back as before. Americans have to make this happen. The WTC was a world treasure. Who has not been blown away by the view from the observation deck, or Windows of the World at night. The absence of them from the skyline, to me, says…”you have won” to the terrorists.
The towers should be rebuilt , no doubt about it. To let the terrorists have the final say in the destroyed NY skyline would be nothing but a second tragic event and anyone participating in the thought of constructing anything other then what once stood there has never been in the towers and understood what they represented.The Pentagon was not scrapped so why should the towers be? REBUILT TO THEIR FORMER GLORY!
Rebuild the Twin Towers. Taller, Stronger and Prouder to demonstrate that while any fool can destroy, it takes brains and guts to build. And that they might occasionally inflict pain, but that they have no hope of subduing us.
I knew one of the people who died in the 9/11 attack, and knowing Maynard as I did he would be the first in line to say rebuild the Towers to show the terrorists we can’t be beaten!
From the very begining, this nation was defined by the belief that our future, will be better than our past, that no matter what hardship we faced, no matter what heartbreak we endured, we have the character, and the strength to make tomorow better than our greatest dreams. If Two Towers should fall, we would Rebuild them, thrice.
Nothing less, will be acceptable to our national pride.
My family from colombia, where evil is tryin to take over a democratic government. Where the president just won re-election this past sunday. he such an honest man, he doesnt pay himself, and the people urged their congress so that they can change the laws so that he could run for a 3rd term. Remember seeing him cry on 911, and colombians and my family cried. i think its probably due to fear and were shocked that america was attacked. Its not falling, its the getting up that counts.Never Forget
To do anything other than rebuilding the towers (possibly bigger and certainly better), albeit well-intentioned, would be akin to raising a monument to terrorism.
Those that sought to destroy us shall see that freedom makes us strong. The followers of Islamic extremists will be defeated. Rebuild the towers as a monument to those that died and message to the evil zealots to see.
We need to feel that no one is going to hurt the U.S.A. with out us trying to fight back and rebuild the Towers. So that we will always remember the ones that lost there lives that morning 9/11/2001.
The Twin Towers should be rebuilt. They were powerful symbols and nothing different would have as profound an effect on me. I know there are other people who feel the same way. Whatever lack of approval I may feel for any particular part of our goverment or laws, I am always aware of my great fortune to be born in this country. Those Twin Towers represented part of America, and I have always felt awe at the sight of them in the skyline in Manhattan. NYC looks diminished without them.
I don’t understand why so many people are against bringing back the REAL WORLD TRADE CENTER, instead of some pathetic looking Freedom Tower that looks like it should be from planet Krypton. Those terrorists knocked down the REAL WTC down on purpose, what would be a better statement than to put back twin towers that LOOK identical all the way to the last toilet, to show bin Laden our defiance, rather than an IMPOSTER????
I dont even live in NY.. And I want nothing more to see those beautiful twin towers back just the way they were.. Not only would it make me and all New Yorkers happy, It would be the ULTIMATE F U To AL Qiada and what ever other country celebrated when they fell….
Using money on an expensive memorial only shows the world how much they can hurt us.. Rebuilding shows we honor the sacrifice of those we lost by refusing to let the threat of death deter us from our dedication to freedom.
The Twin Towers, to me at least, stood for our country’s financial center and a proud monument to the people who deal with our finances. When they were taken down, we not only lost over 3,000 people along with very pricey property, we lost the SYMBOL of our finances and our accomplishments. To rebuild the towers as they were (built stronger, of course) we would be respecting those who gave their lives, their loved-one’s lives and those of us who just simply felt assaulted and violated.
This needs to happen! who would we be if we didnt rebuild! we need to stand strong and show those terrorists and the whole world that we will not back down!
Rebuild. Simply put. I think that it would be more of a slap in the face to those who did this to us if we rebuild, than the “slap on the face” we Americans endured on 9/11. I first visited NYC for one reason only. To see the Twin Towers, I didn’t care if I liked the city, I didn’t care if I ever wanted to go back (which by the way I love NYC and will return many times in my life) but I wanted to see the towers. I am lucky to have seen them while they stood. I am proud to be an American.
I was a New Yorker all my life, but now live in Florida. NY is just not the same anymore. I made a vow that if they ever rebuild the towers, I would move back to Brooklyn.
To build anything less than the twin towers would be giving our enemies what they want. We must rebuild, because if we don’t, they win. Show them our strength, our resolve, our determination to preserve our freedom.
I remember in 1988 visiting NYC and the first place I went was the WTC. I remember the awe and excitment of the twin towers. The view from one, the north tower I think, was so incredible I have never been able to top it. The twin towers made NYC far more different and impressive than any other city. Without the towers, NYC is just another big city, just another city with it’s own type of attitude. My heart sank on 9/11, rebuild the towers and all our hearts will be lifted in inspiration.
I don’t mind having a fresh new design, however will love to keep the original concept of “Twin Towers”. The Twin Towers Concept has become a symbol/icon of New York and should be taken into consideration.
The NY skyline must have the Twin Towers back, but taller.
I was born and raised in NYC, (now living in LA). I attended the World Trade Institute and later had my wedding reception at the Windows of the World on th top of the Towers. A week ago, I took the Circle Line boat around Manhattan. It hurt me to see the empty space in the skyline.
Thank you for the opportunity to add my name and support to the resurrection of NYC’s Phoenix Birds-Of-Stay, the rebirth of the Twin Towers. –Ann Reid 7.9.2006
Penn And Teller said it best. Rebuilding the Twin Towers is the ONLY memorial we need. Business, housing, political, commerce, it would all be there. A more fitting memorial there would never be.
Anything shorter and less magnificent than the original Twin Towers is a signal to our enemies that they have won an important battle in the war against Islamic fascism and barbarism. I am in favor of rebuilding the Twin Towers (with new designs if necessary) that are at least as tall as before, and in the same location they were in before Sept. 11th, 2001.
Always remember: they were not trying to kill just 3000 Americans, they were trying to kill 30,000-50,000 Americans.
My vote is also to rebuild what was lost. I always visited the towers whenever I was in New York, even if I didn’t attend to everything else I was supposed to complete. I’m fearful of heights, but that didn’t stop me from going to the top many, many times. We must replace the New York skyline’s signature so future generations can enjoy being in awe as we have been fortunate enough to be. Thank you.
What better way to stick it back to the terrorist than to rebuild the WTC exactly the way it was? Nothing would hurt the terrorist more than to experience their own insignificance.
The Twin Towers were a symbol of American strength. If they are not rebuilt, that will be a sign of American weakness and that we will allow terrorists to push us around. A New York City skyline without the Twin Towers shows the world we’re not strong. I and many others want those beautiful buildings back. Do it for America. Do it for those who lost their lives.
I only wish that Pataki and Co. would open their minds to this idea. I just don’t feel the Freedom Tower will thrive economically, reinstate the NYC skyline, and send a message to the rest of the world.
Every American seeing a current picture of the NYC skyline does so with some sense of loss, and that we have been changed for the worse. Imagine the pride we, our successors, and our friends in the international community would feel, looking at the rebuilt towers and KNOWING that America has chosen not to be defeated or disheartened by terror, and that we will continue to build and grow despite their evil actions.
I have thought from the beginning that this needed to be done. The only way to show the enemy that we cannot be intimidated is to replace – and quickly – what they tried to steal from us. The proverbial thumbing of the nose, if you will. And to rebuild the towers will be THE memorial to those lost.
The replacement plans at present are wishy washy artistic rubbish.
Simple is better – less is more. Such as the Vietnam War memorial. In this case there is nothing more simple than simply rebuilding the towers as they were (maybe a little taller). The terrorists want to know that they’ve had some effect. An altered skyline symbolizes their efforts. Rebuilding the towers symbolizes America’s ability to defend herself.
Rebuilding shows the enemy that the west and the USA are the only innovators, thinkers and builders in the world that are forward moving. All the enemy can do is blow things up and live in the past. So our best solution is to rebuild the same or better than before and show how great our cilivization is with our without them.
A memorial to the dead is appropriate at the site. But the entire site should not be a memorial to death. The terrorists tried to kill our country, but they failed. Nothing would show their failure more than rebuilding the towers again. America is not defeated. Rebuild!
I would very much like to see the twin towers rebuilt just as they were before the attack. I can’t remember what the new design looks like, but I do remember thinking that I didn’t care for any of the designs put forth.
They don’t have to occupy the same exact places as the original towers, but they MUST be rebuilt just as they were. Doing anything else is a victory for those that destroyed them.
I love new designs and symbolic concepts and ideas.
However, even with all the new “tower”s that have come about and are being planned… rebuilding the Twin Towers is by far the most original, symbolic, moving and doing double duty as a devastator of terror, incredible proposal I have yet to hear.
Build ’em back!
NYC looks “amputated” without them and I miss them terribly!
The Big Apple won’t be whole again until the Twin Towers are back in their rightful, beautiful place.
Rebuilding structures on the site will at least prevent leftists from creating some nauseating multicultural agitprop having nothing to do with the historical significance of the place.
I was born in Brooklyn and lived in Manhattan for years. Now live in St. Louis and have always thought that rebuilding was the best response to this tragedy.
I’m afraid of heights but my daughter got me on the outside observation deck the year before the tragedy. I would like her to be able to take her daughter there and tell the story of how the towers that fell were rebuilt by tenacious, brave Americans.
Build WTC back just as it was before the attacks. A phoenix should rise, not a memorial. Memorials can be nearby, but the hole that remains in Manhattan’s skyline is a national tragedy. The “hole” is a living symbol that we Americans are divided and choose self pity, guilt, and fear over national mission, strength, and resolve.
Memorials can be constructed when the war is won. WTC should be rebuilt now! No memorials should be erected if we cut and run. A nation that won’t defend itself does not remember anything. All lost will die in vain. Those espousing “cut and run” or “redeploy” have already forgotten 9/11, therefore, there is no need for a memorial until victory is securely in hand.
The Twin Towers should be re-built ONE story taller, but otherwise identical in outward appearance to the original.
Leave a courtyard memorial notched out on the ground floor, with a small portion of the original “Ground Zero” material on display.
Our nations needs a demonstration of our resolve that we were not and will not be deterred from our mission as the symbol of hope and achievement on this planet.
We must rebuild bigger and better to show the world that we will always come back better than before. We need to build to honor those who lives were taken. We need to build to fill the void in the skyline and in every American’s heart. We are builders – great builders. Great builders started this country and great builders have kept it growing greater over the years. We are obligated to all those Americans before us and all Americans to come to build and rebuild when necessary.
i wanted to see the towers ever since i was a child. i got my chance to see new york for the first time in june 2006. unfortunately it was too late as the iconic buildings were already destroyed!!! its time to rebuild the skyline to its iconic state!!!the freedom tower is nice but its not the twin towers the america grew to love!!
America should never forget what happened September 11th 2001. America should resolve to rebuild the World Trade Center 1 and 2. Only then will our enemies know their defeat. Anything less is allowing terrorists at least some victory knowing that they were able to change one of America’s great landmarks forever.
The Twin Towers stood as colossal symbols of New York and America: ambitious, fearless, unapologetic. Everyone, even our enemies, knew what the towers meant. That’s why they’re gone.
Will we replace these glorious icons with something smaller and worse? The lofty rhetoric surrounding the new plan far outstrips its mediocrity: the rhetoric is to pacify those who love the US, while the pathetic design is to demonstrate our newfound humility.
If we don’t rebuild, we allow Al Qaida to derive strength from their victory. We must show those criminals that the American spirit will never be broken, just as Israel must do the same. The only true memorial to those lost on 9-11 is to their deaths weren’t in vain.
I think that the whole world is watching to see what we replace the twin towers with. Ideally, we would replace the towers with a bigger, taller, better structure than we had before. It would be filled with scores of successful, creative, diverse, hard-working Americans who fearlessly go to work there every day. That would be a huge “in your face” to the terrorists who underestimate the American resolve and spirit.
We, the undersigned, share the belief that nothing could be more inspiring to our people, or disheartening to our enemies, than Twin Towers, at least as tall as before in every respect, soaring above Ground Zero.
We believe that the devastation of September 11, 2001 clouded the picture long after the rubble was cleared away and that a thorough public examination of the rebuilding option is overdue and now required before proceeding on an unalterable course.
I think this will send a very strong message to the world that Americans, even when dealt a blow that is devastating, pick themselves up, dust themselves off, and rebuild their strength and character back.. nothing and no one will defeat the faith, glory, honor, courage and strength of the United States of America.
Our country and our people must stand against the injustice of the victimization caused by foreign despots and “want to be” dictators of any and every stripe. We also must protect our country from our internal enemies that deny our history and the American dream that all people should be free to pursue their destinies. We should continue to stand for TRUTH, JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY and teach it to our children.
I lived and worked in TriBeCa during the time of the attacks, and watched the buildings fall from N. Moore St in front of the Travelers Building. I want to see the Towers rebuilt as they were — I grew up looking at them, and I don’t want my last memory of them to be their collapse.
The Twin Towers were just more than 1360 foot office symbols of the United States. They were the spark of an unforgettable race to the top with
super talls coming up everywhere around the world.The twins where a proud symbol showing the whole world our strength. They were one of the only buildings that let you have access to the rooftop and make you feel like your on top of the world. The best feeling ever.
I had never been to New York City before 9/11 but I wished I had that great opportunity to see such an amazing skyline. When I was little I always wanted to go to NYC in the 1990’s. When I first saw pictures of NYC the first part I noticed was lower Manhattan and the first buildings were the twin towers. I thought of lower Manhattan as a big glamorous castle with the twins being their watchtowers or a prince’s crown situated perfectly.
I saw the rest of New York and I was amazed by it. I got the chance to twice there in 2004 and two years later but I just wasn’t the same. New Yorkers wants their castle back, not a bunker! New York needs a crown, not a helmet.
I do personally find the freedom tower an insult and the same for the world trade center memorial. The ‘Feardom’ tower just symbolizes that we are still afraid plus pataki took away Mr. Silverstein’s chances of reviving a great city and putting 3 cool looking buildings which would be better elsewhere to a spot where it would make it look crowded.
September 11th, 2001 was the worst day In US history and the last thing the governors and politicians should be doing is repressing the memories by just changing the skyline forever and tell everyone it’s called ”moving on.” …It’s not!
TTA Note: Julian is a teenager living in Dubai. His insights are inspiring…
I think rebuilding the towers would show those terroist that we are not scared and we don’t get pushed around. We lost a lot of good men and women and I think it would be a good memorial to put back in honor of them. My prayers go out to the families and friends that lost loved ones on that sad day. God bless america.
New York is not Shanghai, thus, New York’s skyline should not be comprised of modern glasswork architecture. New York’s skyscrapers are all large, strong, and powerful, freedom tower is not. Why replace what worked with something else? Put newer, stronger, better twin towers there, after all. What else can take back that strength other than better twin towers?
Rebuilding the towers will erase the “victory” Radical Islam believes it has achieved in NYC.
Ask Americans, would they give $100 to build a “Freedom Tower” or other memorial. You may get some takers. Ask Americans if they would contribute to rebuilding the towers taller, stronger and better than they were. Most will likely answer, “How much can I give?”
The Twin Towers are symbols of the American dream that should be rebuilt for our future generations. To do anything else would be a grave injustice and would tarnish the American image to the world at large. America needs the Twin Towers for they symbolize the very essence of what our great nation stands for-freedom and prosperity for all. We should expect nothing less than to rebuild the Twin Towers. Let them be a symbol to the world as the light on a hill shining into darkness.
Rebuild the Twin Towers. Exactly how they were. It should not matter how much it costs. Take it from our taxes whatever. We are America. Proud. We need to think of all the lives lost. This should stand for more than just a victory against terrorist. It should be a symbol to represent Pride and represent again those whose lives were lost on that horrible day. God Bless America.
Re-build the Twin Towers. The Freedom Tower/bin Laden monument celebrates death. Twin Towers would celebrate life, as they would simply “regrow.” So it is with NYC. So it is with all life save those individual personlities that perished there. Honor those who cannot be replaced with what can: new Twin Towers. Don’t let Al Queda redisign NYC. Building the Freedom Tower is a cowardly act, and it’s shame would stand for generations as a beacon of fear. Disgusting.
I would really like to see the Trade towers rebuilt. We owe it to the city of New York and WTC victims. I can’t think of a better anti terrorist statement than to rebuild the towers.
It has been almost 5 years since this horrific, tragic, heart-wrenching. life-changing disaster. My heart, my soul will never forget ALL who perished. Even though I didn’t personally know one person, they still were my brothers and sisters, who gave their life unwillingly, to wake the rest of us up! God bless all those who perished and all the hurting souls that they left behind. God bless our great nation! Peace.
This is the only memorial that is appropriate for those who died that day. I know if you could ask any one of those who gave their lives on that day whether we should rebuild the towers or put up a memorial, they would choose towers. I also have a feeling that if you could ask those who died on 9/11 what action the US should have taken in retribution, the answer they would want to hear is: total destruction of Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Saudia Arabia……..you get the picture.
Preserve the NYC skyline by rebuilding the two towers. Show the world, no mater what they do to us, we Americans will rebuild. I believe the greatest insult to Usama Bin Laden would be rebuild the two towers.
I am guilty of just now looking up and researching plans on the new WTC, due in part to the release of the movie. I have been interested and captivated by the subject for years and the last time I checked the plans were still under developement. Imagine my surprise to see that joke they call Freedom Tower…who approved that ugly sh*t? Where’s the other one? What kind of airheads thought that replacing the most breathtaking structures I had ever seen, with a single building? We need the twins.
Rebuild them one floor taller. On the top floor of one, a memorial for the victims of 9/11. On the top floor of the other, a memorial for our troops who have fought since 9/11.
New York City should sell the site to Donald Trump and extend every courtesy he needs to build the WTC according to his design. There would be no greater example of the American spirit than to put this project in the hands of one of history’s greatest capitalists.
Even if the Towers themselves and lower Manhattan meant nothing to me personally (they did), I’d see rebuilding as a moral duty.
As a frequent visitor over the years and former resident of Hoboken, I’d love to return someday to a restored lower Manhattan that is symbolic of our (yet to be secured) triumph over global Islamist terror.
Trash the Lauder/Pataki/Libeskind monstrosity of partronage. A window to history is open, rebuild the Towers, show the American “can do” spirit, emerge from this “fear” and “impotence” of terror. Brave men & women gave their lives trying to save these buildings. A well connected troll does them a disservice given authority above his talent level to replace what people died tried to save, with a hypodermic needle.
My idea for a memorial, rebuild the towers to the original if not larger size. And on the floors where the planes hit have it compleatly empty except for the names of all who have died on the walls simular to the vietnam memorial.
Rebuild the towers. I remember stopping in at a cafe for my morning coffee on the morning of 911 and seeing burning skyscrapers on the TV. The only change I would make to the towers is to put the escape stairwells on the four corners, not in the middle of the buildings. Also make the stairwells bigger so more people can go down at the same time. A plaque should be in the lobby of both buildings with the names of every person who died in that building on 911. Oh, and then lets really go to war.
I must say, the Freedom Towers is somewhat a good idea, but we need the actual towers back. Bush is fighting (or so called) fighting terrorism so it won’t happen again and what is 16 acres of these magnificent towers (and their large sizes) going to do. Re-build the towers the way they were if I may say so.
This is a no-brainer. Build it right back up. Only a nation of cowards would do otherwise. And make it at least one foot taller. And eff france, the isslamist collaborators.
Nothing less than complete restoration of the Twin Towers will suffice. Any sort of memorial that doesn’t do anything but remind us without restoring at least part of what was lost is meaningless.
Build either one huge tower, or two smaller but still large towers. America can show it’s defiance to terrorism by replacing that which was lost by something wonderfull and inspiring. Build it big, and build it proud!
I don’t think America can heal properly without rebuilding a replica of the beautiful Twin Towers as they were. We have to do everything we can to wipe out terrorism and its effects. Let’s show the world we have the ability to restore America spiritually, emotionally, and physically. The skyline of lower Manhattan will not be the same without the soaring towers. The best memorial we can give to those who lost their lives or were injured that horrible day is to rebuild those towers.
No design will be able to restore NYC to it’s beauty and glory but the reconstruction of the original twin tower design with the additin of a few floors to demonstrate this nation will not yield to terrorism and grow stronger from the event of 9/11.
My buddy Zak had the window of his car broken out and his radio stolen. He had replaced both by noon and put the car in the same spot. I asked him why and he taught me something powerful… he wanted the perpetrator to see his resolve. Wanted the criminal to know that they had no power, that evil has no power over determination. Americans show thier resolve every day they go to work in New York unafraid and we need to show those terrorists that they will never have an impact on us.
The memorial to 9-11 is not just a memorial to New York, but to all of America. I also believe that the people of New York should be able to vote on the issue of how the memorial should be built. It should not be determined by an elitest few. Personally, I think they should also make the towers even bigger than before.
It is a grave injustice to the people who died, as well as the survivors and all Americans, to not rebuild these towers. To not do so means that this evil has won. ‘Nuff said
Nothing at all could be a more sincere tribute to those lost!…Osama, your bones will be in the cornerstone! Iran, your blood will bind the mortar. Israel, build a temple on site and revel in your glory! Death to islamic fascists.
It defies logic not to rebuild. The twin towers issue is emblematic of what is happening in our country in general: failure to enforce immigration law; no drilling for oil in ANWR; fear of nuclear power generation; whining by Katrina “victims” in New Orleans; …………
Keep up the good work!
The magnificent, eternal World Trade Center Twin Towers live forever in all of us as they should live forever in New York City. Individuals come and go; our architecture is for us to determine. The best architecture reflects the best in us. “Rebuild the Pentagon” was the war cry in Washington, D.C. And so the Pentagon was rebuilt, without question, debate, or survivor guilt. Rebuild the Towers and banish the contesting soup egos, visions, and spent money that today is the World Trade Center.
I was introduced to this idea after watching the Penn and Teller episode of their show on showtime about the Ground Zero debacle. I decided to search the internet and see if this was a movement and find myself here. I think this is the best idea for the site. The Towers must be rebuilt! It is the only logical solution.
I believe rebuilding the towers would be a good thing.. I just think people are scared to see the towers again because now they also symbolie the pain, loss, and attack.. However I think people need somewhere to shed their tears.
I am just an ordinary American from Texas. But I grew up learning when the horse bucks you off you don’t crawl off scared and get on a shetland pony. You get back up and get back on that big horse that bucked you off! Rebuilding anything other than our twin towers is admitting defeat!!
Put the towers back, we need to rebuild NYC. Build them stronger and taller, to show everyone in other countrys we will not fall, we will not give up that we have faith.
We can’t build anything else, what is everyone fighting for if we show them that they won.
New York “IS” the Twin Towers and the Twin Towers “ARE”
New York. Please don’t let the criminals/terrorists take a National Icon away from us. We owe this to all Americans.
To me the towers stood as American innovation and freedom. As a former (pre 911) WTC employee it makes sense to not let the downing of the towers down our freedom, I have always known NYC with the towers and looking across the Hudson it just isn’t with them. Wouldn’t not rebuildling the TT be letting our country be put to an end?
Scrap the two memorial pits. Dedicate the new floors to the lost, rebuild the towers as they stood, -for America!
Rebuild the towers the way they were, maybe one or two stories higher. The proposed plan is impractical. It is a monstrosity. All it does is add a snaggle-tooth skyline that looks like a scar.
I agree with the concept of a memorial for the fallen. However, perhaps the best example of why the towers should be rebuilt should be to turn to the pentagon. Painstaking work went into rebuilding that structure to its exact parameters and the same logic should be applied in this case as well.
From every view the city has lost its skyline! It will never look the same without that balance.
It is time that the people of this city, and those that lost that day, and we all did, stand up and demand these great symbols of what this country stands for be replaced!
May they be stronger and able to withstand another attack if need be. Any other building would be just as strong a target. Rebuild the towers, Get rid of Bush and his court of imbeciles! They are the reason we are a target
I made my first trip to New York this year.A lifelong dream.As the plane came in to the city I looked for the classic skyline that said,”Welcome to New York”.Sadly it was not there.I realised that not only architectually,but also emotionally something was missing.Something was stolen.The only way to heal, and reclaim the identity of the city is to rebuild the Twin Towers.
The Twin Towers not only defined New York, they were New York. There is no greater memorial we could ever create than to return the Twin Towers to their glorious heights. As the Arch in St. Louis represents the Gateway to the American West, the Twin Towers represent the pillars of America’s front entrance.
The twin towers may not have been as old as the Empire state building, and there has been negative comments about the architectural style; however, I have stood at the base of those Towers in 1979 & 1980 and looked up – let me tell you, it was a spiritual experience!- I have seen the plans for the new tower – to quote from a classic movie “it was like an impotent beach boy”. If we don`t rebuild BOTH towers – the terrorists have won!-REBUILD BOTH TOWERS!!- Not 110 stories – 120!! – Chris Austen
Why let them win!? Put back what was lost… make it right. There is only one way to do it and that is not by creating something new and meaningless. It is by putting back what was taken.
I think it would be wonderful if there would be a new set of twin towers designed and constcuted replacing the first set in honor and memory of those lives lost from the Sept. 11th tragedy. The twin towers represented all that America is about, with a contiued alliance involving others countries our continued willingness to do international business.
My pleasure to support this cause,
Jon Hul
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
By rebuilding the towers the way they were,we will show the terrorists that we cannot be intimidated, what they destroy we can replace. We will show them that we are a strong nation and that we stand together, for each other. Thank you for what you are doing.
The only way to truly answer terrorism is to be unafraid of it. The way to show that we aren’t cowed is to rebuild what was taken away from us. Rebuilding a stylistic representation of the original (using modern technologies to improve safety and utility of the building beyond the original) honors the spirit of those lost, and tells those responsible for the attacks that we cannot be broken. Let’s rebuild, and then move on. Terrorism is only a threat for as long as we keep talking about it.
From the beginning I have felt that the towers needed to be rebuilt. The only differences being a safer construction, more fire retardant ability, more stairways and on every floor the names of the people who worked on those floors that didn’t make it out alive. On a wall between the two buildings should be the names of all the firefighters, police, ems and all the others who died that day.
I pray the committee remembers that America doesn’t run, cower or bow down in front of ANYBODY!!
I believe the towers should be replaced exactly the way they were, otherwise the terrorist have won. They will believe that they can strike us anywhere and we will be afraid to fix things back the way they were to begin with. I know this will be a hard task but it should be done. We did reshape or rebuild the Pentagon a different way and it was struck also.
Send a message to the world. Show that Americans will not cower, will not be intimidated, will not bow down, and will never give up. Please do the right thing.
a lots of peoples died on 911.their death should not died
in vain.united we stand in american even when death faced
us even on a plane.the twin towers should all mean replace.united they stand side by side;like americans
stand side by side.we are strong nation.the twin towers
will be strong. strong and proud.it for every man and women that died that sad day in september.and every one
that has died in the mitary.let the dead rest in peace
and let the towers stand . june layden
I guess that I feel I maybe don’t have the right to vote on whether the Towers should be rebuilt since I don’t live in New York but I would love to be able to see them again in the skyline. I live in the midwest but I think the day the Towers fell, everyone in the world felt like they were New Yorkers. I sincerely hope we can rebuild them and it will be an “In your face” sort of sign to the terrorists that we can rebuild bigger, better, stronger. Good luck to the Twin Towers Alliance.
Immediately after the 9/11 massacre, I have been talking it up in the area of Worcester, Massachusetts to rebuild the Twin Towers, stronger, safer (fire proof), similar appearance. To do anything else is to say “They’ve won. We’ve lost.”
The WTC Towers were a potent symbol of American pride and audacity. Rebuilding them as they were, as they should be, reaffirms America’s position as the global superpower.
If the Washington Monument had been struck, we would have rebuilt it already. Likewise, if Lady Liberty had been brought down, fresh steel and giant cranes would have been hard at work until She stood proudly undamaged once more.
We have the tools, the craft, and the might. Show that we have the will and courage to rebuild.
No living person will ever get over 9/11, BUT, if we get OUR TOWERS BACK, we will at least be able to GO ON! I did not lose anyone I knew on 9/11. However, I, and MANY MANY people (worldwide) lost so much. I still think of it, DAILY, when I see a jet fly over my skyline. ETC.
I fear,in my heart, that WE, meaning “OUR CAUSE” will lose. An absurd “thing” might be erected.
WE NEED OUR TOWERS BACK! I Hope our VOICES WILL BE HEARD! We need to BOMBARD THE MEDIA with our pleas!
I think that we should honor those who were lost, and make the Towers the Towers once again! We need to let those coward terrorists know that we stand tall, and will not be shaken, and that those who died on that tragic day will always be remembered!
Enough fretting and bellyaching. We are Americans, Let’s show our resolve and defiance to the terorists as we show our pride and respect for those lost by honoring them with a better and taller pair of towers. We are strong not faint of heart. I do not want to be embarrassed when I visit the site, I want to stand tall and be able to say that we have overcome and continue to press forward.
When watching reruns of pre 09/11/2001 NYC based TV shows or movies, I search to catch a glimps of the twin towers because it’s just expected to see them and nothing less belongs there.
I am so with you on rebuilding the Twin Towers because the design they want to use now looks like a hypodermic needle, which would remind people of a drug users. I hope your idea wins out…Good Luck!
Those souls lost on 9/11, their survivors, and our nation needs the rebuilding of the towers as a momentous stage in the healing process and for the determined message it will send to the world.
The “Freedom Tower” and the proposed surrounding eyesores will be the laughingstock of New York if they’re built. Build the Twin Towers again, but build them even taller, stronger, and visually bolder than they were before. In that way, they’ll represent the true spirit of America. And why not find an American architect to do the job? Surely those firms in London and Japan aren’t the only ones capable of designing a skyscraper.
I was born on July 4th 1985. I am one who believes strongly in Freedom and Independence. And, not to bow down before anyone who threatens you. Fight or Flight- I’d rather stand my ground and Fight. Then to bow down and let them take over. I want the Twin Towers rebuilt as they were before the attack. DON’T GIVE THE TERRORIST WHAT THEY WANT!!! Put the New York skyline back the way it was!
The twin towers were so simple in design and yet so magestic and beautiful. They stood so proudly at the gateway to our country, declaring to the world that we are a nation of freedom and free enterprise and ingenuity. Saying to the world that we are a nation of workers. We love to work and we celebrate our accomplishments with our beautiful skylines. We need to declare to the world that we will not be defeated and we will never stop celebrating who we are.
I like everyone else want to see a great memorial to the victims of 9/11. What ever it takes to make that happenI will honor.Build the twin towers the way they were.Make the memory last. I support what ever you chose to do.
Right from the start, it’s always been my sentiment to rebuild the towers. Aside from any structural improvements, they should rise again in all their former magnificence and presence. Anything else will convey weakness on our part.
Rebuild the towers as before, tell the whole world we will not be deminished in any way. Our spirit and determination is stronger now than before 9/11.
SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE, AMERICA’S STRENGTH IS RELENTLESS!!!
I live in Georgia. In 1999 I visited cousins in Brooklyn for the 1st time. The towers were visible from their windows. An old friend took a day off to join me on the plaza. We took the tour of the rooftop, and later took photos of lower Manhattan from Liberty Island. We said goodbye at the subway under the towers as he headed back to New Jersey. Rebuilding the towers as they were, sends a clear message that America–and New York–will never tolerate acts of terrorism on our soil. Thank you.
I believe that the best way for our nation to heal – is to rebuild the towers that hate brought down. The terriost hate everything about America, we need to be stronger than we were that day and build the towers back in the memory of all those that were lost that day. Everyone that went into those buildings, loved them and felt so proud to have been a part of them. I truly hope that the buildings are built back.
I have heard no one who prefers the short, ugly buildings currently proposed. As a citizen of Oklahoma, I know what it is like to have a terrorist-attacked tower replaced by a useless, silly-looking outdoor memorial (with utmost respect to the Murrah building victims). Please, rebuild… one floor taller. The impact floors on each tower could be made into memorials, one educating and one solemn. Make me want to visit them, as I didn’t get to do before their destruction. 09 September 2006
I most assuredly support no other action thank rebuilding the Twin Towers as they were before. I cannot tell you how simple movies like “Godzilla” and “Independence Day” move me whenever I see the Towers in them.
They were and are an essential piece of New York City, and no American will feel truly whole with out them.
Never in the history of this nation have we surrendered to another nation or enemy ON OUR SOIL! If the World Trade Center towers are not rebuilt, that is what we’d be doing, just as Spain caved to terrorists after the 3/11 train bombings.
Just add a Phalanx Close In Weapon System on the east and west corners of both buildings.
Make each lobby in the North and South towers a memorial for the people killed in the original of each tower. Aircrew, passengers, workers, and the Bravest and Finest. We must deny our enemies any victory.
make this into a spot that will be useful but will be memorable to everyone who lost a loved one close to there heart in the 9/11 attack on the twin towers
Why would you build anything else?????????????????
Re-build the towers the way they were out of RESPECT for all those who gave their lives FOR YOU!!!!!!!
New York City just isn’t New York City without the “twin towers.” Please put them back in their original form and make NYC and the rest of the country “whole” again! Let’s show the world that despite the tragedy that was unleashed upon us, we have the resolve to unite and withstand any and all transgressions against us. Let us send that message loud and clear!!!
New York City will never be the same without the Twin Towers. To make the biggest statement to the rest of the world would be to rebuild as they were. In Tulsa, my birth city, we have the BOK tower, designed by the same architect who designed the Twin Towers. Please rebuild New York City’s skyline.
I wished everyone can help rebuild the twin towers …. all needs to help just not what people they are … i just wish it would not have happen to the usa and it did … it is still sad to this day about what happen and my kids will know what happen on step 11 2001 and all others taht does not know needs t know .. it was just wrong for those people to do that and i hope one day they will be stoped and all they do to others
twin towers should be rebuilt as the same or better, america deserves only the very best for the new york skyline. anything less is a mockery to 9-11 & those that perished. may god bless america!!
Healing and closure begin when we fill the void in our skyline and our hearts with the restoration of one of the great symbols of this country, and memorialize and honor all who gave their lives on that fateful day.
my father taught me that when knocked down, you stand up and confront your aggressor. Let’s confront our aggressor by rebuilding the twin towers…
Let’s not let AMERICA down!!!
No greater homage or tribute can be paid to our fellow fallen americans, than the rebuilding and resurection of what the twin towers stood for. Not only for America,but for all those who called it home and for all the families who called it our bread, the towers must go up to show the world and the families of 911, that here again stands a symbol, a symbol of the spirit of America, a symbol which will prove again that America too as well as its citizens will not stay down in the face of adversit
We must do whatever is needed to make sure that the World Trade Center rises once again.
I remembered thinking in September 2001, where would we be in September 2006, would the pain be less? Would we have already rebuilt? and here it has come and gone, 5 years, and it still feels as it was yesterday. Anything but a new World Trade Center would be admitting defeat.
Please rebuild the Twin Towers, I miss them so much. I feel that nothing would be more effective as a memorial that a huge memorial in the lobby of both the towers. By making a small, low tone, memorial we are showing weakness in the eyes of the terrorists. I wish so much that more people felt like I do, again, please rebuild the twin towers, its what is right.
Dont let the terrorists win! Show them that American can rebuild, and we are not afraid of them or their acts of cowardness! Rebuild the towers, and they will come!
I’m sorry for the families and not a day goes by that I don’t think about the ones who lost their lives that horrible day. I never thought I would live long enough to see an attack on U.S. soil, but I was so wrong. My American flag is proudly displayed every single day of the year.
We are Americans, the strongest in the world. We get knocked down, we get back up. The Towers were American, they got knocked down, why are we debating on putting them back up???? There should be no question about it. We need to show terrorist that we will stand again along with OUR Towers!!!!!!!!
The Twin Towers were an American symbol. Rebuilding them will fill in the hole 9/11 left. Rebuilding them will show America’s strength and looked towards the future. The Freedom towers is a step back. It dwells on 9/11 as it cowers down from the mighty Twin Towers.
The message we send needs to be clear: We are not afraid. When you deny the terrorists terror, than the only thing they have is their radical ideolodgy.
We must pray to become worthy of their sacrifice. We must remember them. We must avenge their murders through total, complete, utter VICTORY !
But, there can be no victory if there is no historical context, no cultural memory of why we are fighting Islamofascists, and without victory there can be no peace.
One mark of the totalitarian psyche is the need to air-brush historical contexts. We must not allow that to happen to 9/11/2001 and The Twin Towers.
Although the final decision belongs by rights to the people of New York City, as a native of the state & relative of City residents, I feel a kinship with the City. To restore it to its former appearance is the ultimate act of confidence & pride. We are fine as we are. To restore the towers would also be an exquisite memorial to those who died in their fall. Their sheer physical dominance of the sky would assure that the tragedy & courage of that day will never be forgotten.
Let’s rebuild the twin towers to show our nation and the world we will not back down. New York City will not be the same without them. God Bless America!
this alliance has got to be the absoulute BEST idea ever. I would like it more than anything to see once again the twin towers gleaming in the reflection of the water, standing tall and proud in New York. And i would also like to see the looks on terrorist faces when they see them, and know they cant bring them down! i want to join very much. God bless the souls that were lost on 9/11/2001
I want to live in an America that says, “We are going to build the tallest tower in the world. Hell, let’s build two!” This was the America of 40 years ago. Have we lost this kind of spirit? I think not.
Karl Holter
Anything less than a total rebuild o fthe towers is admitting defeat. The new towers should be bigger, better, taller, and represent the resilience of the american people and their beliefs.
I know that I am not alone when I say that I miss those glorious towers. I am sad everytime I drive down the NJ Turnpike or into NYC. Manhattan Island is just not the same without those towers.
The NEW Towers would fit into the adjacent spaces next to where the old Towers once stood. That way we could utilize the same space and include the memorials on the space the old Towers stood. Build the new Towers and show the world that America will not be terrorized, America will rebuild the Towers and lower Manhattan will once again be home to the great symbols of American ingenuity and now America’s Resolve.
Although I am not from New York as a young child I visited the World Trade Center and the Twin Towers,it was the most awe inspiring sight i have ever saw. I wish the city of New York would rebuild the Twin Towers as they were, just taller and stronger. For me that would be the greatest FU to the sub-humans that brought them down. Thank you,for the chance to voice my thought and idea.
I heard Donald Trump say recently that the towers should be rebuilt one floor higher .. and I 100% agree with that idea– that it would be a statement that you can cause a blow to our spirit, but we’ll get back up even stronger than before.
I love the plans of MakeNYNYagain.com & Triroc.com/wtc.
They are clearly the very best I’ve seen so far. As for the LMDC plans, they SUCK so bad you’d think they’d came straight out of the mind of Osama Bin Laden or one of their appeasers. Then again…maybe they have…Good luck and God Bless you N.Y.C.
I would absolutely love to see the twin towers rebuilt. Ever since i was a little kid i’ve been fascinated by skyscrapers, and the twin towers were my favorite. When the tragedy of 9/11 occured, not only was i saddened by all of the people who lost their lives, and families who lost loved ones. I was extremely saddened to see my favorite skyscrapers collapse. I loved those buildings and really hope new and improved twin towers will be rebuilt. Let’s restore the NYC skyline to its original glory.
My family and I were there in 1976 and 1986 for the the 4th of July celebrations in our 18 foot boat. We watched the Tall Ships and the fireworks. We anchored near the Statue of Liberty.
I haven’t seen NYC since my wife and I flew to Newark on our way back to San Diego. My wife had never been to New York so I said, “Look out the window. There’s the Statue of Liberty and there’s the World Trade Towers.” That was September 2, 2001. I wouldn’t want to see anything else in Manhattan.
This “freedom tower” BS has gone on long enough! It is time to do the right thing and by doing so to spit right in the eye of those who would see us cowed and beaten..
PUT EM BACK. ONE FLOOR HIGHER! And DO IT NOW!!
To those who died that day, may God hold you in the palm of His hand. To those left to carry on, may you find strength! for you all shall meet again. And to our Military, taking the fight to the bastards that did this..
Build them 50′ higher, start with original plans and: make slight exterior improvements, improve structure and building systems, improve fire suppression, improve means of emergency egress, locate memorial in plaza, etc.
Every since 9/11 I look for our Twin Towers in every movie I see that was filmed in the New York area. I would truely like to see the towers rebuilt exactly the way they were and with improvements if possible.
The Towers were beautiful and I truely believe they belonged to all of us.
Thank you and may our Lord bless us all.
I am a Patriot first and an American citizen before I am a member of any political party. The only way back to victory is rebuilding the towers even more magnificent then before, as well as safer architecterally!!! I used to think no one would be brave enough to work in the towers again, but in 5 years I feel differently. I think that better engineering would reassure most people to come back. In honor of the hallowed ground there werein our fellow Americans spirit’s were not destroyed but soar
It would be a great thing for our entire country if the same style and size building could be built. I do not like the weird, pointy alternate designs at all. God bless NYC!
– Jack
I was 8 on September 11, 2001. I did not know very much at the time. As the years passed, the twin towers kind of grew on me. Now, I’ve became a really big fan of them and wish that they were still standing… as a huge fan of the once glorious WTCs 1 and 2, rebuild them and not just that, make them higher, stronger, heck, make them the tallest buildings in the world, telling the terrorists ” Don’t screw with the twin towers.”
hey, great! i used to read ayn rand quite a bit so this all makes perfect sense to me and not only that but its simply the truth. thanks for having this!
The politicans of today are not going to pay any attention to what the people want, they are going to do what they want to do about all things except at election time, and I am speaking about both sides of the isle.
Nothing would give me more pleasure than to rebuild the towers exactly as they were and to show the world and the terrorists that no matter what they do they cannot destroy us. The more they attack us the harder we will come back.
I am so glad to add my name here. I spent half my life in New Jersey and loved the towers, always taking family and friends to the observation area. Even though I now live in Idaho I say: Let’s put them up again!
I was fond of the Twin Towers from day 1 despite never being able to visit them. On 911, I was empty ever since, losing my favorite buildings to Osama (Laud) and his jihad goons! We should stop choosing sides over Israel and Palastine and deny them any trophy to choke off their recruits for this. The Pit in NYC makes me empty and is a trophy for Laud, and if the Twins are not returned, then Laud wins! The Iraq war only helps Laud to win further more support! IN YOUR FACE MR. LAUD! REBUILD!!!
Restore the glory of the Twin Towers and show those who would impose their will upon us that WE, the people, will NEVER crumble. Even when our grand structures are toppled, WE stand tall and defiant.
God Bless America. May the Gospel of Christ spread to every heart and mind.
To not rebuild anew in the likeness of the old, is not a sign of patriotism, but rather of cowardice and apprehension. A proper memorial must pay tribute to the sheer grandeur that once was once a symbol of lower Manhattan, and that requires a construction worthy of positive comparison. For all the people who gave their lives on September 11, how can we possibly equate the Freedom Tower with hope and prosperity for the nation’s future?
The footprints of the fallen towers should be the memorial area, perhaps reflecting pools with a permanent beam of light aimed skyward at night. The opposite squares should used to build new and better towers, same footprint but opposite, and at least the same height as the originals.
My first time visiting New York City was in the summer of 2005. I never had the chance to experience the twin towers in person. I would love to be able to do that someday.
This is a great idea. I miss the Twin Towers. I’ve always wanted to go inside, all the way up to the top. May this effort succeed, and may the truth about 9/11 be revealed soon.
The Towers site does NOT belong to New York or any individual. Congress should take the land via Eminent Domain, and immediately stop all the political nonsense. If the President can make war, he can nationalize that site. Americans want a Belton-Gardner or similar rebuild. Even if the towers were re-built as empty shells, our need for healing would be met. It isn’t the office space that we care about. (I grew up in NJ, 5 miles from ground zero.) Dave Anthony
there would nothing more infuriating to the killers than to put the towers back up. I really do believe thats what it’s going to take to help heal new york, and america.
This is the only way to show these people that did this that they cannot disrupt our lives or diminish our resolve. I honestly believe that the NY skyline looks empty and this is the ONLY way to make it whole again. I say no to the freedom tower!
I am a little confused as to why there seems to be so much controversy over the design of the new World Trade Center, and why it is taking so long. I like all other Americans became a New Yorker on 9/11. I think we should rebuild the World Trade Center exactly as it once stood. What better way to shove our ability to produce whatever we want in the terrorist’s faces who took them down. Let’s rebuild the WTC as it once was. Tall, proud, and true!!!
In WW II, when the enemy sank our aircraft carriers, we built new ones, and named them after the ones we lost. I don’t know if this was a matter of defiance, or to confuse the enemy, but it was a good idea. Rebuild the Towers.
I was a skyscraper fan since I was a little kid, on 9-11, I was in class when I heard that a plane had crashed into one of the towers, then into the other one. Never in my wildest immagination did I think the towers would collapse. When I saw the towers come down it was as if someone took a dagger and put it through my heart.
We, the people of America need to get together and put pressure on the politicans and Silverstein so they will do what’s right, what we all want.
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS
I think one of the best ways to remind the people how great the towers were, is to let them know the story of the WTC Architect, Menuro Yamasaki. His story of struggle and ultimately success is one of the most prominent tales in our great American History and Culture. If people know his life, they will want the WTC back. And they would be proud that such a human being ever was born.
The audacity of anyone to even consider building anything else in that space is sickening. The only thing that should go there should be exact and matching towers of The World Trade Center, exactly as Minoru Yamasaki envisioned, designed and built them.
ANYTHING ELSE IS LESS. And THAT is NOT acceptable.
Screw these zealots and their jihad. REBUILD OUR TOWERS AS THEY WERE!
“I would give the greatest sunset in the world for one sight of New York’s skyline. The sky over New York and the will of man made visible. I feel that if a war came to threaten this, I would like to throw myself into space, over the city, and protect these buildings with my body.”
When the towers fell, I wondered how long it would be before bigger and stronger ones were rebuilt. It made me sick when I saw the cowardly replacement for the Twin Towers. My only suggestion is to put a giant “middle finger” one the new towers and make sure it is aimed towards the Middle East.
Thank you for your efforts.
Rebuilding the trade center as it was will be a Victory for America. The so called Freedom tower is Defeat!!! If the Libs won’t let us win in Iraq, at least let us win here at home.
The New York City skyline without our Twin Towers is like and old woman who is missing her front teeth. Every time I see a movie or TV show with the NYC skyline in it, I stop to look to see if I can get one more glimpse of the Twin Towers “before.” The post-9/11 programs make me feel empty seeing they are not there. I grieve and still do for the lost souls that day, for their families and friends, for their coworkers who survived. Rebuild our towers and you will restore more than just two buildings.
The World Trade Center defined the NYC skyline in the same way the Empire State Building has for decades. We cannot allow the Bin Ladens of the world to change our nation, our cities, our homes.
Rebuild them as they were!!! They were, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful, austere structures ever built. I dont want a twisty, glassy tower built in place of cold, hard steel. Rebuild I say!!! God Bless!!!
I am probably the youngest person in this petition, but that does not matter. I did not loose anyone in the attacks, nor do I live in New York City but, the rebuilding of these great towers means a great deal to me. It is nearly impossible for me to explain my story or why I feel this way in 500 letters or less but I can say this……REBUILD!!!!! =)
1st alternative- Keep superblock. Should be a green complex. A new northbridge that has an outside like vesey street and an inside so if it’s a sunny day but if it’s cold or rainy you could be inside also.
2nd alternative- keep street grid but take out freedom tower and replace it with the twin towers on the old footprints.
I said this in an op-ed piece I wrote for The Norseman (West Valley College’s newspaper) right after the 9/11 attacks, and I will say it again: Rebuild the Towers! Anything less is giving in to the terrorists who destroyed the Towers on that day.
Rebuild the towers exactly as they were; with the same visual appearance and on the same footprints with the same surrounding buildings and Tobin Plaza. Memorials can be placed in the towers themselves…
I think that anything but rebuilding the towers would be giving into the terrorist who destroyed them in the first place. I think that any red-blooded American would agree. I think Corporate America is ruining America, the people today don’t use their voices anymore like they used to when our parents were fighting to make this country grow. To many people are afraid to say no, they just say yes, because they are afraid what someone else will say and want to be politically correct. I say to hell with political correctness speak your mind and be yourself. If we as Americans would just get together like our forefathers this would be a great country again with the respect from many others.
We need the twin towers back! without it New York isn’t going to be the same and people who wanted to see it, but can’t cause of the terrorist attacks. WE WANT THE TWIN TOWERS AGAIN!!!!!!!
Restoring the original two towers, but building them a little taller, bolder, and stronger, would show all our enemies they cannot damage America in any permanent way. If nothing else, we need to prove to ourselves that we can do this, and that we have the will to put it back in their face, for the atrocity that was perpetrated.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers is the most ‘you-can’t-keep-a-good-man-down’ thing to do and, of any other plan, would have the greatest encouraging and healing power.
To send a clear message, the new Twin Towers should be just a bit taller than the first ones. For honor’s sake, they should also be somehow slightly different.
Yes, the towers MUST be rebuilt! I never forgot how magnificent they looked when I saw them on a trip in 1989. Any other tower design would be a great icon of victory for those murderers. I can see them jumping around, cheering, shooting guns in the air (barbarians!), while holding pictures of terrorist leaders side by side with pictures of the pathetic “Freedom Tower” as a symbol of our defeat. I agree: The only proper way for NYC and America to heal is to rebuild our beloved TWIN TOWERS!
I’m sick of all the politics and being p.c. Yes, there should be a memorial. But let’s also show the terrorists that they cannot defeat us. REBUILD! Even taller, stronger, safer, and better than before. I really miss those beautiful twin towers.
I believe that rebuilding the Twin Towers excactly as they were on 9-10-2001, would be the best way to tell whoever did this,SCREW YOU. To preserve the memory of those who gave their lives simply going to work, the Towers should be rebuilt and the exact opposite footprints. I also think we should put a huge antenna on top that in the right light might look like a huge middle finger. Anything else would be foolish. It’s the only way to heal.
So much gone! I feel that the best way to commemorate the World Trade Center complex and the thousands of lives lost is to rebuild the site exactly as it was, only with a monument which honors those who died in the attacks. This would send a message that nothing has changed. It would say that, no matter what, we won’t waver and cannot be shaken. It will also allow future generations to see the towers as they once were. My biggest regret is that I never got to see them in person.
The Freedom Tower is nothing more than a monument honoring Osama bin Laden and the terrorists. Rebuild the Twin Towers to honor the people killed that day.
The Twin Towers should be rebuilt as they were originally, in all their glory. Anything less would be a victory for the enemy and a black mark on our great nation. We can not let them win, either by taking away great landmarks, our personal freedoms, or by altering our way of life in any way, shape, or form.
The only way to show that terrorism is useless against America is to rebuild and erase the “physical” destruction of the attacks. Why would terrorism even occur if terrorist both American and foreign knew that their actions would be pointless because we would rebuild anything they thought they could take from us. A memorial is very appropriate but if we want to build these pools as a reminder of the towers then why not just rebuild the towers as a symbol of freedom and also as a tribute.
Build them back, even bigger than before. Make them the tallest buildings in the world to show that Americans can not be stopped, and if you try, we will only come back even stronger than before.
I’m not a New Yorker but as an American I want the twin towers rebuilt! It’s a no brainer! Where are the good people of New York and why are you not demanding that the towers be restored for what they stood for? There would be no greater monument or tribute to the souls lost on 9-11 or to our military soldiers lost in battle and to the American people than to give us back the twin towers. Anything other than the twin towers is a victory for terrorism and a defeat to us Americans.
I never got the opportunity to see the Twin Towers in person, but I would love the chance. Rebuilding them proves our country can overcome, and is the only option to rebuild. We have to make the skyline look the same as it did for all those years.
My father grew up in New York City and I spent a lot of time there as a kid visiting my grandmother. I went to school in New Jersey, and went to the city on many occasions. I live in Maryland now, and we usually go to New York city every December for Christmas. I loved the Twin Towers, and feel it would be a major statement to these terrorist if we we rebuilt the towers, however long it took.
We MUST rebuild the towers, stronger than before. I visited them in the 6th grade, back in the 70’s, and what a sight! Awesome towers, unlike anything I had ever seen. You could look down from the 107th floor, face against the glass, down on tiny ants that were cars. The people were so small they were specks. The proud towers were an everlasting symbol of America, which is why they were attacked. Rebuild to stick it to the terrorists and Socialists who hate America.
I strongly believe that the Twin Towers should be built again. Its what the people really want. I mean building the freedom tower is not the solution. That tower looks odd and its not new york type. I grew up admiring the two most beautiful towers in the world.
From the beginning the plan should have been rebuilding the Twin Towers.
I couldn’t agree more – we need the Twin Towers rebuilt and even larger than before! The “Freedom Tower” simply does not measure up at all – look at the stats! The Twin Towers were 110 stories tall and encompassed 8.6 MILLION sq. ft. of floor area dedicated to the heart of our society, a strong & free capitalist economy leading the World – hence the name “WORLD TRADE CENTER”! The Freedom Tower? Only 102 floors and just 2.6 million sq. ft. of floor space.
To the decisionmakers of Manhattan: “Capture” is a theory developed by Nobel laureate economist George Stigler. Capture occurs when those charged to act in the public interest (namely, our elected officials) end up systematically acting in favor of vested interests (namely, the oligarchy of local businessmen).
This is an opportunity to prove that “capture” is the exception, not the rule. Please, for once, act in the public interest. It isn’t as hard as at seems; just listen to the people.
I couldn’t agree more!!! I went to the WTC in 1995!…they took us up to the top floor!…and then later…up to the roof!!! It was LITERALLY one of the most amazing experiences in my life!…and one of the most beautiful sights you will ever see! But now…this view no longer exists!…lets bring it back!!!
The best thing we as a nation can do, is to honor the people who lost their lives in that tragic event and our soldiers who continue to fight for our freedom – by rebuilding those twin towers bigger and stronger than ever before and to show the rest of those in this world who oppose us, that we will not be deterred by anything, or any act, to destroy what and who we are. Because we are the United States of America.
the freedom tower is laughable. it will be nothing more than a giant trophy in the sky to let the terrorists know that lower manhattan’s skyline looks the way it does because they have won. there is nothing unique, or even remotely creative about the freedom tower. sure, the twin towers were bland, gray boxes.. but they proved to be symbolic for everything big and bold about new york and the united states. the freedom tower will prove to be nothing more than a reminder of our pathetic weakness.
What is being proposed to go up in place of the twin towers is a far cry from what once stood. Bring back the grandure that once defined New York City. Construct something that inspires great things and deeds among all men and women. Don’t put up something that is a constant reminder of everyting that went wrong that day.
Ive never been to new york and would like to go there one day and see the towers and think,Wow!I remember a time when that part of the sky was empty and the only way I could see those would be through an old picture.It makes me sad that I never got to see them as they were that I might go to New York this year and not see two massive symbols of liberty above the skyline.The freedom tower looks like something from 3000 and I think its too far ahead of its time to be enjoyed.We want 2 wtcs not 1!
As a retired military person and an American my belief is that those Towers need to be replaced exactly as they were and all persons involved that day are properly recognized.
Anything less would tell the terrorists they won and that they can do whatever they want to us because we are weak in their eyes. Not acceptable before 9/11 and definitely not acceptable now. We must NEVER forget this attack and we must let future generations know the full, complete story of what happened here.
I do not think any one has the right to change the NY skyline but the people of NY so putting the towers back just as they were and even safer, bigger, taller and better sends a message that no one stops us and we’ll just keep putting them back up if anyone is lucky enough to illegally try to tear them down a 3rd time. I would trust my life no where better then there. It would be too much a scar of a sad reminder seeing some imposter building in its place but a proud feeling to see them back!
Freedom Tower?! Let Me Just Say, WTF? Rebuild The Twin Towers! The Only Person That Has The Right Idea About This Is Donald Trump. I First Saw The Towers On My Very First Visit To New York, And They Were Stunning! But Now, The Manhattan Skyline Looks Completely Different, In Fact, It Look Naked! Please Restore The Buildings We Know And Love.
I think that we need to rebuild the Twin Towers. Just because they want us to be scared doesn’t mean we have to submit to those who knocked the towers down!
I have had fond memories of the Twin Towers. I used to see them standing tall and proud as I played with my friends in a park. I went up in them on January 11th, 2001. My mom went up in them while they were being built. I want my children to look up to the skyline and see reborn Twin Towers standing tall for a new generation. There is nothing freedomy about the Freedom Tower. It should never have been thought up. The Twin Towers symbolized “standing together.” God Speed TTA.
Check out Belton and Gardner’s plans to rebuild the Twin Towers. http://www.triroc.com/wtc/ Donald Trump supports their plans. And their memorial is brilliant.
the towers should be rebuilt just to make a point that america will not backdown and that terrorists will not scare us in any manner! the towers symbolize everything that america stands for, the different ethnicities, as well as, different cultures.
rebuild the towers! enough already!
The peope who destroyed the World Trade Center were sub human. New York needs to show the strength of the American people and rebuild new, stronger, safer and talller twin towers.
Yes, build them to look the same but not with the obvious structural flaws. And, if they’re knocked down, we’ll build them the same again, again and again. Let them be a symbol to all our foes, “Don’t tread on me!”
It would be in honor and tribute to those who lost their lives as well as their families if the Towers were rebuilt in the same location as the previous ones.
Living in Connecticut, I drive into or past Manhattan occasionally and, to this day, it still feels like a punch in the gut when I look at the NYC skyline without our beloved towers standing there. It brings a tear to my eyes every time. I can’t imagine why anyone would NOT want to rebuild and reclaim what was ours. Until our towers are back where they belong, there will always be a hole in our hearts.
In the War of 1812, the British burned down the White House. Did we leave a footprint there for perpetual mourning? No, we rebuilt the White House in defiance. We must resolve to rebuild the exact same Twin Towers. We can never let terrorists change the landscape of America.
As a teenager growing up in Jersey City, my friends and I would go to Manhattan, via PATH to WTC, and shop and eat.
Every time I return to NY/NJ my heart breaks again seeing the gap in the skyline. Not rebuilding the Towers sends a message “We are weak, you can bully us and our response will be meek”.
The Towers were lovely; we all loved them. Build them again, stronger than ever!
Although I am not American I feel strongly that USA Should REBUILD. I have visited the Observation deck and can say honestly its the most beautiful sight in the world. UK Support this movement.
NO CONTESTS, NO NEW DESIGNS, NO HAND WRINGING, NO NEED TO “UNDERSTAND” THE ENEMY THAT’S TRYING TO KILL US, NO WONDERING, NO DEBATE, NO POLLS, NO VOTING. THIS IS NOT A HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER…
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS AS THEY WERE!!!
BUSINESS AS USUAL!!!
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I feel rebuilding the towers nearly as they were, will deliver the message to whoever was responisble, that we the people will prevail no matter whatever the trials they bring against us… and that truth, faith, charity, justice and liberty are not ideas of a forgotten nation.
Please do us all justice and rebuild the towers now. lets all be proud Americans again and show the world that we wont back down from this fight!!! thank you! DUANE IN DENVER
Rebuild as soon as possible. But make more substanial so as not to be as easy to knock down. I lived in Manhatten when they were building those towers and remember the sound of the builders tools. Make them stronger!! The Empire State would not have collapsed.
I walked through the scaffolding in the 1970s. I commuted via Path and the E train for 10 years. I shopped and hung at the bar up at Windows. It was a significant part of my working home town. I live elsewhere since 1998, but would return. Rebuilding and creating new businesses to thrive in the Towers would be the quintessential American thing to do, including a proper memorial within. No more wrangling over mediocre monuments – build real Towers.
I love NYC. And I love the NYC Skyline. But as beautiful as the skyline is, its not the same without the twin towers. God forbid, but had the Pentagon been totally destroyed on 9/11 they wouldn’t have built a HECTAGON in its place, would they? No! They would rebuild the entire building THE WAY IT WAS. The same goes if the Statue of Liberty were destroyed. They would rebuild it THE WAY IT WAS. That’s exactly why the WTC site must be rebuilt THE WAY IT WAS including rebuilding the Twin Towers!
The Twin Towers were a signature part of the NYC skyline, and they are sorely missed. There can be no better way to show courage to our enemies than to replace them as they were or boldy taller.
We need to talk about this more. Don’t let them build the Freedom Tower! Show the terrorists that we won’t let them change our skyline! Rebuild EXACTLY, except mayebe taller and definitely stronger. I truly feel that this is what America wants. In time, the critics will be fine. Now, there just needs to be some strong leadership to get it done!
Gentlemen, are you mad? Your hubris in pursuing the craven and unsightly “Freedom Tower” plan will be your undoing.
It seems that New Yorkers want their twin towers back – As public servants, you should submit to the will of the people in this matter. Any plan other than rebuilding the towers signals a submission to the will of our enemies.
If you’re not going to rebuild the Twin Towers – the real WTC – then just don’t build anything at all, other than the memorial, of course. The Twin Towers are beloved by millions, and they’re the only buildings that belong there.
NYC looks naked without them and no artistic or symbolic gesture could ever outweigh the restoration of the site as it stood. If you must change anything, make them taller!
What are we saying to our enemies overseas? It’s been six years, and we still have a hole int the middle of Manhattan. The Towers must be rebuilt- build them stronger, but no farther than that.
Do not back down. Do not build a memorial. Build the towers again, preferably larger than before. Ours must be the culture of productive creation, theirs is the culture of destruction. Rebuilding the towers will send this message across the world.
Please make us Americans all happy & show our enemies how strong our God and nation can be, by putting the Twin Towers back where they belong. God bless America!!!
I will never forget the day I heard on the radio that a plane had hit one of the towers. My first thought was my Dad (God rest his soul). I wish he were around at the time, to talk to him about it. I feel very sad that the Towers have not been rebuilt or started to rebuild.
I have a hard time believing that the people of the big apple would give up on this rebuilding effort.
Lets get it done people, and build it taller this time, with 2 of the largest U.S. flags ever on top of each tower.
As someone not from NY and when you thought of the city before Sept. 11th, your initial feeling would be that of excitement and wonderment of it’s vast skyline. Post 9/11 it’s difficult now to think the same way without an evoked feeling of sadness and a longing to once again see those massive twins as they once stood. Ask just about any other US citizen, even those that never visited NY and they too think the towers should be rebuilt just as they were. Listen to the masses..BRING THEM BACK!
I could not fathom the idea of building the tasteless Freedom Tower over the site of such a tragedy. The only way to truly pay homage to the victims and proclaim to the world “We are the American Spirit” is by building the World Trade Center Towers as they were. We owe it to the memory of those lost and to the future of the citizens of New York. REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!!!!
Rebuild the Twin Towers! Don’t allow this hallowed ground to become some social-climbing architect’s meaningless art project. Reinstate the former glory of the two sentinel towers, rebuild the world-renowned NYC skyline, and, above all, reinstate a sense of perseverance for the future.
New York, New York and all the rest of the United States of America and especially the “Towers” are real examples of abundant freedom, justice based democracy, and able intellect driven capitalism that is this constitutional republic…. Build the “Towers” and use better engineering than was used before…. Build the “Towers” and “the world will come.”
REBUILD the twin towers exactly where they stood. Make the outside 100% identical to the originals. And use state-of-the-art architecture in engineering to prevent any chance of another disaster, if someone even ‘accidentally’ hits either tower with a plane.
REBUILD our center of commerce!
REBUILD our twin towers!
What better way of sticking it in the terrorists faces?
What better way to say “SCREW YOU COCKROACHES!”
It would say “you will never win against America”.
I fully support the plan to re-build the twin towers in their original glory. To do anything less would be an abomination. Send a strong and clear message that we will never be defeated!
i am extremely disapointed that there are no “twin towers” being looked at. how can you not rebuild them? they are a historic symbol of america, our pride and accomplishment, and you will let that get thrown away? i can understand a little redesigning but not just forgetting that they were there. that is exactly what “american haters” want, for us to just bow down and say, “ok, we’ll change because you have slapped us”. where is our american pride, our resiliance when hit to say “you didnt win because they still stand, and we are stronger now”. the towers were a symbol of new york that made all americans want to come and see the great city on the bay, even if they were not from there. they made new york a pillar of greatness above all other cities. a single building is nothing more than ordinary no matter what the design, dallas has buildings, but i dont care to drive and see them. people from all walks of life dream of seeing the twin towers up close, and hold that image of them as “the gates of freedom beyond the statue of liberty” to so many, they represent the greatness this country stands for, and it is unfair to rob our future generations of this awesome feeling they bring all because we dont stand tall and rebuild them stronger than before. i ask…i beg, preserve our pride, preserve our accomplishments……preserve our twin towers. rebuild, dont replace. thank you and god bless america!
I was born and raised in New York. I worked for 22 years at the American Stock Exchange. After being laid off from the exchange when Nasdaq took it over I moved to Florida with my family. The tragic news of 9/11 broke our hearts. The only way to defy the bastards that destroyed the WTC would be to rebuild it exactly as it was. It would be a double F-you to them.
Do what is right! Do the same people of America that stood together on the day of 9-11 deserve any less?! Let our soldiers have something beautiful and meaningful to come home to.
Rebuild the towers as they were, not a new design, but exactly as they stood before. Standing resolute in the New York skyline. My previous employer had a branch office in one of the towers, and were lucky enough to have all gotten out. Unfortunately, one of our agents, Marsh & McClennan wasn’t as lucky. We can never forget what was done to our citizens and who did it. NEVER FORGET
I’m a native New Yorker and I can’t imagine another building rising in the spot of the Twin Towers. I miss my Towers and all I can say is put them back! Nothing else will do! Whenever I come back to visit NY, I want to puke when I see that gap where the Towers once stood. Restore NY’s skyline to it’s greatness by putting the Towers back.
The ONLY thing to do to show them what we are all about is to rebuild…….just as they were before….only stronger. Maybe even one story higher. Show them they can NOT break our will. Never forget.
To honor our dead and the heroic efforts of the rescue personel, a simple “memorial” is not adequate. Only resurection can heal us. We must show our unwavering solidarity… and if the developers who stand to make millions erecting the archetectual “slaps-in-the-face” Freedom Tower donot submit to the public will, then they need to be removed by the government. They work for us. Not for their pocketbooks. Thank you!
Rebuild the towers! Anything else built would be inferior to what was there before. To rebuild the towers would be the best memorial to those who died.
I worked in WTC 2 for a half-dozen years, witnessed the terror of the destruction. I would prefer to have the entire center restored to its originsl splendor. However, we must build it with adequate structural improvements, reverting to a more orthodox design such as used in the Empire State Bldg.,an extremely solid masonry structure, but NOW with an anti-aircraft/anti-missile defense installation on or near the site!!!
I can not think of a better memorial than to rebuild the towers as they were before. If rebuilt the same way, they will ALWAYS be remembered and NY/NJ/USA will send a message to the world that we can not ever be beaten.
Let the word go forth to all the people on the Earth – the Lady in the Habor lifts her lamp to all who will cherish freedom – and let her light once again illuminate the Twin Towers that held so many loved ones, and in whose memory we will build them again – taller and stronger! May the towers reach up to the heavens above to those we love and will never forget!
Nothing will tell our enemies how fruitless their cause is, than to see those two towers rise again- ONE STORY HIGHER PERHAPS- so that the world can see that we can not be defeated!
Rebuilding the Twin Towers as they were, would send a message to all Americans and to the world. The Twin Towers were a symbol for all of us and aided
America in representing strength, courage and freedom. If you built the Twin Towers as they were, thousands of people will flock to see them. Should you decide to build the “Freedom Tower” it will fail because nothing belongs on that land except the Twin Towers. That land is sacred and symbolic to us Americans and the world.
Give us back our skyline. Give our towers. New York City is the greatest city in the history of the world….including anciet Rome, and all that came after. Don’t let the dream of rebuilding die. On September 11, 2001 we all became New Yorkers.
Indeed, the Twin Towers were, and are iconic. In a lot of ways, they are part of America, our America, that will not soon be replaced, but will stand back up when knocked down. Let us not be ‘reborn’ as something different, but come back as something proud and proven, something more like the best nation in the world.
Soon it will have been six years since the jihadists struck the continental United States. The Freedom Tower design is a ridiculous abdication of our collective duty to honor the losses and sacrifices we saw on that clear September day. Rebuild the towers – each a foot taller. Every day that Ground Zero remains an empty, open wound is a day that the terrorists draw strength from our fecklessness. The time has come for us to remedy this. Rebuild the towers!
It’s outrageous that the Twin Towers are not being rebuilt! I personally prefer Donald Trump’s plan. The towers can be built on different footprints and with a suitable memorial to those that died on 9/11/2001, using the latest technology for safety and security. They can also each be built at least 1 story taller, to symbolize our triumph over terrorism. Politicians should ALWAYS be our servants, rather than our masters.
Putting the Twin Towers back exactly the way they were is the best way to show the world that we will not be defeated, we will not be intimidated and we always rise above our challenges.
As a former Weehauken Resident, I used to awake every morning to the site of the towers. I moved away in 2000 and have not been back because of the heartbreak of the signt of them not being there. Rebuild is the only option.
I want the towers back where they were originally.Better,stronger,faster,we HAVE the technology!Anything less or obfuscated means you AREN’T American.That is all!
The Statue of Liberty is the “Welcome” to our country, but the Twin Towers is the Inspiration. Rebuilding them is the ONLY WAY to show other countries that the USA is the best country in the world. Stop being stupid and rebuild them exactly the same.
When I was a kid and got knocked down in a fight, every time I got back up again, the concern on the face of my opponent was clearly visible. Expecting to have won the fight, he became somewhat unnerved every time I got back up to look him in the eye. There were a few times when I got my butt kicked but I never lost a fight.
It’s time to send the same message to our opponents in this war. Knock us down and we will get right back up again to look you straight in the eye!
The solution is simple…rebuild it, but add at least 2 additional stories, which could be used as a memorial. I would make it an excact replica except for the additional height. May God contimue to bless America, and may we continue to deserve it.
American memorials should be reinforced with a hearty measure of resolve. Rebulding the twin towers is the ONLY way to show that the fascist murderers who attacked us cannot change or destroy our way of life. Let’s put politics, money and investment arguments aside for once, especially for those who died on 9/11.
Do the right thing. Rebuild the twin towers.
A complete rebuild of the original twin towers sends a powerful message to the world that America will NOT be intimidated by terrorists and swayed by frightened, politically-correct politicians / policy makers having us believe that the towers should be replaced with an ugly twisted wreck of incongruent angles and call that a ‘freedom tower’.
If I were in charge the towers would be rebuilt identically with a few extra floors at the top – Americana…baby…
The greatest nation must have the tallest towers. They’ve got to be taller, and let’s make sure we have the TWO tallest sky scrapers in the world – and the best, most honorable memorial money can buy.
Please build an exact replica of the Twin Towers and devote some of the space to a memorial. Let it be a sign to all that we stand united against our enemies. How dare they try to undermine our way of life, freedom and our American dream.
I truly believe that we should rebuild the twin towers and to increase it’s size. The current planned Freedom Towers is not the right choice for that particular building site.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers would send a clear message to the rest of the world that we will not tolerate Terrorists who want to take our freedoms away from us.
I also Love the design of the Freedom Tower but not for that site.
We can build the Twin Towers Better, stronger and faster.
Construction Technology, Steel Fabrication Have greatly improved since the Originals Twin Towers were built. We need to honor those who perished and get it done. NOW!
Spit in the bastards’ faces, both foriegn and domestic terrorists and all haters of Our God Blessed Republic. Build ’em back stronger, bigger, taller. The WTC Towers have become one of our symbols of Individual Freedom and Liberty! “We the People” must continue to show the world that government – in all its forms – is here to serve Our Will. Not the other way around!
Losing a huge powerful landmark like the WTC was devastating for everyone in this nation…even us here on the West Coast. It’s as if a huge molar had been extracted and the wound neglected. Islamic fascists are your enemy…don’t ever forget that. The Empire State Building was built in just over a year. We landed on the Moon with a balls and a Sliderule. We can and more importantly SHOULD rebuild the World Trade Center as it stood. NYC needs it’s core restored.
There is nothing I can think of that would send so loud and clear a message to those who planned, executed, and celebrated the World Trade Center’s destruction. Rebuilding the towers would unequivocally say to them, “You did not succeed.”
No other structures in the world conjure such a grand presence as the Twin Towers. I reject any design the timid and soft pc bureaucrats want to impose upon us the people. Only the Towers belong at this site, at least 150 stories each this time.
The morning they dropped, I turned to my wife and said the best possible thing we could do is rob the terrorists of the sensationalism of it all and rebuild the towers immediately!
What greater tribute than to re-build the towers as they were when so many lost their lives. It would be the ultimate statement that we will not be defeated.
Let us fight the terrorists on the battlefield, but let us fight them also with our will! There is no better way to strike back at the terrorists and show them that the more they push US, the more we press on!
Bring them back.
Bring them bigger.
Never smaller.
Bring their silhouette to the horizon.
They are the memorial.
Nothing more needed.
Build a bridge between the two.
Way on top.
Write the names of those who died.
Way on top.
Bring them back.
I think we should rebuild the Twin Towers because it would restore the World famous New York Skyline. Bring the some comfort to the families and loved one of those that lost their lives that day on 9/11. It would show the world we will not be affraid of Terrorist and we will not bow to Terrorism. God Bless America and all americans and God Bless all those who have fallen in service of this country and through their unselfishness, bravery and courage.
Nothing I can think of would restore America’s sense of pride and wholeness like rebuilding the Twin Towers exactly as they were.
It would be a statement to the world and to those who mean us harm, that we are the most resilient and courageous people on earth, and that we will NOT be cowed by the atrocities of madmen.
Rebuild the WTC towers as they were, except this time, add one more floor to each building as a memorial to those who perished on 9/11/.
There is no better way to remember our fallen citizens and to show the world our unflappable resolve. Build those towers; bigger, better, and prouder!!!
I think that everyone should close their eyes and picture the day that the towers would be restored. Imagine the sense of pride you would feel and see. Just having the towers up would be a great memorial to all that perished. PLEASE GET THE TOWERS REBUILT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was angry, upset and heartbroken when I watched the attack of the towers that morning on 9/11/2001. As soon as they collapsed I said that we should rebuild them exactly as they were. Anything less, and the terrorists have won. Even if we build a different structure on the site with less than two towers, the terrorists have won because they changed our behavior. We can use today’s architectural standards to make the buildings stronger to withstand another attack.
Rebuilding them would be a great testament to this nation and our strength. It would also be 2 giant middle fingers to the Islamist who would dare try to destroy our way of life.
We must not let the attacks upon our country keep our fighting spirit suppressed. The towers should be built at least as tall to show that we will not fear. There is no better memorial to those that fell on that day than to rebuild. New twin towers is the best memorial.
I have never been to NYC. As an American, the events of September 11th weighed and continue to weigh heavy on my heart – just like my fellow citizens, I’m sure. A decent respect to the vicitims of that horrible day dictates we do what they ostensibly would want done – to live in Freedom, just as we did before, as we must do now – proudly, publicly, and in the Love of our Great Nation. There can be no finer memorial to those who lost their lives than to rebuild the towers. God Bless America!
Why wouldn’t we rebuild the towers? That is the true American way. We are not defeatist. We have never let another country or fanactic ideology dictate what we do. Those that would not rebuild the towers or offer something less are cowards.
In the late 80’s and early 90’s I rode trains in and out of the WTC on my way to and from work in the old Western Union Building. Nothing impressed me more about the NYC landscape than those two big towers and as I watched their destruction I knew the world had changed forever.
Rebuilding the “Towers” would be a fantastic “in your face” responce to all cowardly terrorist and their fellow traveler “America Haters”.
God have mercy on and bless America!!!!!!
It breaks my heart to see our skyline so empty when need to rebuild our tours , they are the heart of new york , and it show that we can over come anything .
Allowing terrorists to alter the NYC skyline is a tragic mistake. Rebuild the towers, add a memorial and return the world’s greatest skyline to what it was on September 10th , 2001 to show any who would dare think they have the power to do so through terrorism they are wrong and cannot–and will never–succeed.
I was born and raised in Brooklyn and I could see the towers from where I lived. Let’s put them back for the people of America and also to send a message to those against our way of life that we are not afraid.
Anyone remember the old websites of WTC?
Maybe a reminder of who and what was there
by the people who created the websites would
bring back memories of how proud these twin buildings
were to the city.
In an effort to memorialize the old WTC, I collected most of the webpages from archives.
Hope this helps.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers seems to me to be the best “in your face” of which I can possibly think.
I have only been to New York once in my life and fortunately for me it was December 26, 1998. I saw the Twin Towers and then The Radio City Rockets that day. To this day I do not know which was the most inspiring.
Rebuild the towers, bigger, taller, stronger. Make sure the jihadis know that whatever they do, we will bounce back stronger every time. We can do this, we MUST do this so they know they didn’t win!
I loathe anyone who wants to do less than restore the towers.
The American Public pays the bills but is continually left out of the decision making process. Until the politicians remember who pays their salaries we must make our voices loud and clear: “If you want our money, pay attention to what we say! Rebuild the towers!!”
Anything else but rebuilding the towers and re-establishing the New York skyline would be capitulating and allowing terrorists to do our urban planning! Let’s rebuild the towers and, from their highest point, spit on all islamic terrorists!
If we don’t rebuild the WTC Towers, then the people that brought them down will have won. We are America and we need to show the world that we will not give in to terrorism. I believe with all of my heart that the WTC Towers should be rebuilt, to stand as examples of the American Spirit!
Rebuild-Recover-Rejoice! When the USS COLE was damaged by terrorist’s, the only choice was to repair the ship as she was the day of commissioning. The same should be for the TWIN TOWERS. Our enemy must understand our resolve. GOD Bless American, and GOD Bless New York.
Please,come together and get this done.Every day wasted is a day that the victims are not honored,and is a day of victory for the terroist/murderers.This is America…nobody does this to our people,and it is time we show the world that again.
I can’t think of a better way to re-energize Americans to defeat our enemies and the national pride that would be instilled by seeing the Towers rise again.
It has baffled me since day one why there was not an immediate groundswell to build them back, bigger and taller and prouder than before. Anything less will be an eternal dishonor.
It’s common sense, and should have been done already. China’s capital of Beijing is exploding in creativity and beautiful buildings, why cant NYC have something that is iconic again. Do it NYC.
I grew up in NJ and the twin towers always represented NYC. When the towers came down, I remember driving down route 17 days after the attack occurred and seeing that gap on the horizon and cried, wondering when everything would ever be “right” again. Re-building the towers would be a start.
For many average Americans, the Twin Towers represented an indelible image of what makes America strong. Since 9/11 this image has been re-enforced and re-enforced. The Twin Towers now symbolize everything that terrorism around the world seeks to rob from freedom-loving peoples. Until we rebuild the towers, the healing of America’s wound will be only partial.
I’m a fire fighter and a fellow American, and I don’t believe that less is more. More is more, put them back and if you are going to change anything add a few stories.
The right thing to do is to re-build the twin towers. We as a country should stand strong in the face of muslim extremism and political correctness and not be intimidated. Re-build the twin towers to demonstrate the USA’s commitment to freedom for all people.
What better tribute to those who fight? What better memorial to those who died? What better message of hope to those who continue to struggle? What better warning to those who hate us? What worse message to send than doing nothing at all? Build it back. Build it better. Build it bigger. Let people here and around the world know that we will not break, that we will not yield, that our will is strong.
Rebuild the towers so they appear as they were, or even a little taller. Build them stronger with enhanced internal structure so they can never again be knocked down by any sort of cheap-shot, 9/11-style attack. Why is this not obvious to those in charge? Why are they still in charge? The “freedom tower” concept is hideous and the top of it looks like a pig’s penis.
The Twin Towers should have been rebuilt immediately following a study of the structural failures, and new technologies to correct that. Those technologies are here and the buildings must be rebuilt.Do you see that the PC idiocy is ruining every area of American life? Get your political garbage out of our way. The people just proved we
want certain things from Government, like doing what we elected you for..Too much to ask?
Build the Towers!!
I want to see the twin towers return to the NY skyline, not some other artistic, politically correct sculpture.
America as a whole suffered in the tragedy of 9/11 and we should all have a say as to what building returns there.
Nothing we do will tell the terrorists that we are unbowed and unbroken like rebuilding the twin towers. There are a few perfect symbols of NY and those towere became one of them.
I was living in New Jersey on 9/11. I know live in Florida. I can’t stand the was lower Manhattan looks. From day one I thought the Towers should be rebuilt taller and better than ever. We have the technology. I hope we have the will, too.
Just got back from NYC & visiting the WTC site. Yes! Rebuild. You already have the blueprints and did it before. Structural flaws?? Buildings don’t need to be designed expecting to have planes crash into them. Put an anti-aircraft missle launcher on top.
I lived in northern NJ all of my life until 2002. I was in NYC that awfula day & still miss the beauty of those buildings. They deserve to grace the skyline and be an inpsiration of hope to all of us again. Please build them back up!
We should absolutely do the right thing.. bring them Back! Shame on all of us – it’s mid 2007 and they should have been back well by now! Bigger, stronger, glorious. Come on America, we can do this. Let’s collectively get something right. J. Hardy, NH
Rebuild them just as they were only use asbestos on the interior structure. If this had been done originally they may have made it through the September 11 attack. Lawyers
kept that from happening and lawyers are a big part of the delay in allowing the Twin
Towers to be rebuilt.
Rebuild them bigger, better, taller and more extragavant! If we don’t rebuild them (or if we don’t build something close to the original), then the terrorists have won. We cannot allow them to affect our decision making nor our daily lives.
Please build the Twin Towers the same as they were, but better constructed for attacks, so nothing like this ever happens again! Rebuilding the Twin Towers will give a strong statement to our enemies! AMERICA IS STRONG AND WE WILL NOT LET THE ENEMY BRING OUR COUNTRY DOWN!!!!!!!
I never understood why this wasn’t the plan from the beginning. What could be a better way to show we won’t be forced to change our way of living than to defiantly put the Towers back. Additionally, what could possibly be a better memorial to all those who tragically passed away in those buildings than to re-erect (sorry, not sure if that’s a word) the original structures. They don’t have to be on the “footprints” of the original Towers, I completely understand that that is hallowed ground
IF this were our grandparents generation, they would’ve been rebuilt in less than a year, probably even with a big target on them saying ‘bring it on’. But not today…
Rebuild the towers !
Get the suits out the way! Now your mayor is going put his attention towards the white house in running for Pres. ( God help us! ) So now New York will be w/o a mayor, sound like the perfect time to get something thru !
The towers are so beautiful. The new plan is both costly and the current design is ugly too modern and show a flowery approach when the concrete and steel is what we need.
I want the Twin Towers rebuilt and stronger than the previous ones. I want them to be 2 giant middle fingers to our enemies and all those rejoiced when it happened.
Frankly, it’s embarrassing to me as American they haven’t been rebuilt by now! It is so obvious this is the right thing to do, not just for NY and USA, but to show the rest of the world they can’t knock us down. The Towers, when rebuilt, would be more popular than ever and would restore the NY skyline.
Rebuild the twin towers…new and improved…same exterior design…same height.
When someone sprays graffiti…the best solution is often to repaint as quick as possible so as to reduce the exposure for the vandal – minimize his perceived success. Our situation is no different…only the vandal is bigger and distruction bigger.
If we rebuild, it will show the “vandal” that his efforts where in the end worthless and that the strength and optimism of America is beyond his understandi
Why would we build something other than the Towers? I want the original skyline back, and I want to stick it in the eye of the radical muslims. We need to show strength, and putting those building back is the best way to do that.
The thing that I want to see would also be an ultimate insult to the people that brought them down. Rebuild them, right down to the last doorknob !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Notice how the Pentagon was completely restored before we even knew it, strange ….
It would be wonderful to see the twin towers soaring over the Manhattan skyline again. What a great way to say to the terrorists, “if you try to knock us down, we will always stand right back up again.”
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!! STOP THE POLITICALLY CORRECT BULL! THESE TOWERS SHOULD’VE ALREADY BEEN BUILT!
AMERICA WANTS THESE TOWERS TO BE RE-BUILT, JUST AS THEY WERE. BRING THEM BACK!! SHOW OUR ENIMIES THEY CANNOT STOP THE AMERICAN SPIRIT!!
BUILD THE TWIN TOWERS, NOW!! NO MORE STALLING!! WE LOVE THE TWIN TOWERS!!
I definitely think the Twin Towers should be rebuilt. I think the areas where the planes hit the towers should be made into a memorial. If we don’t rebuild them then we are letting Bin Laden win. He is basically dictating to us about building tall buildings. We can’t have that. We must rebuild the twin towers.
Rebuilding the twin towers is absolutely the only thing to do. It’ll show the world America stands strong and restores NY’s skyline and image which the world recognizes instantly.
I love New York! Until the Twin Towers are rebuilt exactly the same way they were, I will NEVER be able to get by what happened. That day took a part of me, andwe can put that part back!
What’s not to love about the Twin Towers? Bring ’em back! I can’t remember how many movies I’ve watched with them in the background, and then my mind says, “Oh yeah, they’re not there any more.” Let’s make those Islamic warmongers cry as much as they all rejoiced when they came down. Let’s make everyone who loves them, like me, shed a wistful tear of gratitude for the sacrifices made there, but only by seeing them restored to their original glory.
Absolutely…Rebuild them so they look the same, only this time higher and bigger than before. No wussy politically correct memorial monuments that only make us look weak, show them that when you attack America it only makes us stronger.
The day they cut the ribbon on the new twin towers will a day not unlike the moon landing – an entire country unified in overwhelming pride and it’s sprit made whole again
If Americans are still flying. If AA and United are still in business. If the people still has a say in how we operate in this country. Then we should build the the towers again. Was there any argument about what to do in New Orleans after the “twin storms”? No! The only fitting monument to those who died, and those who defend our way of life is to build them as a tribute to our resolve, and their sacrifice.
whatever structure goes there, in that hallowed place, will send a statement……………..why not make it the correct statement? why not make the new structure even bigger and better than the towers were? why not make it look like the twin towers, just 5% bigger? this awful project that’s being discussed is wrong, my friends, just wrong. it’s a sell out to the concept of being PC. to be PC is the path to destruction, look at what has happened in Paris, in London, in Madrid, now Glascow
I agree as many Americans do, rebuild what we lost on 9/11. My future children deserve it. I would love to take them to NYC so they can see with their own eyes what America means. It would show a powerful message about growing through pain only makes us stronger. I am embarrassed by the slow growth of the construction process almost 5 years after 9/11. America could have rebuilt 3 sets of Freedom Towers by now. Please bring back the original Twin Towers! Matt from Kansas City.
Rebuild the towers and find out who was really responsible for their destruction and the other events of 9/11 We need an independent investigation! The 9/11 commission report is a bunch of lies.
The Twin Towers should be rebuilt exactly as they were…or perhaps even one story taller than before, as a subtle gesture of defiance. New structures of a different style would only be a constant reminder of that terrible day.
As the great General George Patton once said “Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a looser”. We loose if we don’t rebuild. We MUST rebuild as these buildings are a symbol of this country’s success and will to succeed. These buildings represent the awesome nature of this country, not just New York. Please bring back America’s Twin Towers.
The attacks made Americans stand a little taller and stronger. Put the towers back taller and stronger as well, not only as a memorial for those who were lost, but a symbol of our character and resolve aa Americans!
When I first saw the Twin Towers from the Empire State building I was struck by the beauty and sheer size of them. When the sun hit them just right they glimmered like fine silver. New Yorkers told me that they were a great landmark and they were very proud of them. To this day when I think of New York I think of those towers. They were in LOADS of movies from when I was a kid, granted I’m not very old. They came to be as American as apple pie to me and many in my generation.I want them back!
Rebuild the Towers…Just as they were girder for girder. That is a true monument to those that lost their lives on that terrible day. A defining statement that says “We will not go quietly into the night, we will not vanish without a fight!” Show the world we are not afraid
We are in the best country on Earth. We, the people, want the towers back. We hire public servants, aka the politicians, to do our bidding. Let’s not let them get in the way of doing our bidding.
Time for America to stand up and be the world leader instead of cowering and pandering to all the special interest groups of the world!!!!! If we offend you, TO BAD!!! It’s our right in this country. Rebuild them, bigger and better. If we don’t stand up soon we we will never be able to stand up again.
I whole heartily agree re-build the towers bigger and better. And let the world know that America is still the greatest country in the world and won’t be bullied by anybody!
I can’t think of any other monument that would be more appropriate than that which was stolen from us. There is no better way to honor those lives that were stolen.
Don’t let the political poltroons of NY’s high public offices decide what should stand in place the WTC. The twin towers were not just a study in architectural skill.
They were a bold statement of what could be accomplished in a free society.
It is an insult to dub the WTC replacement as the Freedom Tower, given the manner in which the decisions for its choosing were made.WITHOUT YOU!
Those who died in the attack on 9/11 deserve better. Rebuild the WTC like it was.
Resistance is not futile. It’s time for all Americans to realize the true nature of the threat we are under and begin to fight back as one nation, one voice. I propose the ‘301 Club’.
After seeing the film 300, I decided to become number 301 in the stand against the oppression and domination. I stand with the Greeks against a threat to freedom that is just as real today as it was in ancient times.
JOIN THE RESISTANCE!
Yes, build them as they were. BUT, add ONE MORE FLOOR, and make that prt of our memorial to the victims. It’s time we stuck something in their eye for taking our towers. They laugh and plot against us with each passing day. Let’s give them somthing to look at each day.
Donald Trump made this case a year or two ago. I agreed then and couldn’t agree more now. Rebuilding the Twin Towers would say to the world and to all terrorists, you cannot win.
If the passengers of Flight 93 had failed in their heroic efforts to stop the terrorists, and that flight had reached the Capitol building or the White House, would they have been rebuilt? What about the Statue of Liberty or Independence Hall? Would we have let them be replaced by a Motel 6? Were the Towers anything less? Absolutely not! The Towers were attacked ONLY because the represented American ideals. Show that those ideals are worth standing up for; put the Towers back! NOW!
Nothing would speak to the futility of the “Ilsamo-facists” attack then to throw the towers right back up in the skyline. It’s as if we were knocked back for a second but here we stand,… united,… again.
Let New York City be proud and stand behind this project and get construction industry the boost it needs in the area. Do it now when it cheaper to build than later.
If we don’t rebuild the Twin Towers, it will send a message to the enemy that we don’t have resolve and are weak and scared… I for one AIN’T Scared!!
REBUILD!!
Now is the time for Americans to realize that giving in to terror is never an acceptable path to follow! To heal, we must replace what was lost in order to maintain any self respect. Anything less is cowardly and a slap in the face to all who died on September 11, 2001. This is, stated simply, a watershed event in our history. Does America maintain its status as “the symbol of freedom and democracy” to the world or do we cower when confronted by pathetic fanatics?
I absolutely believe they should be rebuilt in an “in your face” bigger and better manner. I cannot think of a better, or for that matter another, way to honor those who lost lives and loved ones that day. Put whatever means necessary in the construction of the buildings to better protect them from threats in the future and get them back up, the sooner the better. Otherwise, the terrorists win!
Building something else will signal that the Twins were a mistake in the first place and OBL helped us to correct it. Hence, rebuild the Twins! Made them taller and better!
If your house burned down, would you allow the insurance company to hire an abstract artist to replace your traditional, 2-story home with an impressionist polygon? I think not! So, why replace what was lost with anything other than what was lost? Please, give us a break and do the right thing!
I was in Manhattan this May for the first time since 9/11 and even though I was expecting it I was so saddened not to see the towers standing as sentinels. I went to the site and was appalled that so little had been done and although there were “plans” it still seems like there was too much uncertainty about how and especially when. I too agree that not rebuilding the towers is the only way to tell the terrorists that they will not beat this country!
These buildings need to be put back as they were. They should be halfway up by now. It is only the politicians that prevent this. They always seem to “know” what is best for us. If they don’t listen this time, they need to be voted out. The American people are capable of and can handle anything. It is our government, our eternal babysitter, that denies us the ability to reach. It is sad.
The first thing I thought when people were wondering what to do with the site was “rebuild the towers taller and stronger than before”. What is so hard to figure out?
From the moment the Towers fell on that horrible day, in my mind there never has been another option but that we should rebuild as they were, except even taller and better. Anything less is a victory for our enemies, and I can assure you that THEY see it that way. I’m sickened every time I see that empty skyline — oh and think how the terrorists rejoice! — and it needs to be restored; I honestly don’t believe there can be any true “healing” for New York City or the United States without it.
Nothing would be more inspirational to the American people than putting the towers back exactly like they were. Maybe adding one additional floor as a memorial to all of the Americans who lost their lives that day. It would also show the rest of th world who we are. You may hurt us, but we will remain the people that made this country great no matter what.
I believe that rebuilding the Towers is something that should be done. I think that the Towers being rebuilt would be a major ideological blow to anti-American terrorism worldwide.
The pentagon was rebuilt the same way, why not the towers?
I’m sure if anything else would have been too. The Towers represented America and the American way. Get them back in the skyline the way they were, and show the world.
What better way to show the islamic terrorist scum that they have not won anything than putting the towers back. Kill them wherever they are found and rebuild anything that they manage to blow up.
This has always been THE ONLY REAL SOLUTION. America must unite and stop the pandering wimps trying to turn this whole thing into a “Why it’s our fault the towers came down memorial”. We cannot allow these terrorists todo this to us. It they take them down again, rebuild them again. Defy the urge to give in tothese thugs.
Build one story higher than original, but mostly identical. With technological improvements, and perhaps some sort of symbol at top: red, white and blue lit bands around top floors, or a giant lit image of a US flag, facing east.
Also, remember the flashing lit signs depicting a cartoon character with his middle finger extended, that caused an uproar in Boston and other cities? Lets put up a really big one on the side of the new North tower, facing east.
Rebuild the towers, any other option allows the terrorists to change our country by their cowardly actions. To rebuild the exact same towers would show the b*stards that we are far more powerful and enduring than they are. Plus, when we finally capture Bin Laden, we can execute him by throwing him off the new towers and let him experience first-hand the horror he brought to his victims. Man, that would be some “must see tv”…
More than a cathartic experience, rebuilding the Towers demonstrates America’s resiliency. In no uncertain terms, our enemies must know that there is absolutely NOTHING they can do stop this great country and her citizenry from life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Rebuild proud, rebuild taller, rebuild now.
Just found your web site linked off Drudge Report. I happened to watch an old movie last night, Escape from New York. The old WTC had a major part in the movie. I was thinking again how stupid it is that they haven’t been rebuilt yet. I don’t understand it at all. Hope this helps.
The purpose of attacking this great nation was to force us to change, to change out way of life. If we let in to the propositions of government officials who are not interested in the voice of the American People, including survivors and families of those lost, then we are simply giving in to the wants of the terrorists who want us destroyed. We must protect our original way of life and rebuild the Towers just as they were so that it will always be a beacon of determinism and freedom in America.
Rebuild the towers just the way they were, only this time with the ability to handle the intense heat of jet fuel and the ability of each floor to handle the weight of the entire structure, the same that was done with each piece of the St. Louis Gateway Arch. Make it an American treasure and a statement to the world that we can not be bullied or deterred!
Build ’em BIGGER and STRONGER with the BIGGEST American flags money can buy flying above each building! Show the world (in the words of Charlie Daniels) GOD BLESS AMERICA AGAIN!!!
As a tree grew in Brooklyn, the towers should grow again. Evil destroyed a beautiful, sunny fall morning, the morning of my birthday. Evil no more. Rebuilding the towers is the only reasonable option. Visiting “ground zero” shortly after, the mood of the city was sad, but strong. People acted differently to each other and that’s what can not be forgotten. With smoke still in the air, strangers bonded and hopefully that will never be lost. Towers for evermore.
I would like to see the Towers re-built as a slap in the face of the terrorists would took so much away from us on 9/11. I think it would say to them we are back, bigger and better than before. You can not thwart the resilent spirit of the American People!
It would seem that many of our elected leaders, both at the state and federal level, are vastly out of touch with the will of thier constituents. We Americans have overcome many horrific chapters in our history. And we will overcome the threats to peace in our time. The American spirit is unbeatable. Period. No cave dwelling barbarians in the Middle East will ever change that. REBUILD.
Rebuild our towers.
Building freedom and an enlightened civilization is what Americans have done to improve the human condition, for over 200 years.
The destruction of freedom’s light and it’s promise of human progress is what the Islamists are avowed to accomplish.
Show them that they will never be successful in their cynical celebration of death and destruction.
Stand up for American values.
Rebuild our towers.
The Twin Towers should be rebuilt exactly as they were. It would be the best sign to the terrorists that no matter what they do, they can never win (as well as a big f-you to them). Rebuild them, and put a 9/11 memorial right on the top floor to go along with the panoramic New York view!
Rebuilding the twin towers exactly as they were is the best and only way to show our resolve in the face of our enemies. Some meak alternative only serves as a sign that we lack the resolve to stand against them.
The grand re-opening of the Twin Towers would be a great day in USA history. It would show the resolve of this country to anyone who wants to attack us.
There’s a hole in the skyline above New York City. The terrorists made that hole and would love to permanently alter that unique skyline. Only by rebuilding the twin towers do we deny them their permanent victory. Part of fighting back is making things right again. There would be no greater memorial to those who were killed and injured at WTC bombing in 1993 and the WTC attack in 2001 than to rebuild the towers. I’m sure somebody has the blueprints somewhere. Let’s stop wasting time!!!!
Build them back up! The terrorists HATED those towers, they represented something that was despicable to the terrorists but beautiful to Americans…Freedom, democracy and capitalism. The terrorists celebrated when they fell, they laughed and congratulated themselves for their ingenuity. Show them what we are made of. Show them that no matter what they do, we can recover. We can make the towers rise again out of the rubble.
I have been saying since Sept. 12th 2001 that they should be rebuilt bigger and better. All the other ideas were simply stupid. REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!!!
This has always seemed the most appropriate memorial to me– and to build them even taller than before. I am so glad the horrible Museum of Leftism and Hating America was rejected… and now that it is, perhaps we can go the rest of the way and unabashedly affirm our national pride.
Rebuild it. No greater statement could be made. Make it stronger and one story taller. Anything less would be weak and would not represent the spirit of America. May God bless this great nation. We are the last hope and should never forget that.
The Twin Towers being rebuilt would be the greatest memorial to those who lost their lives on 9/11. Donald Trump even has an excellent plan for the rebuild. We need to show that we are stronger than those who took those towers down!
Most nations are rebuilt after devastating wars and memorials are erected. Let’s do the same. Rebuild the Twin Towers as a testimate to our resolve that we will not wallow in self-pity about this terrible attack on our nation.
the only way to show terrorism that we will not be shaken or disturbed by their actions is to rebuild what they have destroyed. make it taller, stronger, and bigger than before. A memorial will tell them they were successful. a rebuild will show our resolve.
AND NO 911 GEORGE SOROS MUSEUM. HOW DISGRACEFUL.
It’s past time to proceed with rebuilding this iconic landmark. ….If we fail to do so, we fail to continue the legacy of those Americans who died within its walls. And we perpetuate, instead, a legacy of enemy terrorism. Let’s roll!!
Rebuild the WTC Complex ESPECIALLY the Twin Towers EXACTLY as they were prior to 9/11. Well, of course this doesn’t mean minus extra saftey enhancements (ie No More of that spray on fire extinguishing Foam that blew off when the planes struck, and using more heavy duty steel trusses).
The Freedom Tower though, geeze what a joke. Some of the plans seem like they’ve been more along the lines of a 50 story building with a 60 story antenna/spire! What does that say about America?!?
I submit to you that these towers are a sign of defeat and we are defeated until we rebuild those towers. If we can build other American landmarks such as the Hoover Dam and the Golden Gate Bridge inrecord time, surely we can grow a couple of skyscrapers! It’s essential that we restore those land marks as a sign of victory. Unless of course we no longer care for victory, in that case save the money and build another park in NY. You have my opnion and recomendation. Don’t let America Down!!
The best slap up side the head to terrorists would be the rebuilding of the Twin Towers. It would show them they are a just a bump in the road, and after passing over the bump it’s “full speed ahead”. Anything less would support the terrorists. And let’s get after it!
There is no doubt in my mind that the only way America can completely heal from the 911 murders, is to rebuild those towers, not with a smaller version or with a memorial, but with a new soaring structure equal to or surpassing the originals. We are America and we symbolize the spirit of freedom and possibility to all the world. Let’s show everyone, and ourselves, that we can make this happen.
Is this what victory looks like?
A hole in the ground and lost memories?
Let’s rebuild them even higher and let the whole world see what liberty and democracy can accomplish!
I used to live in NY and had an office at 50 Broadway. The view out of my window was that of the Twin Towers. They were an impressive sight and should not be replaced with anything else. This may sould corny, but I would point to the towers and tell people, “Look at them. They are a testament to the cooperative efforts of man. No one man could have built that on his own.” It’s a shame that so many built them and it only took 19 to take them down. REBUILD!
Build two new twin towers, but bigger, better, and stronger. Contour and modernize them a bit to look less like lego blocks. Lets show the world we have a bit of creativity and passion for design.
Nearly 6 years have gone by and we have nothing yet to truely replace the twin towers which is a tragedy. Rebuild the towers with a different structure that better withstand another similar attack. Americans from previous generations whould have had the work done and dedicated 2 years ago while we still have to look at dirt. Lets put and end to weakness of the politicians and get some backbone and fulfill the will of the American people. I saw the Twin Towers twice and was awed by their sight.
I GREW UP IN NJ LOOKING AT THE TOPS OF THOSE TOWERS ABOVE THE HORIZON. THEY NEED TO GO BACK 10 STORIES TALLER. ALL THE POLITICALLY CORRECT IDIOTS CAN’T GET IT DONE. THE PEOPLE NEED TO DEMAND THE ORIGINAL PLAN WITH MODERN IMPROVEMENTS. NO MORE BS GERMAN ARCHITECT CRAP AND POLITICAL BS.
The Freedom Tower is a joke. All grace and no power. The Twin Towers were a symbol of freedom, power, inspiration and economic might. Please, stop this attempt to erect NY’s first wimpy skyscraper. God Bless America!
im all for rebuilding the towers as they were. the recent proposal, while nice, doesnt reflect the true grandeur of the orginal wtc…and that would be an excellent smack in the face of those cowards hiding in the mountain caves in between pakistan and afghanistan.
I have thought from the beginning that the Towers should be rebuilt to look exactly as they were. I think that would send the perfect message to the terrorists and any of our other enemies, to show them that we will not be deterred.
I live in NC and I get pissed off when I see the NY skyline w/o the twin towers. The only option is to rebuild the towers the way they were!!! Show the terrorist that the United States of America is and will remain strong.
I feel robbed never have seen the Twin Towers in person. I have been to ground zero since and want to see them rebuilt with a more robust structural design. Solid concrete interior if that is what it takes! Let’s just get ‘er done and stop bickering. The terriorist murderers have won until the TWIN TOWERS are rebuilt!!!!!!
To show those that come after us that we ( Americans) don’t succumb to terrorists, despite what the spineless politicians and the drive-by media want you to believe.
Not only MUST these buildings be rebuilt, but if they aren’t, then we allow these terrorist monsters to win, because it shows we live in fear. Rebuild them one story taller, in memory of those who died. Rebuild them to let the terrorists know that we are not afraid. One hundred-eleven stories of New York, and American, GREATNESS.
Can you imagine the exhaltation as the towers rise again — to say nothing of the day of their re-opening ? The streets of New York and the hearts of the nation will swell to burtsting.
The choice is obvious! Do the right thing and put the towers back! The only change should be to add a monument to the brave people lost and to build a few feet TALLER than before to symbolize America will always come back!
By building the towers EXACTLY as they were we are defeating the attackers by reducing the consequences of their attacks. Anything else in that place will be a tribute to those people who destroyed them
Make them the world’s tallest buildings again. Inform Islam that, if the towers are attacked again, Mecca and Medina will be turned into huge pieces of art glass forthwith.
We must re-build, to show the cowards who support terrorism we will not back down from them. To make New York City like it was, Thank you and god bless AMERICA!!!
It’s common sense that the Twin Towers should be rebuilt to look just as they did before, only this time their structural frame would of superior design. I think seeing the Twin Towers rise back into the skyline is just the boost Americans need. I always felt it was wrong to banish their image from mainstream media as if they were some form of taboo.
Rebuild the towers! Taller, stronger, with an excessive extravagance of ‘bigger is better’ born of the undefeated, unconquerable American spirit. Let them be beacons signaling to an envious world that we intend to fulfill our Manifest Destiny. Show them Iranian monkeys who restack the same 2,000 year old stones after each earthquake, how civilized people rebuild.
Yes! Rebuilding the towers IS the right thing to do. Anything less than a total restoration of two equally tall and functional buildings will be seen as a victory for the terrorists. We should NOT allow them to win.
I agree with this idea completely. Resurrecting the Towers would inspire America and defy the sick losers who perpetrated and approved of the 9-11-01 attack.
Like most Americans I was devistated by what happened to the WTC and the Twin Towers. They were more than a landmark, they were a national symbol that represented the strength of our democracy. I can’t imagine going to New York with my family someday and seeing this so-called Freedom Tower. I haven’t liked this idea from the start and quite frankly never will like this plan for the WTC site. If a majority of Americans want the Twin Towers rebuilt then let’s do it.
Some things stand eternal. That’s the way I and everyone I know feels about rebuilding the Towers just as they were, except one floor higher. I never understood the new design or what it was to represent, they were just buildings that looked like they were from a science fiction comic book. The only true way to honor those fallen and to reflect the resiliancy of the American people is to rebuild the Towers.
Bring back the towers. I volunteer to man the anti-aircraft missle battery on top for three eight hour stretches, once a week, every year for the rest of my productive life. Seriously.
I will sometimes watch old movies just because I know they show a scene that has the twin towers pre 9/11. Certainly rebuilding the World Trade Center’s twin towers as the world knows them will show the determination of the American people to not given in to terrorism. This would be the right thing to do to honor the thousands of people who went to work that September day and never went home. I have hoped that the owner/”powers that be” would get it right build them again better and higher
I agree completely with the heart of this petition, but we should not rebuild the towers exactly as they were. We should make them bigger, better, stronger.
That said, the new WTC should recall the aesthetic of the original buildings. They will tell us how much we loved the old designs, what they meant to us as a nation, and how we plan to move forward in this century and the next, and the next.
Anytime I see the Manhattan Skyline in an old movie, it’s like a dagger through my heart.
Back in 2001, I was disappointed when hearing that the Towers wouldn’t be rebuilt…I wondered if there was something structurally unsound about the site… I had no idea it was a political unsound-ness. This is a great idea, they should be rebuilt, bigger and taller, and as soon as possible.
Why would we not rebuild this site as it stood before, as a statment to those who wish to destroy us. As Winston Churchill said in his Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat speech, You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory. Victory at all cost – Victory in spite of all terrors – Victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival.
It warms my heart to see the New York skyline with those Twin Towers reappearing on the website animation. I will gladly add my signature to the petition.
On 11Sep01 I watched the Pentagon burn and then I was able to watch over the next year as it was rebuilt. New York needs the same thing. The only change might be to add a floor. Otherwise, our enemies can always look at the New York skyline and smile.
Rebuild them the same outside only taller and stronger inside. Add an appropriate defensive system as well. Besides who are these politicians to act as if they have ANY say over someone else’s property? Realtors! Stand up with me now – let’s keep fighting to keep private property rights for our fellow Americans – we’re the first line of defense! Drew, We appreciate your support and you have brought up a common misconception that we should clear up. The Twin Towers were built with public funds on publicly-owned property. The Towers were leased to Mr. Silverstein just before the attacks. Under the terms of the lease he has the legitmate right to comparable space in comparable buildings — nothing more or less. The terms of his lease actually made him responsible to replace the Towers if they were destroyed, which was overridden by Governor Pataki. In fact, the World Trade Center has always belonged to the people — even more so now that billions of dollars of taxpayer money have revitalized Lower Manhattan and future expenditures are contemplated. Those sixteen acres are property of the American Family.
I believe in the rebuilding of the towers. even if it is just a replica structure and not functioning.it’s the image of the two buildings before,that reminded us of what is good with America. the inner workings such as offices and business are part of it. but everyone in the world remembers those two structures. to restore them would not bring closure, but a sense of symbolic pride as to their representation.
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Rebuild the towers and make them taller. That’s the best response to the terrorists, and it’s a response we still haven’t given yet. Let’s get on with it already!
Rebuild and put three huge crosses on their tops.
Add building-wide TV screens on the tops on all faces and let the world see that from their ashes the towers are back with more splendor, the splendor of a Nation under God.
I really was inspired when NYC put up those two beams of light shooting up into the skyline in remembrance. Can you imagine the Twin Towers rebuilt, say a foot higher, with those same two beams lighting on top of them? Now that would be a sight for sore eyes! Rebuild the Towers!
This is the biggest travesty in american history did we shut down pearl when the japs attacked it. NO! why not? because it would have been the wrong thing to do!!! the only reason the people in charge that includes the local state and federal governments have not allowed the towers to be rebuilt is because they haven`t done their job on securing the borders and keeping tabs on non citizens
Our elected officials better remember that there are more than just the sound byte and “what entitlements will you give me?” voters out here in real America. You better get in touch with the rest of us or your days will be numbered. None of you have a clue of what the average American’s life is like and those of us who pay attention know that you couldn’t care less. Your day is coming.
Changing the architecture of the twin towers would NOT make the new constuction the Twin Towers! It would be different and America needs to show terrorists that we will not change for them. Also, by building the Twin Towers as they were exactly would also motivate fellow Americans that we are a Still the land of the Free and the Home of the brave, and not hide behind some reconstructed towers that will be a constant reminder of the horrific day of Sept. 11. DON’T CHANGE IT! Elizabeth
From the moment they fell, I believed that they should be rebuilt just as before, or perhaps a few feet higher, just to poke the terrorists in the eye.
We are Americans. We went to the moon! We have a rover on Mars! We settled this continent, and built these great cities. All the plans other than just simply replacing the towers are ugly, stupid, insipid, and insulting to Americans.
There is no better way to defy the terrorists and deny them their victory than to rebuild. Come on, New York – be the Big Apple; be the centerpiece of American optimism and the embodiment of the can-do American spirit.
I can’t imagine a more appropriate memorial to those people who lost their lives than The Twin Towers. When I thik of that place, I don’t imagine some whimsical, piece of functional art. I see the Twin Towers. They are a symbol of American optimism, love of country more than self and the American spirit of persistence and hard work in the face of unending opposition. Rebuild those great towers!
Nothing could be a bigger slap in the face to terrorism and those who commit it than to rebuild the towers even taller than before. We MUST send a message than we will never back down, and that anything they attempt to destroy, whether it be a physical structure or our unique American spirit of freedom, will return bigger and better than before. They must be sent the message that the spirit of America will prevail at all costs.
We rebuilt the Pentagon’s damage in a year. Donald Trump was right. Rebuild the Towers, add a floor, and show our enemies their attacks will never stop America!
I’m pleased and excited that there is a common-sense approach to the question of the WTC and it’s reconstruction. Why we need a new design escapes me. Just rebuild using the original plans. Now!
If we do not rebuild what the terrorist have destroyed, they win. The Americans killed in the tragic events of 9/11 would not want anything else, and they deserve nothing less. Put back the Twin Towers. Put back American pride and values.
As a former New Yorker, I have to say that it never made any sense to me why NYC would not rebuild the towers. Make them taller, stronger and in your face to Bin Laden. Make him see that we will not be cowtowed. Right now it looks like we are running away from the idea of offending any more idiots like him. Make it strong enough to withstand a nuclear missile strike, put Sidewinders on the roof, whatever it takes, but rebuild them!
I never got to visit the towers before 9/11. Nothing would give me more satisfaction and pride than to one day make that visit to the rebuilt towers, as they were except maybe higher, say 125 stories each, and look out from the top floor to the east with a smile.
I think it is time to show other countries that just because they knocked us down once we cannot rebuild and prove to them that we are one and we remember but they made us stronger. We need to build it in memorial of all the fallen men and women and show them that we remember them and always will. I think too many people have forgot what happened that day and if we rebuild them it will remind everyone everyday of what did happen.
From day one, I have been of the opinion that the best way to show the terrorists that they have failed is to rebuild the towers as they were, where they were. The floors where the planes hit can be reserved as memorial centers. Any skyline without the twin towers is something terrorist sympathizers can point to as a testament to their success for generations to come. When they see that we can rebuild anything they destroy, they will see the futility of their efforts.
To re-build shows we are not and will not be intimidated. Re-building is the best way to show our faith, resolve and determination. It would make a firm statement of our feelings about and belief in what our country was founded on. Definitely they need to be re-built, but add one floor to serve as the memorial area.
I cannot agree more with this petition. We are only cowering to the enemies by building a memorial, not to say a memorial for the families isn’t needed. We need to rebuild! That’s what America is all about!
I agree that we need to rebuild the twin towers in New York to help with the healing and devistation that was brought to our country on 9-11. By rebuilding the same as the ones that stood tall I believe it would show we stand tall and are not afraid. God Bless America and all of our troops fighting & protecting our country. We will never forget the victims & heros of 9-11 and their families no matter what is built at ground zero.
I think we should re-build the Towers, I say use the 9th & 11th floor to display the names and pictures of everyone who lost their life, those who survived and were involved in anyway. That would be a great way to make sure no one is forgotten.
What can i say… The Twin Towers needs to be rebuilt, its a part of America and Americas history, I live in Australia and even i miss the Twin Towers, Like most of you have stated, building a memorial instead of rebuilding is just saying, hey, you won. Though a memorial is needed to honor those who’s lives were taken without a second thought. We can honor the fallen and rebuild the Twin Towers cant we?
I, as my brothers, both recent retirees of the Port Authority, believe that raising the WTC as it was before exemplies our statement of a true democracy: anything less is a ‘slap in the face’ to all true Americans and a victory for anti-Americans.
All politicians need to stop thinking of ‘compromise and political correctiveness’: they need to remember what our country was established on/for. Our ancestors came here and accepted the American culture. Those entering today must accept it too.
Don’t insult the legacy of the original Twin Towers with this weak, half-baked scheme that is being foisted on New York. Restore the skyline to the way it should have looked all along. Not restoring the Twin Towers shows our enemies that we can be cowed and manipulated and pushed towards defeatism. Don’t do it! Make NYC look like NYC again!
NOTHING less than re-building the towers is acceptable. Personally I believe that one more floor should be added to each tower as an appropriate gesture to those animals who did this. If I were able, I would have the antenna on the one tower actually be 5, with the middle one extended and facing Saudi Arabia. Please don’t allow this feeble tower to be built. It only validates the destruction of the towers in the eyes of those murderers.
Change, wasn’t that the terrorists objective? We allow them to achieve that goal, by putting a different structure in one of America’s most symbolic places. Put back the original towers with a little more height, updated security structure and a little ole’ red/white/blue colors clearly seen from afar. There are many who have paid a hard price, even today, for true American principles. When you get kicked off the horse and should get right back on, no one said anything about changing the horse.
I visited the Towers twice. Once in ’97 and again in late August 2001. In August I attended a free concert held at he WTC and listened to the great music of John Gorka. The concert was held at the base of the North Tower and I will never forget that day. Rebuilding would be a real jab in the eye of people who dislike the United States of America. And now that they are gone, people really miss them.
At least I got the chance to get the view from the top for Christmas back in 1997.
To not rebuild the Towers only shows that we lost the “war on terror” on the morning of September 11, 2001. Those Towers were America, that’s why they were the targets of the attack. The money spent to allow more Americans to die in Iraq can better be spent on newer, stronger, prouder Towers. America’s strength is in her industry, rebuilding the Towers demonstrates that strength.
It would be an extremely wise political statement to the terrorists and the world to rebuild the twin towers. During World War II, the USS Yorktown was rebuilt in 4 DAYS! It was estimated that the rebuild would take 2 months, but thanks to the will of America, it was ready to fight the Japanese at the very next battle. It’s time for us to put those towers back in the air and show them we have only been shaken, but NOT defeated.
Rebuild. The Twin Towers were icons! They symbolized everything that was great about America.
The ‘Freedom Tower’ and surrounding buildings are pure abominations. They will appear as nonharmonious shattered silhouettes on the NYC skyline and are in stark hideous contrast to the twin pillars every American and foreigner alike admired and loved.
Ah, to take that ride up the 107 floors to the Top of the World again…feel the wind in my face…
The Statue of Liberty is better-known than the twin towers for New York State. However. the Twin Towers are still an icon and a lot went on in that building. Where are those jobs, now? Restore the buildings, and it restores that many jobs. Restore the buildings, and it restores a major landmark. Restore the buildings – this is our country, and we will show whoever that this is OUR country, and we CAN re-build ourselves over and over and over again.
New York just isn’t New York without the towers and I can’t believe we haven’t rebuilt them yet. The victims would want us to do this. I think we need to show terrorists that even though they took them away, we can put them right back up again, like an animal that can grow back whatever you cut off. Maybe someday they will give up, knowing that no matter what they do, we will always grow back.
Among all the great buildings within New York City and the island of Manhattan like the Chrysler Building, The Empire State, and Rockefeller Center the Twin Towers were needed to complete the signature skyline. We need them back. And it’s time to take action instead of sitting by idly waiting for the freedom tower to be constructed. It does not represent freedom, but fear. Times need to change. There’s nowhere to go but on.
The one comment I hear most arguing against rebuilding is the fact that they will become even larger targets than before. Lets get real folks…no matter what is built, whether large or small, single or double towers, it will be a target. We are FREE, they were a symbol of that freedom. If we allow ourselves to cower, and let those that took the towers and all our citizens from us that day have a tight grip of fear on us, they met their goal. DEFY them! REBUILD THE TOWERS!
the twin towers need to be rebuilt, this “war on terror” will be won in symbolic actions such as these, what better way to send a clear message to the fundamentalist murderer that our finest American citizens will spring right back up, I love Trump’s idea to add another story, that’s just absolutely genius
I pray to the gods that we Americans get a new life of competency. Let’s take the first step and make this decision the right decision
Rebuild the Twin Towers. Most Americans desire it, demand it and as a nation, NEED it. Allowing anything other than the Twin Towers would be a disaster politically, spiritually and mentally to ALL Americans. Anything else in their place is a WIN for the terrorists. Politicians need to finally stand up and take responsibility. WE WANT OUR TOWERS BACK. Show the terrorists that we WILL come back, better than before. HOW UNAMERICAN to do anything else!
The only fitting memorial to all the innocent lives lost on 9-11 would be to rebuild the twin towers as they were – a bit stronger; a bit taller, sure, but, as they were on 9-10-01. And not, definatly not that so called winning design. Not only is that whole concept a very poor memorial – it’s just plain UGLY!!! The twin towers stood tall, proud and very beautiful
Rebuild the TwinTowers! Bigger & Better! Stronger & Safer! I can’t believe construction is not already on its way, or even completed by now! What’s NY waiting on!? The longer NY goes w/out towers, the more it appears weak. As if allowing the third-world finatics to have won with their evil. We need to build those towers back up bigger and brighter than ever before. They were (are) a symbol of not only NY but America’s might. Stop pussy-footing around! The victims would want us to rebuild!
The twin towers need to be rebuilt as they were. They were a symbol of American pride and capitalistic virtue. By rebuilding the towers exactly as they were, we are telling our enemies foreign and domestic that we will not cave in to the tyrannical forces that wish us harm. Our forefathers fought for this great country, will we?
If we don’t rebuild them better than they were, then the terrorists will have won. Why can’t we rebuild them without the achilles heal that the original stuctures had. Build them stonger to sway in the face of adversity!
Rebuild, stronger, and with the spirit the original towers were built with. Push them as high as technology can push. They were here my whole life. They stood as symbols for everything america is about. Don’t settle for mediocre. With the “Freedom Tower”, it feels like we are giving up on America.
It’s called the “Freedom Towerâ€, and its 1776 ft tall. That is pathetic; it’s like an emotional whimpering squeal of a desperate comeback. Furthermore, the Twin Towers stood more for our economic triumph than our freedom. It is a symbol that can only be replaced by none other than itself.Structures and what they stand for, are essentially immortal. It is ultimately our decision however, to resurrect it, or to let it be desecrated and vanquished by our enemies.
please rebuild the Twin Towers, elected officials listen to the people of America, that is what you are supposed to do,and you will realize that the majority of NewYorkers want the Twin Towers rebuilt the exact same way, why would you let the terrorists permanetly alter the beautiful Manhattan skyline??, obviously people loved the Twin Towers or else they would not have been built!!, so please consider rebuilding the Twin Towers or else you will dissapoint many Americans,rebuild the Twin Towers
Twin Towers are one of the top icons known around the world.Rebuild them,we show we are still here not frightened to rebuild again!The Freedom Tower design’s a disgraceful victory for Bin Laden and all terrorists. DO NOT BUILD FREEDOM TOWER but stronger n better technology Twin Towers!Rebuild WTC TwinTower! Terrorism is not supposed to be only USA’s responsibility to go after, but the world’s,let the United Nations deal with it! USA Govt should focus own soil,rebuilding NYC’s Twin Towers back!
I think we owe it to the people who lost their lives and their families to rebuild these towers. they should be built in memory of the victims and show that this nation will remain united and stronger than ever!! RIP 9/11 victims.
I’m sorry but…, the Freedom Tower & the other WTC buildings just don’t have the same physical & emotional presence that the Twin Towers of the WTC had.
It saddens me that after 6 years we have not rebuilt the towers, still just a hole in the ground that only serves as tribute to the sucess of the terrorist act.
Let’s build them again. Just as tall, if not taller. Tallest in the world even. Two beacons of cold metal, masterfully raised into the sky, like iron flags whose broad skyward stripes and bright spire persevere through the bombs, planes and poisons some would bring against their fellow man.
And when they’re finished, I’ll climb to the top, by stairs if I have to, and whisper silently to the world. This is a symbol of a free people. There’s not a weapon in our world which can take that from us.
Everytime I see the Towers in the skyline of New York in an old movie or television program I get a lump in my throat. Everytime I see a new movie or television program without the Towers, I feel even worse. The only way to heal the wounds caused on 9/11 is to REBUILD THE TOWERS!
I am a new yorker living in boston i watched on tv like most new yorkers living out side of our home city the twin towers fall and like all new yorkers i died a little that day.i remember all the school trips to the towers
days i would take the train in from queens with my freinds
and we would put our face on the side of the buildings and look up the side of them it looked like they went on forever.
The towers must be rebuilt to restore New York to its orignal glory and magnificent skyline. I remember watching them go up as a child and I was in awe that every month they grew a little taller. Now I see fear at the emptiness of that location that has remained empty for the past 6 years. Restore the strength and pride of all New Yorkers and all Americans. To build a “Freedom Tower” is succumbing to political correctness and showing our fear. If we do not rebuild them, there is no freedom.
The Twin Towers are monuments that belong in New York, just like the Statue of Liberty. The Towers are world reknown and now are a symbol of Democracy, pride and courage! Rebuild them! Get the old drawings out and modify them with new building materials and rebuild them!!!
I implore that both towers be re-built in not only a respect to the original skyline that has become and still is a symbol of NY but also a famous piece of cinema history. Every pre 9/11 film with NY in it has at least one shot of the towers. I don’t give a flying ___ about whats “in the works” Rebuild them bigger and more defiant than ever. They should be rebuilt to one and a half times original size. If your chicken ___ of terrorists then re-route flyzones, or better yet mount a S.A.M. on top!
They hit them in 1993 and they were fixed and repaired and stood as a reminder to all who hate us that we will not fall. Rebuilding the original towers is only going to send the message to anyone who dares harm us that not only will you fail to break the resolve of the American people but we will always rise from the ashes stronger than ever before.
Its taken 6 years, and we still have one gigantic hole. Obviously, there’s a reason. Nothing other than rebuilding the original Twin Towers makes sense. Since the original fell, its been nothing but politics and arguing over which plan is better. I would rebuild the original and make them taller, more beautiful, so that the terrorists know we did not stand down, but stood right back up and showed them it made us even stronger, and we will NEVER back down to them, EVER. God Bless America!!!
I loved the Twin Towers rebuild them near where they once were and the ‘Freedom Tower’ somewhere else. the twin towers might not have been the prettiest of buildings, but find somebody that would rather not have them. Rebuild them to be like the Burj al Dubia which is now the world’s tallest it is residential, offices, and hotels. It would shove it the terriorists’ face to rebuild the Twin Towers not a a so called ‘freedom tower’ rising 1776 (the year the US was founded) feet. Build the real thing!
When I was 16, my aunt took me to the top of WTC. I remember how magnificent the towers were. Though I didn’t know any of the people who lost their lives on Sept. 11th, my heart goes out to their families and friends. I’ve heard so many people saying how we can’t let the terrorists win. I feel rebuilding the towers as they were, (but more structurally secure), would show them that they can’t knock us down, but they can’t keep us there. Give the twin towers back to the New Yorkers and to Americans.
I think if you were to ask all the people who was murdered on 9/11 how the would want the towers rebuilt they would say “build back as close to how they originally looked”. It would be a fitting tribute to the people who died that day to restore the New York skyline back to its original splendor & would be a great way to say “take that” to all the enemies of freedom. As a tribute just build the towers back to the floor level where the planes hit. Honor America, honor those who gave all.
Please, please, rebuild WTC 1 & 2 at least as they were, if not subtly modernized. If I had my way, a third tower would also be built where WTC 7 stood, similar in design but 30% taller and golden, a memorial tower. But if nothing else, rebuild 1 & 2.
The current design for the new WTC is maudlin and cheap looking, as if we wanted to build something tall but didn’t quite have it in us. If it gets built it will be a permanent bruise on the face of New York and the nation. Please don’t. Rebuild.
Praise The Lord, yes we should rebuild the twin towers as a lasting memorial to the people who were lost in the destruction of the first instead of this freedom tower which would be a disgrace to New York and America.
TWO TOWERS, not one – TWO TOWERS, one to symbolize LIBERTY, the other FREEDOM.
That is how you defeat terrorism, not by misguided forays into non-involved Islamic countries, not by creating a police state big brother Dept. of Homeland Security but by PUTTING BACK THOSE TOWERS, BIGGER AND BETTER.
The enemy chose to destroy these towers as a statement. Therefore we have no choice but to rebuild the twin towers, if our response is to mean anything.
There is no BIGGER “middle finger” to ALL of our opponents past, present and future then to rebuild the towers and show them the kind of resilience we AMERICANS are truly capable of!!!
I believe that al-queda is winning right now because we have not rebuilt. It shows that we can be beaten and destroyed only to let the dust settle and move on. Is this what our country has come to? We have to rebuild otherwise they will keep blowing up buildings as soon as we let our gaurd down and why do they because they know that we will not rebuild. I say we MUST rebuild to show that we can not be beaten into the ground and that we are Strong and we are still AMERICA the land of the FREE!!
We should not let the terrorists win by depriving us of one of our most beautiful landmarks in this country, the Twin Towers. I believe we should rebuild the twin towers … one foot taller. Although the rendering of the Freedom Tower seems to be nice, it is clearly a duplicate of the Statue of Liberty which is already there! So it doesn’t make sense to me to make the new tower look exactly like a statue that stands right in front of the tower.
The structural design integrity of the recently rebuilt WTC #7 could be incorporated in the rebuilding of Twin Towers with identical outward appearance to the originals. These design features would make the new towers nearly impossible to “pancake”.
I just saw your site, and am glad that Im not the only one that thinks the towers should be put back just as they were. There is plenty of room in the 16 empty acres for a memorial. What better memorial could there be than to show that we will not let them leave a permanant scar. Build them again!!!
PLEASE rebuild the towers. They were not pretty, I used to live in NYC and I think they were kind of ugly…but they were OURS, and they were NYC. Simply put, put them back, and even bigger and we win. Do ANYTHING else, and they have won!
I now live in NC, but grew up in CT. Still have relatives in Queens and Brooklyn. PLEASE rebuild the towers. NYC is not the same without them. They are a symbol of America just like the Statue of Liberty and other great landmarks. We need to show our enemies that they cannot win. We need to stand tall, just like the towers.
Well, it’s over SIX years now and we still have only a hole in the ground. They should have been rebuilt and occupied by now. We need a thorough cleaning out of the politicians and power brokers throughout the country and replace them with soccer moms, auto mechanics, truck drivers and grocery clerks. The regular Americans have more common sense than the corrupt government “representatives!”
Building a memorial is surely the best way to admit DEFEAT! A memorial tells Americas enemies that we can be beat, that they have won and that we live in fear of them. Rebuilding the Twin Towers will send the message that America cannot be intimidated. What greater tribute to those innocent victims of 9/11 then to rebuild the Twin Towers. Give a voice to those victims, rebuild The Twin Towers and tell the cowardly, radical, religous extremists and the world that WE WILL NOT BE BEAT!
What an amazing story it would be to tell my children and grandchildren, as we look up at the new buildings, the story of how the Twin Towers had once collapsed. Let’s not make the World Trade Center a thing of the past. I think that rebuilding is a great idea.
Rebuilding the Towers the way they were would be the best way of honoring everyone who was affected by the original towers’ destruction. The other designs have nothing to do with the original look of the New York skyline. I was born in Manhattan, grew up looking at and visiting the towers and I want them back-perhaps a floor higher than they were. Since we the taxpayers will be footing most of the 10-20 Billion it will cost, we should have some say in the matter.
Rebuilding the towers would be the ultimate symbol of American resolve. We need to show strength, no fear. Just as we need to show strength and no fear in our fight with radical islam. They started this, we will finish it!
Although I no longer live in NY I have strong feelings about this; please do not use this opportunity for financial gain and make the most of the space that has been created – just rebuild what we lost, preferably taller!
I went to see The Twin Towers in the year 2000. They where one of the main reasons why I came with my parents to New York. And while we where heading home from the family party. We where stop in the city. Once I saw the Twin Towers, I fall in love with them & the city. I’ve never stopped loving the city of New York. Since that year I’ve wanted to live in NYC & I still do. We where planning to go back there in 2001. But we never did & that happened. My love for NYC is stronger now.
These disgusting Evil leaders from around the world can’t wait to visit america and stand in our holy ground and SNICKER. Build these towers as fast as you can so they can go back to merely sneering.
I am a proud, educated American who is deeply saddened and upset that we are not rebuilding the Twin Towers as they once stood. 1.) I think the greatest way to memorialize the victims of 9/11 would be to restore the towers and the previous NYC skyline. 2.) When you get hit you stand up again, to restore America’s glory we must rebuild the towers as they were before.
The freedom tower is a joke! America needs to take a stand and rebuild these beautiful towers! How can you replace this American icon with that pathetic building called the freedom tower!
I traveled to NYC for the first time last March. What a wonderful city. As we were approaching the Newark airport I was struck by the ummistakeable gap in the skyline of lower Manhattan. We need these symbols of national pride restored. Allowing the animals that did this to change America’s skyline would be a crime.
The Freedom Bunker design is pedestrian at best. It is simply not representative of NYC, no matter how badly the political cronies want it to be.
i am a 9 year old but everyday i cry to not have been able to see the twin towers we all must help to rebuild them better than ever and till that does not happend i will cry till the day i die we must rebuild it make it stronger because to me the twin towers were born and died and i want them to be reborn and never die because i have sorrow and hurt in my heart and will always remember the people that died and the fire fighters too.twin towers are my human kind and i will be happy when they are rebuilt.build.
This is one way to show the people who attacked us that they did nothing; that they proved nothing. Rebuilding the Twin Towers would show them that we will overcome anything they throw our way.
I grew up with an unobstructed view of our country’s symbol of freedom & power. I want nothing more than to show the rest of the world that if they knock us down we will get right back up. As long as the towers remain gone the enemy assumes victory & gains followers. Rebuilding the towers will restore patriotism & pride, two things many American’s have lost as we send soldiers to fight back. Show the world the strength of liberty & the power of a country that refuses to accept persecution.
Rebuild the Twin Towers and scrap the Freedom Towers idea. This new design does nothing but glorify fear and defeat. Raise up as Americans and petition.
I personally think that the twin towers is a sign of hope for us if it is to be rebuilt. It will show that we are proud and we can fix any damage that anyone will cause to the us, to have the twin towers rebuilt would be a great honor, and I really hope they get rebuilt!
Rebuilding is the perfect way to show the people who destroyed the towers that they did not win. You can bomb the towers, you can hit them with planes and knock them down, but you can’t keep them down. It’s symbolic of the American spirit – perseverance, getting up and going on no matter how many times you get knocked down. To build anything else would just not be as powerful or as meaningful. Please reconsider that ‘freedom tower.’
The Twin Towers are an icon of America. They represent the opportunity and prosperity that much of the world admires (or even envys.) Build the Towers back just as they were + 1 more floor! (as well as a memorial in the courtyard.)
I am a native born New Yorker living in Texas.When the towers went down it broke everyones hearts,the best way to stick it to the shit that cowardly attacked the symbol of american strength and ingenuity would be to build the towers only bigger.Anything else to me is a defeat plain and simple..
I agree with Dave Roset, rebuild them just as they were with one extra floor each. On those extra floors put an Army base with radar guided gatling guns. The Freedom Tower is perhaps the ugliest building I have ever seen.
I think it is a great idea to rebuild the Twin Towers. If we rebuild the Towers then we are showing that we are trying to rebuild our country too. We are also proving to other countries that we will stop at nothing, I think if we rebuild the Towers would be completing our nation. Cause one of my dreams was to visit the Twin Towers one day, and I had that dream stolen from me, and i dont think thats fair. If nothing else then just rebuild it in the memory of all the people who lost their lives!!!!
I think that the US should rebuild the twin towers; for memorial purposes also. It will be a step foward for the US. We can say that we aren’t going to let this stop us.
I think we should build the twin towers. We need to rebuild it to show we have strength and to show respect to the people involved. It’ll be hard, but we can do it if we try.
Emotional intensities aside (not to lessen the importance of personal expression) our integrity as a nation in the position we have in and to the world requires us to do everything we can to rebuild those towers. We are not a cowardly people.
Please rebuild the Towers! Enough politicking and power-plays! Get it done, leaving that site empty and barren is a travesty to the memories of the dead. The best statement to the Islamist Terrorists is to REBUILD the TOWERS!
I always wanted to visit New York and see the Twin Towers. In fact, I always thought of the World Trade Center first and the Empire State Building second when it came to buildings in New York. 9/11 took this option from me and I’d love to have them back.
On September 11th 2001, New York had its two front teeth knocked out by terrorists. We cannot let New York remain toothless. We must rebuild, there is no other way to recover.
All of my life i have wanted to travel to NYC just to see the Twin Towers. They make the skyline for NYC. I think the freedom tower is ugly and ruins New York. We shouldnt be afraid of terrorists and only build one tower, lets fight and make two twin towers, and remember our past as well as look to the future.
On a trip to New York in 2000, my father promised me that “next time” we would climb those great silver monoliths I saw in the distance. “Next time” was in 2004.
Please, Mr. President, Honourable Congressmen, developers and people of New York and the United States, do not make my father a liar.
I lived in New York in 1989-91 and The World Trade Center twin towers were amazing! This so called freedom tower is a big joke & looks extremely ugly! what a horrible waste of taxpayers money! it seems as if what the public wants is falling on deaf ears and is never reported in the media! PLEASE bring the twin towers back stronger & better than ever.
I always hated the freedom tower. Building that horrible Tower where the once two greatest buildings in America use to be is untolorable. I don’t know how they could just fall back like that. We are Americans. We take a hit, we get right back up, dust ourselves off and keep on fighting. We are a free nation. We have the most advanced military in the world and some of the most greatest landmarks in the world. The WTC was a great landmark but by rebuilding (not replacing) we will never forget 9/11.
Taller and stronger. The “freedom tower” is nothing less than a 1776 foot tall permanent monument-of-defeat our enemies will rally behind. I can’t stand to look at it.
The Twin Towers ARE a part of America’s history, achievements and iconic standing worldwide. I want my children to grow up knowing terrorism is indeed a real thing in the world today, but not to fear it. To be courageous enough to stand up for what is right and to know America is strong and will not falter.
I do agree, I would love to see this re-built. A native of Chicago, I have not been to NYC. But those towers represent strength, the kind that does not come from a monument. Those towers were not just Manhattan. They were the first sign of financial power from the Atlantic heading westward. A beautiful and unique stance for America as a whole. Let’s get them back up.
I think it’s a great idea to rebuild the Twin Towers.It might give more peace to the victims families and show how strong America really is.GOD BLESS THE USA… My heart breaks for the families… Just get it done…
I’ve never been to New York City but one of the sites at the top of my list of places to see was always the World Trade Center. The Freedom Tower and the other buildings that are supposed to replace the buildings lost to terrorism just don’t compare. Rebuilding with re-engineered Twin Towers is the most fitting memorial to all of the citizens of the world who were lost. Only then would the skyline say “THIS IS NEW YORK CITY.”. Watching any movie made between 1975 and 2001 will tell you that.
One of the most exiting moments in my visit to NY was overlooking the city from the observation deck. My grand daughter is 10 years old – she can not even imagine what that was like. I would like to see the towers rebuilt – for all the future generations from all over the globe to have that experience. When I watch movies filmed prior to the fall of the towers, it’s like watching movies of a family member that passed on. The skyline has a big hole in its heart without the towers. PLEASE rebuild them.
I fully agree that to build anything less than this plan for a reconstruction of the Twin Towers would only create a permanent scar on our country. Seriously… a 200′ windowless concrete bunker? How does that scream freedom? Nothing would show the resilience, pride, and freedom of the American people than honoring our will and defying our enemies by restoring what was lost. The memorial is also far superior than that proposed with the Freedom Tower. Rebuild the Twin Towers!
If the towers are not rebuilt,it will be another case of our government failing us.Kneeling to the PC crowd,worried about how it will look or who it will offend.Who cares…rebuild and let the world know our strength…history will judge.
The towers need to be rebuilt to show the world that we will not be intimidated by anyone. They should also be a memorial to those who died there that terrible day so that we never forget. It would show those who want to destroy anything in this country that we will not be deterred from having what we want in our own land! Those towers did not fall down from neglect they fell because of a design flaw that no one would ever have thought would happen. We can and must correct it!!!!!
It’s nice to know that there are many Americans and people worldwide who believe as I do that the best way to honor those who tragically perished in the WTC on 911 and to pay tribute to their families, friends, and loved ones and to honor our great nation and all nations who are proponents of freedom and democracy is to rebuild the twin towers. Additionally (and less importantly), the future design of the so-called freedom towers is completely unoriginal and utterly hideous in appearence.
A building is beautiful because of what it is. Our ‘Twin Towers’ memorial shouldn’t be a useless reminder of the power that our nation’s enemies have over us. The only proper memorial would be buildings that would serve exactly the same purpose as the buildings that were destroyed, only better. Build them taller and stronger, if anything, but rebuild them as they were before.
YES REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS !!! IF WE DO NOT WE ARE ADMITTING DEFEAT AND SHOW OUR WEAKNESS !!! WE ARE STRONG AS A WHOLE; LETS SHOW JUST HOW STRONG WE ARE BY PUTTING THEM BACK !!!
Recently our band took a trip to New York City to perform at carnegie hall. When i was there i was truly amazed by New York City. It was beautiful and amazing! But something was missing when i was there,and it was the Twin Towers. When you search for pictures of New York City the first thing you see is the Trade Centers! They are a symbol of NYC. I strongly believe that there would be no better way to show our strenghth then to rebuild them. PLEASE Restore the New York City skyline!
Please rebuild the towers! they are a symbol of freedom and america! and the symbol of the greatest city in america New York! and it wouldnt be new york without them!
The Twin Towers were a major landmark in the world of today and it would be a shame to admit defeat and show the terrorists that we cannot repair what they thought they undid! Let us unite as people and americans and REBUIILD the Pride of America and New York City’s Skyline!!!
To rebuild the towers in their original outward design would be a more meaningful statement than a new design which would be a forever monument to the extremists of the 7th century religion.
We would love to support the efforts put forth by this great organization to rebuild the Twin Towers. We would love to pass out cards or brochures to help.
We are based in Phoenix, AZ and have our own grassroots efforts to try and help those who serve our country. We have rebuilt a Fire Truck in remembrance of 911. http://www.fireupfreedom.com. We let the communities know we have not forgotten about those who have suffered.
Please visit our website and let us know if we can help.
The World Trade Center should be built in the original image and updated to beyond 21st Century Building Standards with the structural design to survive any type of disaster as was the original towers designed. (The original structure was designed to survive a collision of a 747.)
We must send a message to the World that we are united in our vision for World Trade and Peace as the original towers symbolized. The new towers should be as tall or taller than the original towers to show our resolve.
Our country is going down the drain lately. The economy is going, gas prices are killing us, and there’s more political corruption than ever. We need the towers to be rebuilt to symbolize that there is hope for our country. That freedom still reigns.
Having lived in New York from over 20 years and seeing the Twin Towers as I commuted around the city everyday, I am finding it totally unfathomable that we Americans would allow terrorists to destroy our country without rebuilding it at least the same if not larger.
The only clear message to our enemies is to REBUILD the towers and ADD about 10 floors to them. That is a clear “in your face” message that Americans understand.
The Twin Towers were AMAZING! The battered skyline is not acceptable. The politicians need to listen to us. I saw Ken Gardner’s plan and it is the proper way to honor those who were lost. and in my opinion nothing looked cooler than those Twin Towers in the Skyline at Night!
The WTC towers were one of the most awe inspiring achievements of modern day engineering the world has ever seen. As such it is unsurprising that they were targeted by the cowards of 9/11 in a very symbolic message meant to say that even our greatest minds were inadequate to defeat them and send a significant blow to the morale of the country. It is only continuing to aid the enemy by not rebuilding them as it can be said they see it as an acceptance of their message. Now is the time to do it.
I miss home. Now that this occured makes me miss it even more than before. I think it is in the best favor of those direct affected families to see a bigger better NEW YORK!!!
I Loved the Twin Towers. They NEED to be rebuilt the currrent situation is obviously looking up for us. God be with ya’ll in getting this done. Plus I’ll need a job soon and what a better place to work then the amazing TT2?
I visited the Twin Towers once. Its really weird them not being there anymore. I totally believe they should be rebuilt. Whenever ya’ll send out that booklet post it on your bulletins and let us know how its going im curious :)
Twin Towers Forever!
There simply is no other fitting response to 9/11 than to rebuild the Twin Towers. Anything else will be viewed by most Americans and the world as capitulation to the terrorists, and all who oppose freedom. If I had been one to perish in the attack, the only memorial that would truly honor my death would be to rebuild the towers in defiance of the terrorists.
The only thing standing in the way is our bankrupt government, politicians and bureaucrats!
What a reasonable, logical, honest and architecturally fitting concept. I’m not from NYC, but those times I had travelled there prior to 9/11, The Towers were always that bit of welcome confirmation for those visitors that are navigationally challenged. I have a vast catalog of ‘mental jpegs’ with The Towers commanding prominence in many frames. They have been missed.
Duas Ortus Rursus – Two(Twins) Rising Again
Pardon my ‘attempt’ at Latin. Any correction appreciated.
I could think of no better way to honor the memory of the fallen and the best of the spirit of the United States than to return the towers to New York.
This is the only solution that has felt right from the very beginning. We must reclaim what was taken from us that awful day. Rebuild the towers better and stronger and the whole world will know that NYC and the USA are still strong and courageous.
I grew up in NY and visited the Twin Towers several times, even danced and had dinner there. It was heart wrenching to see them come down on 9-11. Don’t allow the enemies to win, please rebuild the towers.
My son lives 1 mile north of the towers and was getting into a cab that morning to go to work in the Chrysler building. Noticed a plane way too low and proceeded to work. Word soon came that morning all was well with him and his (now) wife via blackberry message to my daughter in Boston.
Windows of the World was one of the first places he took me to show his town. Above the clouds!
I am glad to add my name to this list and think rebuilding the towers is exactly the message we should make.
A long time ago, I saw the fourth of July fireworks from the World Trade Center. It’s something I’ll never forget. I was in the city this past fourth of July and it’s just not the same without the twin towers dominating the skyline. Bringing the towers back would be the best tribute to all those who lost their lives on 9/11.
When I think of the hole that remains at Ground Zero nearly SEVEN YEARS after the terrorist atrocities of 9/11/2001…I wonder what country I live in.
In 1959, the United States was still 2 years away from putting a man in space. A single decade later, two of our citizens stood on the surface of another world.
Like the Towers themselves, Americans used to be a people who challenged the sky. If we still are, the Towers must be rebuilt. Better. And 9 feet 11 inches taller than before.
The twin towers of the World Trade Center were more than just buildings. They were proof of New York’s belief in itself. Built at a time when New York’s future seemed uncertain, the towers restored confidence and helped bring a halt to the decline of lower Manhattan. Brash, glitzy, and grand, they quickly became symbols of New York. I believe the same thing can happen again if they are rebuilt. I pray they are. Good Luck Guys!
For NYC and the nation’s pride and DIGNITY, the towers should rise again!! Every time we see almost any image of the NYC skyline made between 1973 and that horrid day in 2001, we will think of 9/11. Why not help the healing by putting them back? Also, what better way to say “f**k you” to the people who wish to see America destroyed? We can’t bring the victims back, but we can restore an image eternally linked with their memories. EVERYONE WINS(except our enemies)! Up the towers!!!!!!!!
I was born and raised in New York. The Twin Towers and the Statue of Liberty have always stood for unity and love of my country! Let the towers rise as a phoneix from the ashes!! Excellent, Excellent idea!!
Every time I see a movie with scenes of the twin towers and every time I see a picture of New York post the destruction of the twin towers, I am reminded at what is missing in the New York skyline. The towers need to be rebuilt to help heal this nation. Anything else will only serve as a reminder of what’s missing.
Rebuild Now! Put the bureaucracy to rest! What a more fitting tribute to those who lost their lives, their families and this country than to have the Twin Towers II open on September 11, 2011? I can not think of any.
Please rebuild the original twin towers design(maybe sturdier)–nothing else will be adequate to tell our enemies that we will never ever give up. If they take it out again we’ll build it again and again forever. Surrender is not an option now or ever.
When I thought of the saying “United We Stand, Divided We Fall,” the Twin Towers came into my mind. Two towers standing for one purpose, yet they were divided. I never got to see them in person, and these could be so much sturdier and stronger than the glass sculpture (that’s what it looks like) that they call Freedom Tower. By not rebuilding those two towers, in my opinion, that saying above has no symbol.
I really would enjoy seeing the Lower Manhattan skyline restored with the original two towers that everyone remembers. It shows a sign of courage and bravery that we all made it through the years and will continue to remember all those that risked their lives in saving others.
My son, who is 6 years old, understands the importance of rebuilding the Twin Towers as they stood or better. He wants to visit them, and show “the bad guys” that they “can’t beat the American Team”. I would like to see him have the opportunity to make that trip.
I believe that we should rebuild the twin towers. There is no doubt that the victims of Sept 11 loved working in the twin towers. I think that they would want us to rebuild (contrary to what some people believe). However, the only true “memorial” for Sept 11, would be the twin towers rebuilt.
I had no idea that this plan existed until today. I grew up in NJ in the shadow of the towers and think this is the way to go! We need to restore the sky-line and remember what happened! This does both! Why is this so hard? It seems like a no-brainer. Lets get this done before it is too late!
The world trade center was a symbol of the economic and social freedom for which our nation has fought. The towers were bold and iconic. If it be the will of those whose loved ones perished there on that horrible day, I would like to see the towers improved, strengthened, and rebuilt. No other gesture will restore the faith and freedom of our great country quite like this one. It says to the world that violence will not change the fabric of who we are. We do not fear. We prevail.
I want the Twin Towers back. I’ll admit, I was in second grade at the time of 9/11 and I didn’t even know what the buildings meant to the world. But now I do know and I know NYC needs those buildings back, not a gay building that doesn’t show Freedom it shows Fear. I went to NYC July 2008 and seeing a hole in the ground that should be the WTC being rebuilt made me mad so I hope those buildings are rebuilt because they should not be replaced by a building that no one will want to look at!
New York is not New York without the Twin Towers. Evil took away the originals. Hope and faith and good old-fashioned American ingenuity, perseverance & gumption will re-build them to their former glory. Bring back the Twin Towers!
I cannot think of a more important symbolic collective endeavor as a country than to rebuild the Twin Towers. The void we’re experiencing in our morale, dignity as well as the pain in our hearts will not have a chance to repair if they are not rebuilt. It is the only way. Let’s stop speaking of the great things our country has acheived in the past and show ourselves and our children what is still possible. To keep liberty a reality and not just a word – it takes courage and work.
Raising the towers anew, strengthened and proud before the world, is the ultimate expression and proof of American heart, resilience and rejection of surrender to evil.
please rebuild the wtc both towers better and even taller than they were. i believe it would be a great step to healing the wound the 9/11 has caused. i hate the Freedom Tower it so ugly and it only one tower on top of that. yuck. I love the Twin Towers it was great symbol of my nation.
Please rebuild the Twin Towers! Doing this would show the rest of the world that we can overcome even the darkest of times and it would also demonstrate America’s bravery and ability to stand as a united nation.
I’ve lived in south Mississippi all my life, but fell in love with the WTC when I saw King Kong as a child. I began learning about all of the engineering innovation that went into the construction of this amazing piece of American architecture. I had always planned to visit Manhattan one day specifically to go to the top of the World Trade Center. This plan would be the next best thing, not that Freedom Tower BS! Kudos to you guys, I hope all goes well. Looking forward to visiting!
I am not personally from NY. However, as a fellow-American living in North Carolina, I have been deeply affected by 9/11 from the very beginning. Every time I see a current picture of the NY skyline, be it on television or in photographs, I resent like hell what was done to our nation that day, and in particular, in regards to NY City, what was taken on that day. I have always had a desire to see the towers rebuilt. To me, it seems that to put the whole thing right again, nothing less will do.
I personally believe that rebuilding the Towers is one of the most important things we can do to examplfy how we wont be affected by attacks. I agree that we should have the Memorial Garden in the middle to rememeber the victims and to show that we are strong, we rebuild the Towers.
WE WANT OUR TOWERS BACK PLEASE REBUILD THE WORLD TRADE CENTER THAT WAY WE COULD SHOW THAT OUR COUNTRY IS STRONG AND THAT WE NEVER FAIL..
NEW YORK WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN WITHOUT THE TOWERS.
SO HEADS UP AND REBUILD THE TOWERS.
This vision is a much more effective statement than the current plan. Large numbers of people agree; don’t let the bleeding hearts take away a famous symbol of New York City!
My dad had the privilege to see the towers during his business trip to New York back in the 1980’s. It had always been a dream of mine to visit New York one day and witness the spectacular elegance of the Twin Towers standing in all their might and glory–until the day they crumbled to the ground. Not only does New York not feel the same without them; the entire nation feels the void as well. If rebuilding the towers is what THE PEOPLE want, then this is what we should get. REBUILD THE TOWERS!
Lets show the world that no matter what happens we will still stand strong and never back down!!! The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is one BIG family!! And that will never change.
Please rebuild– I agree that the best memorial would be a rebuild. We should not allow ourselves as Americans to be controlled by those who made the choice to destroy that which we as Americans held so dear. If we do not rebuild then “they” will continue to try and tear us down, and could very likely succeed. It wasn’t just Americans that were affected–it was the world. I implore you to rebuild to help heal the hole in all of our hearts. This has affected us all.
Ther is no better way to show the World what America is truly made of than to rebuild the Twin Towers! Honor those who were taken from us….Rebuild the Twin Towers!!
Finally, a common sense approach, as to what to build at ground zero, is catching on. Rebuild the towers, bigger, better and stronger! God Bless America…
In “The Social Contract” Rousseau writes:” but [men can] only unite and direct existing ones [forces], they have no other means of preserving themselves than the formation, by aggregation, of a sum of forces great enough to overcome the resistance… This sum of forces can arise only where several persons come together: but, as the force and liberty.” Only united can we stand against a common foe; let the towers stand to remind us of those who fell, those who serve, and our commitment to liberty.
I believe rebuilding the Twin Towers and WTC complex is a great way to show America’s strength and ability to over come. This in my opinion is better symbol of our freedom the Freedom Tower. Also, if acceptable to the families of the victims to this tragic event, the memorials planned on the footprints of the previous towers would be an honorable tribute. Memorials paying tribute to Americans who lost their lives in the name of freedom should not be required to charge a fee to cover costs.
When I joined the Navy one of the places Ive always wanted to go to was the Twin Towers. But thanks to the cowards that destroyed them Im SOL. I say rebuild them as they were before but a little bit taller. Now that Im stationed in VA on a carrier I hope to enjoy the site of NY with the twins.
Many lost friends, family, or loved ones that day. As for those of us who were not struck with the same loss we still felt a great pain. It is a day that will always be remembered in my life and I am sure others’ as well. Rebuilding the Twin Towers would be an outstanding memorial and would stand for much more. Its a symbol of our unity, pain, and shows that we are not afraid. I support the rebuilding of these buildings that have a place in history and America’s heart.
There wouldn’t be a greater tribute to the victims or a better way to bring America back from tragedy than to rebuild the twin towers stronger and higher than they ever were before. It would show the world that we as a nation can triumph over tragedy and we will always move forward and rebuild. The new towers will send a clear message to the terrorists that America is strong and can’t be brought down. Please rebuild the twin towers!!
i agree they should rebulid the twin towers to show everyone that we are better and stronger that they will not bring us down…..and to have the memorials so that everyone who visits pay tribute and their respect to those we have lost…..i grieve for those we have lost on that tragic day and they will be a part of my heart forever
Rebuild the twin towers! As I said 7 years ago on 9-11, lets build them 10 stories taller and better! One day I would love to take my kids to visit them as I did when I was a child. USA could have had those things up by now if we would have just rebuilt them.
PLEASE rebuild the twin towers! We need to show the world what the U.S. is made of and rebuild what we lost. The victims would want us to rebuild them as they were. We cannot bring back those lives we lost, however, we can rebuild the towers to show the world that we will not live in fear. It would be a nice “slap in the face” to those who enjoyed watching what happened on 9-11.
With all due respect to the Freedom Tower designers and those who organized that planning, the Freedom Tower is not New York. It is not a symbol just because it has ‘freedom’ in its name. Build a symbol; build two. Please rebuild the towers; the country will be behind that effort. Do the right thing.
The original Twin Towers were more than just buildings. They were a macrocosm of all that makes our country unique, and a symbol of the enduring American spirit. The Twin Towers need to be rebuilt to stand bigger and taller than ever before. Anything less is simply unacceptable.
Rebuild The Twin Towers! They don’t belong in history ! They belong in the Present! The New Twin Towers will show new generations of people in person what the original twin towers were once like.
The Freedom Tower, while a good idea, is unfortunately not of the same magnitude as what once stood there. Building it will ultimately show the terrorists they were successful in the attacks on our country, as the site will remain forever changed. Instead we must show everyone that while we may fall down, we will ALWAYS get back up again and stand stronger than ever. Rebuild the Twin Towers EXACTLY as they were, as they are a TRUE symbol of freedom in this great nation.
I would love to see the towers rebuilt as they were. I remember looking at them everyday from my grandmothers 16th floor apartment in Brooklyn. I’m no longer a New Yorker but I dream about seeing those Towers because I did everyday of my life for 20 years. We NEED our towers back… the Twins as they were.
The World Trade Center Towers need to be restored! We need to let the world know that we are not afraid! We will rebuild those towers as if they were never gone! Please let the New York City skyline be what it was once again!
To rebuild anything less than a new set of Twins will be to state to all human-kind our collective loss of American spirit & fortitude & a symbolic show of defeat by all Americans.
No longer will pride be associated with that unmistakably beautiful skyline, rather just a bleak and empty pain. Forever.
I like the new WTC Twin Towers. They should stop construction of the Freedom Tower and cancel it so they can switch over to building WTC2 and start construction on that. That new plan is much better. Rebuild WTC the way it was with that new design. New York needs the Twin Towers to return!
Rebuild them better than ever. We shouldn’t let terrorists shape the skyline of New York. The towers will forever be a part of the city. Why are people trying to fight that?
Commerce needs to be returned to New York City. We can’t allow the roaches of the world to destroy us economically. REBUILD! Take your pick of all our “friendly” muslim countries to send the bill to. Our politicians need to wake up and protect our interests! Its been 7 years and still nothing?!!! This is unacceptable.
hey if they do ever build them back they should put on a plaque on one of the towers saying ( when a phoenix dies it will rise again from its ashes) that would be a good idea . u know what someone needs to complain saying ” WE WANT THE TWIN TOWERS BACK, GIVE THE PPL WAT THEY WANT !” someone seriously needs to say something. i never got to see those towers, to see them up again would make my wish come true
They should not make the freedom tower because eva since i wuz little i wanted to see the twin towers and now that the twin towers are gone that cant happen if you build the freedom tower where the twin towers once was. U should follow what evry1 wants and that’s for the twin towers NOT the freedom tower. We need that hole in our hearts filled again…that could happen if you rebuild the twin towers!
Replacing the WTC with a similar design is the only truly American thing to do!!! The originals were more than just a group of buildings. They were known worldwide as the biggest landmark, of the greatest city, and nation, in the world! Lets show those terrorist chumps what we’re made of! Long live America!
While I don’t necessarily think the new design is abhorrent, it would make a terrific statement if the twin towers were rebuilt in all their glory. It says to those that mean us harm, “you knock us down, we get right back up!” In terms of healing, rebuilding the towers in the image of the originals will be a signal that those who died on 9/11 did not do so in vain, but rather, their passing was a moment that united the nation in a common goal of strength and courage in the face of evil.
The Twin Towers must stand again in honor of the spirit and preserverence of our heroes. Then the survivors, families, and the world can see our resolve.
I’m a 22 yr old college student majoring in History. The Freedom Tower is a symbolic defeat of our spirit. In 2000, I had the privilege to stand atop the Trade Center. It was a moment I cherish.
9/11 was a terrible attack upon our identity/values. For that attack to succeed, we must concede; WE MUST NOT!
As a resident of New Orleans,I understand destruction;it challenges our spirit. 9/11 changed us because WE LET IT! Stop the FEAR TOWER! We can’t allow them to win, REBUILD THOSE TOWERS! We MUST NOT BACK DOWN OR GIVE IN!
I think we as americans should rebuild them towers and stick it to osama bin laden and say this to him, if you ain’t down with that i got two towers who say this to you osama bin laden and that is SUCK-IT!!!!!!
The “freedom” tower is anything but what its name suggests. With its horrific concrete base built out of FEAR, it shows America’s inability to return to its old state of mind.
What better way to show that we truly can return than to rebuild what we lost as a symbolic act to show we will both never forget, and that we will never submit to fear.
i would love for the twin towers to be re-built i would love to see them above evry other building.I was in the third grade when the towers were destroyed so i dont remember much, and never really paid attention to them or knew they exsited. i think it would be great if they were rebuilt to commemorate the old towers.
I was in 12th grade when 9/11 happened and I always wondered whether these towers would be rebuilt. The plans for the Freedom Tower are an embarrassment. Its smaller then the original towers and now its far behind schedule and massively over budget. I believe rebuilding to Twin Towers, taller then before and much safer, would make America appear as a more determined people. “You can knock us down, but we will stand taller.”
The Twin Towers stood as an expression of American Will. Now, other countries build bigger and better. If we are to be America, we must lead the world in not only justice, opportunity, and mercy, but also in our reaction to events like September 11, 2001. I visited the old towers three times in my 32 years. I was very sad when my favorite city decided to shirk the potencial for greatness for the calamity of the Freedom Tower. Nobody REALLY wants this piece of tripe! Rebuild! Rebuild those towers!
This is a great plan because we need to make New York New York again. Right now, the NYC skyline remains a victory for al – Queda. We need our buildings back. Taller, stronger, and safer, the new twin towers would defy terrorism against our nation. Donald Trump is right, the Freedom Tower is nothing compared to this. Do we really want something in our American city that does’nt even resemble New York, or do we want a legendary landmark to be born again? Bring our towers back!
I am for the rebuilding of the World Trade Centers. I pray for you guys to get it done right and to fight till the end. God Bless from the Midwest. May the right decision be made!
I’m from Seattle Wa. I strongly support rebuilding the Twin Towers. Building the Freedom Tower (or Fear Tower) is like surrendering to the terrorists. The Twin Towers were an asset to the New York skyline and many people came and admired the Twin Towers. To the Port Authority and Larry Silverstein, have the courage and the will to change course and do the right thing before it’s too late. As Franklin Deleno Roosevelt once said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”.
The Twin Towers represented New York and America. The most recognizable buildings in the world need to be rebuilt. Like Donald Trump said, “We can not let the terrorists win,” we need to take action to show the world America can not be defeated in any way.
These two towers were iconic to New York, and to America. They stood, rising above all else, to welcome and to represent. The towers may have fallen on that fateful day, September 11, 2001, but the spirit of what they represented is alive and well in all of us today. It is time to rebuild the towers. It’s time to bring back America.
I have loved these buildings for longer than I can remember. They were in my childhood books, the movies, and the magazines. They were the exclamation point at the end of a wonderful New York. There to welcome you when you arrived, and to bid you farewell when you left.
I was 10 when they were stolen from us. You cannot replace the lives lost in 2001, or in 1993. But you can still replace these magnificent buildings. What’s happening is a shame.
We should rebuild the towers bigger and better than they were. I don’t know why this is even an issue.
Put them back where the are supposed to be. do it now! They should already be going up, just like the Pentagon.
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS AND POKE OSAMA BIN LADEN IN THE EYE.
The beauty and the majesty of the original Twin Towers will never be forgotten in my mind. My only regret is that I took those Iconic Towers for granted because I thought that they would always be there.They symbolised the strength and the power of our nation in a figurative and a literal manner.The Towers should be rebuilt bigger, better and stronger than before with memorials to respect the fallen victims of 9-11 to show they did not die in vain. Restore the NY skyline to its original stature.
I’m all for rebuilding the Twin Towers, bigger, better, and stronger, as a poke in the eye to the world for hating us, and as a truly befitting memorial for all those that died in such a cowardly attack.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers is, in the opinion of many, the best way to honor those who perished on 9/11. It is also my belief that rebuilding the Twin Towers would illustrate to Americans and the world that we will not capitulate to crazy terrorists who seek our destruction. I personally loved the Twin Towers; they were unique and symbolic. Terrorists reconfigued the Manhattan skyline on 9/11; by rebuilding the Towers, we can change it back.
What better way to remember those we lost on 9/11 than to rebuild the towers, a few stories higher and with modern safety features. The people lost on 9/11 were contributing to our American way of life. I think they would’ve wanted us to send the message that America will not be bullied by cave-dwelling cowards. Also, when it comes to rebuilding the TV antenna on tower 1, borrow an idea from the cell phone companies: disguise it as a large flagpole with a massive American flag! USA!
Every day new Twin Towers are not there or are not under construction is like a knife in me. The Twins were the most powerful symbols to ever exist to me and thousands of others. The pain that resides in me because of their absence and the failure to rebuild is great. That is why you must succeed. I feel Gov. Paterson is the key. Get a booklet to him and press him and everyone else who you send it out too. Rebuilding the Twins is whether or not America is giving up. It’s THAT important.
Enough time and energy has been wasted in a plan that does not meet the country’s needs! The Twin Towers should be brought back for the sake of our freedom, honor and national integrity!
I have always wanted to see the towers rebuilt. they are an international symbol of America and what we stand for. Why would we let terrorists take this away from us? When Europe was bombed during WWII they rebuilt many of the buildings exactly as they were. they didnt come up with new designs, they rebuilt. We need to see these towers rise again! Americans everywhere feel the same. Our tax dollars are helping to fund the construction, what better memorial is there than to see the towers rise?
I’m so angry about what is happening there. I didn’t know about the towers until 9/11. i was only 6. i want them back. i pray that president-elect obama realizes it. i think he will. if anybody is reading this and hasn’t signed, sign the petition. take a stand. let america rise again!
The Twin Towers were always a big part of my family’s visits to NYC. They were absolutely amazing in their size and design.The new WTC plan is awful. It tries to please everyone and winds up making no one happy. The Freedom Tower is a pathetic compromise that will ruin the fabled Manhattan skyline. Please, DO NOT build it! The only solution is to bring back the Twin Towers, but taller and stronger than the originals. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I Just read this comment on the NYTimes site on an page regarding the PA questioning saying-
“Remember the Saying Be careful for what you wish for because you just might get it? funny b/c i dont ever remember any 1 asking for the Freedom Tower and there getting it anyways?!New York has defied everything from its maze of under the city lines that keep the city alive to building when space is needed and expanding the shoreline and we cant rebuild 2 Towers?” We need a better response than the FT.
Wow I wish i knew about all this earlier! I think I will help by purchasing the bumper sticker that says “We are not stuck with the Freedom Tower” and sending it to Mr. Ward and say “I just thought you might wanna put this on your car” lol it could work.
When a hero gets knocked down, there is no whining or indecision. The hero gets back up and fights. Are we mice or men?
The greatest victory of terrorism is to see how America has given up freedom in the name of security. Rebuild the towers taller and stronger then dump the patriot act. No fear here.
The “Freedom Tower” (more like Surrender Tower) is a disgrace to everything America stands for. If we build it then we let the terroists know they got to us. We should build the WTC taller than before.
People should realize that the Freedom Tower is only being built because of other peoples greed. It isnt something that needs to be built at all. We need the Twin Towers back! They weren’t a target because of their height, they were a target because of what they stood for. They stood for the unity on the strength of America and thats something that the terrorists hated, and thats why they were destroyed. Not building the Twin Towers again means they won! Lets rebuild now!
I’m really embarassed that the so-called “greatest nation on Earth” can’t erase this physical scar (the hole in the ground) and rebuild the site! How are we supposed to convey our strength and resilience if it’s taken this many years just to have a well-groomed hole in the ground? Enough! This is a lousy tribute to those who were taken away on that fateful day. If they’re not going to get their acts together and build something, then fill the hole and plant trees as a memorial.
Not rebuilding the Twin Towers would be a sign of defeat. I’ve seen videos advertising the Freedom Tower and they flat out say that they took our twin towers so let’s build something smaller. I want New York to be New York again!
This is America where things are done BIG and BOLD! Freedom Tower is way too futuristic looking and does not blend in whatsoever with New York. In my personal opinion, Freedom Tower is a slap in the face to New York and America. Rebuild the twin towers and make them BIGGER than they every were.
The Twin Towers were not only two rectangular prisms at the tip of Manhattan, they were a symbol of strength and freedom for this country. What is the point of building a “junkyard” of closely accumulated buildings that have no symbolism towards the devastated of 9/11 or for the rest of us Americans? The people of New York City woke up every morning, expecting to see the pride and endurance of those two buildings taking up space, and they’re expecting the same in the years to come.
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I believe we should rebuild the towers and make them one floor taller to show the world and our enemies we will never give up and any attacks against us will make us stronger and fight harder. By not rebuilding them we are letting our enemies win. Let’s show the world what Americans are made of!!!!!!!!!!
If we do not rebuild, then the terrorists have won. No greater memorial would stand to those who died, than to have the twin towers rebuilt in their honor.
The Twin Towers must be rebuilt, this time even taller than the Sears Tower by at least 100′, to show everyone in the world that they can never beat us, to make New York, New York again, and to show that all those innocent people did not die in vain, like the soldiers in Vietnam! God bless their souls. If these Towers are not rebuilt, I and the rest of the nation will be ashamed to call ourselves Americans. You might as well give the terrorist the keys to the White House. NOW GET IT DONE!!!
When I see this Freedom Tower I only see another icon, but when I see the plans to rebuild the twin towers I see an icon that represents hope. The freedom tower plan has been a disaster. Completion dates constantly backed later and later, there are too many design issues, the cost to build it is unbelievable, it is smaller than the originals suggesting submission. The only true solution is to rebuild the Twin towers again, truly better in every way.
I remember coming to NYC in my early 20’s and whenever I would land at Newark and take the shuttle to the Port Authority, the excitement would always heighten when I caught a glimpse of the towers in the distance. It represented something larger than life and that you were a part of something really dynamic and special. They weren’t just buildings, they were a peice of iconagraphy representing success for Americans. I can think of no greater tribute, than to rebuild them as they were.
the twin towers should be rebuilt. I saw what happen that day on tv and we cant leave the skyline of manhattan to terrorists. we have to fight back. rebuild what they took. if the towers are rebuilt the families will be happier. they dont want the freedom tower. we want what we lost. freedom we cant lose. we have to rebuild so everbody we lost could rest in peace.
There is no question in my mind that rebuilding the towers is the appropriate thing to do. Add a memorial as well – but put those towers back up. That is the American spirit that many (hopefully most) of us would like to see displayed for the world – and especially the terrorists – to see.
I believe that building twin towers in the spirit of the World Trade Center would be a very strong symbolic message that in spite of the attack on our country and the murder of thousands of people by terrorists who have no regard for life they will in the end have only accomplished in making us stronger and more secure and we can show that we are not afraid, and we will not live in fear of them. Their destruction will only be temporary, only to see us rebuild, stronger and greater then before.
They displayed America’s success in prosperity, freedom and ambition. They should be rebuilt bigger and better than ever to show we will never be defeated.
My birthday is September 11th and it was a very sad day for all Americans to see those beautiful towers that were the heart and soul of New York City fall. This so called Freedom Tower is a Joke and I never liked It from the beginning. I say were Americans Dammit and not rebuilding the towers is a slap in the face. We need to have those skyscrapers touching the heavens again. By not Rebuilding them were telling Bin Laden that he has won and that we might as well we waving a white flag in surrender.
What ever happened to the unbelievable drive this Country of ours once had? Just 6 mos after Pearl Harbor, our Navy was victorius in the battle of Midway. Nowadays we don’t dare make a move on any subject without forming a “blue ribbon committee”, only to debate the subject for countless yrs and still come up empty. Hard to believe we made it to the moon, ahh, but then those were very different times. Towers yet to be rebuilt doesn’t surprise me in today’s America, and that is truly sad.
Please just rebuild them. I was so angry when I watched them fall, but the anger has subsided and I just want back what was once there; the greatness that was these towers. They were gorgeous buildings, I don’t believe anything could ever replace the originals, but rebuilding them will prove to those who brought them down that we are a proud nation. Don’t take that away from us with the ‘Freedom Tower’.
I think the Freedom Tower sucks. It doesn’t give America the glory it deserves. I was eight when 9/11 happened and I always wanted to go on top of the Twin Towers. The Freedom Tower is taking that dream away from me. Plus, how many other generations have to grow up without the Twin Towers. It’s a disgrace. The new Twin Towers are better in every way and it would make America whole again. Also I don’t want to see a big hole in the ground at every 9/11 anniversary.
What was taken away from us on 9/11 should be restored as a symbol of perseverence and pride. It should honor those who were lost, and inspire those who they left behind.
There is no other way to rebuild this site than rebuilding the towers as close as possible to the originals. Please keep hammering away at the effort to replace the towers.
It seems like a blow to the entire nation to lose our tallest building and then see third world countries go on to build their own taller buildings. They should build over the original site and simply include part of the orginal structure as a memorial in the basement. Build them taller than they were originally and use external bracing such as the Hancock building in Chicago has. This would put the strongest part of the building on the outside. Mild tapering would increase the strength.
I said that day that the RIGHT thing to do is re-build the towers. THAT sends the message!! I love the new design. I saw it today on MSNBC and it gave me an overwelming feeling of joy.
The Towers need to be rebuilt to deprive the terrorists and all other holders of their mindset of a tangible legacy of loss.
God will work with the human loss according to his plan, but it is up to the citizens of the United states; the target, to bring-about the myriad untold benifits that ‘complete’ rebuilding will bring.
Our country still owns the accomplishments of our past-realized dreams . Since this loss is one shared by living and dead alike, claiming that ownership is now our duty.
With all that we’ve been through in the last 8 years it’s time we, as Americans, do the right thing. Let’s rebuild the Twin Towers and not a replacement building.
I am Mario Trotta and I’m from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We must rebuild the twin towers for a new rebirth of defiance and bold spirit that sends a message around the world. This is our chance. I can remember going to New York City and seeing them. The Freedom Tower does not represent our pride of the American Spirit. It is a disgrace to the American People and very disrespectful to many 9/11 families. Some officals are out of touch with America. Defend America and Rebuild the Towers!!
I am concerned, that “America” has lost something. Something that was there in the beginning of this great nation. Did we let it slip away, while chasing false dreams? We are Americans. I would not want to live in any other country but America. Let’s all find what we have lost, and bring it on with a Passion.
I strongly feel that the Twin Towers should be re-built. I have never been to Manhattan but I know the towers were a strong symbol of America. You would see them in movies, magazines, etc. But now, nothing, and it looks so weird. All of the unfortunate victims that were taken from us that day would want the same. Build the towers, show your pride!!!!
The twin towers should be rebuilt to send a message to our enemies that we are not shaken or intimidated by their doctrine of hate. The towers are also symbols of New York and America, anything else would never look right in NYC.
It isn’t too late. we all know it. The freedom tower is nothing but a huge white flag, a symbol of defeat. Not to mention it’ll only make our economy worse. It’s so costly just to keep the current plan running, there would be an admission fee just to get into the mermorial! We don’t wanna pay for freedom do we? REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS! NOTHING ELSE WILL DO!
From the beginning of the aftermath I have felt that the bravest thing, the greatest thing, would be to rebuild the towers exactly as they were in their iconic greatness — perhaps even a bit taller. Only now years later, saddened that nothing has happened, yet hopeful now that President Obama has taken office I went online to search for an organized effort to accomplish this. I hope this is something that gets serious consideration — and soon.
As a proud American, and a future service member, it is a shame that we have not already rebuilt these symbols of freedom. These iconic towers stood in the New York skyline for 30 years. In essence we have let them win, they destroyed something that stood as a symbol of America, they destroyed them, and we’re too complacent to rebuild them. I believe Donald Trump has the best idea, rebuild them, but one floor taller.
I fully support this great effort to rebuild our country and restore american greatness. I can’t think of a more powerful and stoic symbol. Do not let this effort go silent!
Rebuilding is the perfect way to show the people who destroyed the towers that they did not win. You can bomb the towers, you can hit them with planes and knock them down, but you can’t keep them down. It’s symbolic of the American spirit — perseverance, getting up and going on no matter how many times you get knocked down. To build anything else would just not be as powerful or as meaningful. Please reconsider that ‘freedom tower.’
Although I think there should be a category For CT residents seeing were just as close as NJ I will include myself in “other Americans” At my work in Fairfield CT I could see the Twin Towers stand…I also had to see in horror the black clouds of their destruction… when we fall down we get back up on BOTH legs/feet… put BOTH legs back up on this site!!!… Rebuild the “TWIN” towers TALLER, STRONGER and Greener than before… What better sign of the America Lady Liberty stands for!!!
TTA Note: “All Other NY and NJ Residents” refers to the two Port Authority states. Someone who could see the Twin Towers from Connecticut belongs in Metro New Yorkers.
The Twin Towers have been iconic symbol for New York City for years and they deserve to be rebuilt to make New York original again. The Twin Towers should serve as an ever lasting reminder to all Americans that “We may have fallen but we have prevailed”.
After the shock wore off from seeing the coverage on that infamous day, I thought to myself, “They need to be rebuilt! Either one floor taller or one floor shorter. But either way, they have to be rebuilt.”
The one floor higher option would be in defiance to the terrorists and their ilk. The one floor shorter alternative would be in honor of those we lost, a symbolic bow in remembrance.
I like the 1776 feet & year reference in the Freedom Tower design, but there needs to be two tower
I think we need to show the world and the ones that tore down our buildings…We are americans, we are stronger, we are one nation under god and we will rebuild! They would see that they didn’t break us! All they did was make us stronger country!
I agree that the towers should be re-built as they were – to stand tall in the face of the people that took them down. It would send a very strong message to the world. The message would not be an antagonistic or negative portrayal of our attitude, but a message of hope and strength and resolve. And it would be a tribute to all Americans and all of the people of the world that believe in freedom.
YES! Rebuild both towers, not just one. Maybe even engrave the names of all those that perished in the Towers on that fateful day in the design of the buildings, on each floor. 2750/110=25 names per floor. As well as a rotating red, white and blue bright light on the very top of either one or both. This would act as a symbol to the rest of the world that we’re back, and were brighter than ever! Also a big lighted sign at night that reads 911 on one tower and 2001 on the other. Peace ya all.
The Freedom Tower is a slap in the face. If we really wanted to stand in defiance of freedom hating muslim extremists, we would rebuild the towers as they once were. That would really piss ’em off! Show ’em we’re not scared. That we’re not going to bow out or cry like a little school girl! Enough PC BS. Enough ‘we remember’ stuff. Show that you actually remember and put back what is rightfully theirs! Wouldn’t we rebuild the White House again? The Lincoln Memorial? The Pentagon? Of course we would!
There is only one way to end this matter now and it is to do it the American way: Rebuild the Twin Towers! What kind of message are we sending to our country and the world if we do not rebuild? We are saying what those in charge are thinking in their heads: The people’s voices do not matter. Those in charge would rather waste money on something that not only doesn’t fit NYC at all, but is disrespectful to those who died and bad for the economy. Where is the logic in that? Do not give up hope!
Too long have we as AMERICANS failed to stand up for what is right. Now more than ever this is the chance to prove to the world that we have the guts to do something right. Sorry all of you cry babies out there but get a hold of yourselves and stand up and be counted. Let’s rebuild the TOWERS and show what America is made of.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers will do one thing and one thing only: Show the world that attacks on our country will do nothing but make us stronger. We are accepting defeat if we build the Freedom Tower. We are telling the world that the terrorists won. The Twin Towers need to be rebuilt taller and stronger. We must not accept anything less.
I am very supportive of the Twin Towers 2 design which is even higher than the original and still has a memorial. I like the fact that wtc 7 was built taller than it was and so should towers 1 & 2.
We need to not only give New York City and State and the Northeast Corridor its skyline back; or even America and the West. We need to give the world back its skyline because our hands are and always will be outstreched to those who seek a better life and wish to be one of with us.
I love the twin towers and hoped to see them when i went to NY in 2002 and i hope the freedom tower is canceled and they rebuild the trade center the way it was only way taller and stonger. Freedom tower is a good remembrance but it is not as good as a new twin towers can be. Rebuild THE TWIN TOWERS.
The twin towers, as they were, would do more to restore America’s spirit than any other single thing. Good public’s work project to help boost the economy too ;)
The Twin Towers were arguably the greatest construction ever to grace the face of New York, the United States, and even the world. Rebuilding the Twin Towers is the only thing that can help us move on from this terrible disaster. Anything else will be a constant reminder of the horrors of 9/11.
If we don’t rebuild the twin towers, then the terrorists have won. I think the only way to really remember what the towers stood for and remember all the people that died on 9/11 is to rebuild those towers on the same exact spot that they once stood. Could we send a better message to the world? We are the United States of America, and no matter what you throw our way, we will not cower in fear and we will not let you destroy our spirit.
Rebuilding is a must, not a goofy spire but working offices, make them bigger, taller stronger and build them fast so we can shove’m down the terrorists’ throats.
We want it back bigger and stronger. Donald J. Trump had it correct when he said to show we came back bigger and stronger. Build them back and add a few floors.
I’ve been reading over the design of this new WTC and it SUCKS! I wish that the people’s voices had been respected because NYC truly does need its Twin Towers back. :( Hopefully it’s not too late.
Dear Twin Towers Alliance,
My Name is Matthew Young and I am writing to you from Bellflower, California. I believe that the Twin Towers must be rebuilt because they symbolize New York. I think President Obama should take charge of the rebuilding process because it is not a thing that should be left to the city or the state. They are afraid to rebuild the Twin Towers because they think another 9/11 will happen if we do. I pray that Obama has gotten the message so he can act as soon as possible.
Our current plans to “rebuild” the World Trade Center don’t rebuild them at all- they simply give us generic, paranoid buildings that seem to erase what happened on 9/11. If we truly want to create a memorial to that day, if we want to make a statement about our will and our abilities, we must rebuild the twin towers greater than ever before.
I would love to see the Twin Towers built back like they where. They are a symbol of NYC Skyline, I have been to NYC several times, and I can not imagine NYC without the Twin Towers. Thank you
The designers of the new WTC are trying to put in all of this historical symbolism when really the WTC isn’t about history — the WTC is about the pride of America. Rebuilding the towers would show that the same pride is still here and that it is stronger than ever. They would also in themselves be a memorial of that dreadful day and all the civilian souls that were lost to war. The towers would also tell the families of the victims that their loved ones wouldn’t die in vain.
We need to rebuild the twin towers as they were. Not to do so reflects our bowing to the fear that the terrorist want us to be enslaved to. America should only fear God. REBUILD THEM AS THEY WERE!
These buildings are the flag at Iwo Jima of our generation. Commercial interests should not be involved. Nationalize the project and kick these idiots off the job. At bare minimum build the same buildings, if not twice the size. And it should be build at full speed. Mr Obama could win a lot of hearts by announcing a bold vision for the project and hiring thousands of people with good paying jobs to build it. Until this is built, it is a national disgrace. Our enemies are laughing.
I believe they should rebuild the twin towers we need them back but hey dont punish freedom tower why cant we have all 3
TTA Note: If it were a better building — instead of “a horse designed by a committee” — that might make sense, but no one wants to rent space in a windowless bunker, as the last four years in a boom market have demonstrated.
I want to see the towers even higher and better than before. Just to show them that you can’t keep us down. We will just come back bigger and stronger than ever.
I watched Mr. Smith Goes to Washington not too long ago and its disturbing to see the similarity in these circumstances. The political machine on the movie put a lock on the media. If the public is drowned in false news then the elitits can control what happens. Sounds like what Pataki and his cronies were doing. Hope to see the Twin Towers soon!!
I would love to see the Twin Towers rebuilt just as they existed before 9/11, aesthetically speaking. Sure, upgrade the internals and all that, but keep their external appearance exactly the same.
I never found the original towers attractive, but nothing–repeat: absolutely nothing–would be a bigger middle finger to all the scumbags of the world who planned or celebrated the originals’ demise. A carbon copy would show all those losers that they can’t win.
If on 9/11 the terrorists had brought down the Statue of Liberty, what would we do? Not put a worthless new vision of it, but rebuild it again. New York needs those towers back! Not only to heal the victim’s families but to define America as a country that will not stand for this. We need those towers rebuilt!!!
Nothing would show American drive and spirit more than rebuilding the towers. It would be a triumph, a victory, and a sign to the country and the world what we are all about.
We sent men to the moon to honour President Kennedy, who was taken from us by an assassin.
How is it we are incapable, with better tech and more advanced materials, to replace the Twin Towers,which were taken from us by means equally foul??
We can’t bring back the lost people, but we CAN build d**n fine buildings to honour them, and our foreign friends are working on their own supertall structures.
Seriously what the h**l, fellow Yanks, this isn’t rocket science!!
I was fortunate enough to visit the towers on a short vacation trip on June 30, 2001. It saddened me greatly to see them destroyed and the many lives lost. I have always believed that they should be rebuilt bigger and stronger than before. The current Freedom Tower plan is a wimpy alternative that would have nowhere near the visual and emotional impact of recreating the original structures. Why not do it the right way and create pride in our country?
Please do the right thing. If the Eiffel Tower were destroyed by a terrorist attack, I am quite positive the French would rebiuld it without hesitation! So it should it be with the Twin Towers for all that love America.
Rebuild the Twins. It can be done. It is not too late to stop this ridiculous “Freedom” propaganda based reconstruction… We as humans are not that stupid. We must Rebuild the World Trade Center in it’s updated incarnation. I would locate my New York Office of my protective services company there, regardless of cost. I live to see The Towers stand again, no greater memorial to those lost, nor to the unity (representation) New York is of all people of the world, could be built.
I had read some where that the towers were completed in 1973, the year I was born. I have never known a day (until now) when the towers were NOT part of NEW YORK. I visit New York, I see them, I fly out of New York, I see them. Every time I traveled overseas, when I would return, I knew I was home when I seen them. We want our towers back.
I can remember the day that the cowards of Al-Qaeda brought these towers down. I was 8 years old and in 2nd grade. All I can remember is turning on the tv and seeing people jumping oout to save themselves from burning. It was the worse thing I have ever seen. Please bring the Twin Towers back. R.I.P. to all the people who lost their lives on the horrible day.
There is no other powerfull message than to show others how strong a country can be, and how they would hand-in-hand rebuild the towers. NYC would set a symbol for peace. As long the towers stood, there was peace, as they fell, there was War in Iraq, if they stood up again it will be a symbol for peace, a symbol for the whole world.
As a former resident of the NYC metro area, nothing would make me happier and satisfied than the rebuilding of the twin towers, taller and safer than the original design. May I suggest 124 floors of office space, and “Windows to the World” on the 125th Fl. Please use my bail-out dollars to rebuild the twin towers!!!
Rebuild identical towers only change might be just a bit higher. The longer the gap is there the longer the evil that destroyed them have a trophy on the skyline. Since September 11, 2001 I thought that anything less than restoration to the original would be a symbol of defeat for America and an insult to those who perished that day. To restore would be both an act of love and Patriotism. First consider this–II Chronicles 7:14.
I feel rebuilding on the site with anything less than two re-engineered Twin Towers is truly admitting defeat, that we are not resilient as a nation and as a people, and tells the terrorists that if you try hard enough you can beat us into submission. I can think of no better way to both memorialize the tragedy and collectively move-on as a nation than by rebuilding. Physically and architectural speaking, the most painful reminder of 9/11 is the absence of the Twin Towers.
The decision not to rebuild the Twin Towers was as big of a disaster as 9/11 itself. Other countries are raising amazing structures (Burj Dubai), and the United States of America, the greatest country on earth, cannot build a new set of Twin Towers. It’s a national disgrace. We must not show the world we are weak. When they are raised it will do something the freedom tower never would… Never Give Up, Never Surrender… God Bless America!
Rebuild the original version of the towers, they were beautiful, and were the best representation of New York City. No one should ever change this, ever!
I said it within days of 9/11 – They should rebuild the towers EXACTLY the way they looked pre 9/11. What better way can we show the resiliency of the American spirit by saying – terrorists can do what they want but we’ll put them right back. F— you bin Laden!
Although I’ve never been to NYC and saw the WTC as it stood, I’ve come to associate NYC with those magnificent twin towers shining like a beacon over the city skyline. I like the idea of seeing the new concept of twin towers rather than what has been proposed – “The Freedom Tower?” I’ve seen those concept drawings and I just don’t think it’s an attractive building or the right way to go with redeveloping that site. So, come on people, let’s get twin towers built on that site again already.
Please rebuild them but this time with better support. So if this ever happens again there will be time for most People to get OUT. Next put little water fountains on top of the ceilings so if there’s a fire it will detect it and hopefully will put out the fire and the bars won’t melt and no buildings will fall. I Loved These Towers So Much.
I am a resedent of PA but as a child I grew up twenty miles away from DC for eight years. Almost on a weekly basis getting to see the Capitol, Washington Monument, and every thing in downtown DC that I thought represented America. Until June of 1998 when Ii got a chance to spend a weekend in New York City. From the moment I crossed the George Washington Bridge my eyes were fixed on one part of the New York skyline and that was the TWIN TOWERS. I knew I had reached AMERICA! Bring them back to all of us!
The botched attempts to redevelop the ground zero site are a disgrace. Shopping and retail space, and a “Freedom Tower” that climbs to a height not much higher than the Citigroup building won’t memorialize those who died, or bring back the spirit of New York or the property that it lost on 9/11. The Ken Gardner plan should be followed to rebuild the twin towers, bigger, better, and stronger. Imagine the message that would be sent, with each floor being topped off, that America is back.
I’m only 19 years old. 9/11 is already stuck in my mind for the rest of my life. The LAST THING I want for the rest of my life is a building that I (and many others) don’t APPROVE OF.
I myself think its a better idea to rebuild the twin towers back and my reasons are that they make a symbol not only to america but the world also for their strength of humanity and it also makes the new york skyline. Even if the freedom tower is built something is still missing from the world trade center site. This is what the public is asking for I agree. If we rebuild the towers back hopefully we still can show our freedom and we will win. The twin towers and america will rise again.
I hate the Freedom Tower! Everything it stands for is corrupt! I know mayor bloomie did the summits in secret because he knew everyone else supported the Twin Towers II. Please Please Please don’t let these few politicians get away with the biggest crime in history. Robbing the American people of a 5 star skyline and diminishing their will to nothing.
The twin towers should be rebuilt. They were and still are a symbol of our strength, and should they be rebuilt, it will show that we will not go down for good.
I had always hoped to have a chance to go to the top of one of those towers if and when my chance came to visit NYC. That was taken away from me. Around the time that happened, while chatting on IRC with other people from other countries, they also expressed dismay, even anger, over what had happened to the towers, and expressed sentiments similar to mine…as has been said, those towers represent everything great that this nation has ever been. Rebuild!
Our 8th year anniversary is almost here and my heart is still broken and longs to see the towers raised to their feet again so the rest of our country can get back up as well. God Bless our great country.
Lower Manhattan doesn’t look right, and surely will not with some swooping fantasy that doesn’t even dare house residents in its upper floors. My family used the photograph of us on the outside observation deck of the South Tower in February 2001 for our Christmas card as we’d always planned. I went back for the light sculptures. I also saw the Pile when a cousin was married at St. Paul’s in December. Lord have mercy.
I was just looking at the design of the new rebuilt Twin Towers and like it much better than what they are building right now. It makes no sense building something totally different at the ground zero site. I think most Americans prefer to see stronger rebuilt Twin Towers added back to the New York City skyline. I found this website of the new redesigned Twin Towers 2 and its really a cool looking building which I don’t understand why they are building a freedom Tower that no one wants.
PUT THEM BACK!!! FILL THE VOID!!! The current proposed structures make NYC look like Disneyland… which NY AIN’T!!! They punctuated the City and said “HERE WE ARE! HERE IS NEW YORK!” like NO other structure EVER will. Consider all the PRIOR PROPER PLANNING that already went into the Twins, as well as all the historical innovation that was derived from their construction…
P L E A S E …. PUT THEM BACK ! ! !
Put back what was once there. I don’t live in New York but the skyline definitely has a void without the twin towers. The freedom tower is a dumb looking building.
I always wanted to visit New York City…why? The Twin Towers. After them evil forces destroyed them and murdered all those souls, my spirit cried out and my wishes waned. If the towers were rebuilt, which they should be, in the way that the scientists say they should have been infrastructurally speaking, they would sustain anything those forces would throw at them! I would also be one of the billions of visitors on grand re-opening of the rebirth of ‘our twin Phoenixes’!
The very best way slap terrorism in the face is to re-build the twin towers. The new towers should look like the old ones, but even taller and more modern. Two gigantic Americvan flages shoould top each tower, with “we will never forget” written on the lower part of each flag.
Sincerely, and with the highest respect,
Chris Skalski
Northern, VA (10 miles from the pentagon)
I am a fireman from Northern Virginia and I am a strong supporter of rebuilding the Twin Towers to show the world that no matter what they do or think we are strong. Also so that the lives that were MURDERED eight years ago today will not have been lost in vain. I lost 343 brothers that day and I would hate to think they paid the ultimate sacrifice, and then for america to back down and not rebuild a great symbol of this country.
I cannot believe that it has been 8 years and still no rebuilding has even started.
It is a national disgrace that politics has gotten in the way of rebuilding the twin towers.
The time is now.
PLEASE build the Twin Towers in the exact same way (with safety improvements of course).
We need to tell the terrorists “In your face buddy! No one messes with the USA!”
WTC is a historical Manument. Not just a building. It must be rebuilt to honor the city. ASK the voice of people. It is symbol of NY and USA. It must be honored by rebuilding the towers to “RESURRECT the SPIRIT within.”
I questioned the rebuilding of “The Towers”. I felt like we would be asking for trouble, asking for another strike. I feared for the lives of others in another assault. “Fear” is exactly what terror is about. I am sure the people who lived through “Pearl Harbor” had similar, if not worse thoughts. Still they moved forward & rebuilt. REBUILD THE TOWERS!!
I was in New York on September 8th through the 10th 2001 and always wanted to go to the World Trade Center. On the way home September 10th 2001 I looked back and said next time we come Im going to see the WTC. The next day they were gone. I don’t feel that the “Freedom Tower” is a sutiable replacement. We need to have an original design like the originals. I truly hope that this disign will be the one I go to see.
I think that the towers should be reconstucted as they were. Instead of 200 ft square make the 300 ft. And use all of the latest technology to make them as safe as possible. If the desire is to make them taller then so be it. It was a very sad day on 9-11 and my soul goes out to those who passed away on that day. I am from Arizona but I will never never forget what happened.
8 years what has happened to us! This is the U.S.A ! WE rebuild, we overcome, we do not argue and drag our feet and get nothing done.. We must make our voices heard! In President Bush’s words the terrorists will hear from all of us soon. That is our victory!! Rebuild Our Towers!!
Penn & Teller’ B.S. (on Showtime) dedicated one of their episodes to the rebuilding of the twin towers, it was a good episode and it made me angry that the buearacrats can’t get ANYTHING done.
The new towers could be called the “Freedom Towers”, but I think naming them the “Phoenix Towers” would also be appropriate; they would have literally risen from the ashes.
Also: I like the idea of rebuilding the Towers exactly as they were (though maybe a little taller!). I believe that to do anything else would say to the terrorists: “You’ve given us the opportunity to create and build something different, something new.” I believe the first Towers are still something NEW.
As an American i would love to see to the beautiful towers that made New York beautiful that gave it more life, and not a tower that looks horrible compared to those towers that was brought down on that faithful day
it would be a travesty if the Twin Towers were not resurected. this would be the greatest symbol of freedom and patriotism the world has ever seen. bring them back!!!
The WTC Towers stood since the mid 60 to early 70s,been featured in many films and TV series. Which made them Historical,a staple in Manhattan. Make them a few stories taller and better,but same outer design.
Why are you building something different? This just tells people that we’ve been defeated. We aren’t defeated…Do you know why? BECAUSE WE’RE EFFING AMERICA! Put back what was once there? The people have spoken? so…..will barack obama Deliver?…or dissapoint?
I remember that day this tragedy happened, and i think we should show these terroirsts that we the people will NOT stand down and we will do anything to protect our beautiful country by building the Twin Towers back.
I never noticed the twin towers before the tragedy of 9/11. However, seeing the city without them now, is tragic and I think rebuilding them stronger and taller than ever before would go a long way in healing the soul of New York and the entire country.
The twin towers were symbollic of America’s might and prosperity. They were just as much a landmark as the statue of liberty, the empire state building the nation’s capitol.
Rebuilding the twin towers would be the greatest show of resilience, strength and patriotism the world has ever seen. Whatever meaning the towers had to them before, would be magnified a thousand times over when everyone sees them once again reach up into the sky, into the heavens. I don’t think any other brick and mortar building put there would ever be as adequate or significant.
Please rebuild the Twin Towers. I remember living in Westchester County 1970-1975 and visiting relatives in Brooklyn. Each time we would go to Brooklyn, we were amazed at the progress they were making and would bet each other to see which tower would be completed first. These were beautiful buildings and we need them to show that even in tragedy, we can stand tall. I’m sure with today’s technology, we can rebuild them stronger than ever. America needs this to help us heal.
What is up with this country??? We owe it to the victims and to our future to show our strength as the greatest country the free world has ever known! I cannot believe this issue seems to have been swept under a rug. REBUILD THE TOWERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If not, we have let the madmen win…
I was born and raised in NY. Early in my career, I worked in NYC. The Twin Towers not only symbolize NYC SKyline, but America…. New Yorkers and Americans Deserve to see the skyline restored as it was! The #11 sticking out to the sky! We need them back! Why are we making this decision a hard one?
On my last visit to New York, I can’t believe how emotional I felt viewing the empty space from Ellis Island. What a dramatic change to the Skyline of New York City. Bring back the twin towers in remembrance of the ones who gave their life to try to keep them.”REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS”.
i say rebuild the twin towers and show the world this is America and we will not cower from no one. To me this is a way of showing our defiance to terrorists. God Bless America.
Lets see… If terrorist took Mt. Rushmore, would we rebuild it? YES! If they took the Statue Of Liberty, would we rebuild it? YES! Why don’t we rebuild the towers but much more stronger?!? Look at these people! WE ALL WANT THE TOWERS BACK! I really hope the Freedumb Tower gets bulldozed!
Had I been among the dead in the terrorist attacks, my wish would have been that the towers would be completely rebuilt. Forget this ridiculous sham called the “freedom tower.” Rebuild the towers taller and stronger, line them with gold, and arm them with missile defenses!!!
It’s true terrorists wanted to kill Americans. But, it’s also true that they flipped through pages of pictures of skyscrapers, and decided upon the World Trade Center in New York, because it showed the world just how arrogant America is. It wasn’t arrogant, we showed the world just what we can do when we work together! The World Trade Center was a symbol of strength, and economic power. The new one will now be a symbol of America’s poor, weak, and cowardly ways to the rest of the world! Good job showing the world how cowardly we are with the new smaller World Trade Center!
Thank you for letting me express my disdain for the new World Trade Center. I shouldn’t even call it that, it’s NOT the World Trade Center. It NEVER will be, without those two glorious towers!!
The Towers need to come back, it’s not too late. I agree with previous statements that if the Towers are not rebuilt then the terrorists have absolutely won! Shame on the people who are building “Freedom Tower” or whatever it is being called. Give America its identity back!
The Twin Towers were one of the great icons of our nation. And now they are building this random piece of junk! They know we want the Twin Towers, so why are they going on with the Freedumb Tower? REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!!
I am absolutely positively begging you to rebuild the towers in the likeness of the original design that Ken Gardner is pushing to build. HIS design is the ONLY design that should ever be passed to replace the original WTC Twin Towers. We MUST rebuild those towers for the sake of the morale and self-esteem of the American people. The new design is exactly what America needs and the majority of those I know in my own hometown feel the same way. We want those towers rebuilt! PLEASE!
If my home burned down what would I do? Easy, rebuild it and even better than before. The ‘twin towers’ is no different. It was home to many. It is time to rebuild.
I would really really like to have the twin towers back. The events that day were devastating. This plan is great and will show the terrorists that we will not go down! I hope this plan comes through and that the towers will once again rise into the sky.
The towers were an amazing thing to see in New York City they should be re-built the same way as they were. This Country needs to put back what has been taken from us in its orignal way.
I think that they should rebuild the twin towers. If it was not for the vol. firefighter, police offiers and the amercian red cross and many another vol that helped out that day. I would love to see the twin towers be rebuilt.
The World Trade Center needs to be rebuilt, the Freedom Tower is a disgrace to all Americans. The twin towers represented or democracy and power to the world and needs to be rebuilt!!
I think what you are doing and trying to get accomplished is one of the greatest, most noble things I’ve ever seen, and I want to thank you for that, If we can all help get the Twin Towers rebuilt than that will truly show that America is the greatest and strongest country in the world and the terrorists will face defeat. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!
I truly hope that the Twin Towers are rebuilt. I think it would be a great day in America when all Americans see the offical opening of the Twin Towers once again. I think it can be the greatest tribute to every person who lost their lives on 9/11 and to every person who helped to save lives on that unforgetable day. God Bless us all!
“911” Oh Yeah, that day will be etched in my mind forever. THE TOWERS, I was there once, the view, the majestic splendor, the reason why they stood as tall as they did. Not only for New Yorkers, they symbolized the strength of our great nation, the achievements, nations from all over the world came together and we accepted that. It is time to get back what was taken away in such an evil act. “TWIN TOWERS” taller, and more stately than before. Nothing short of that should be accepted, period.
We need to rebuild the twin towers. They need to be taller and more symbolic. The tallest buildings in the world. TTA Note: Air restrictions over New York would prevent them from being the tallest buildings in the world in actual feet above sea level — but the power of their symbolism would certainly make them the tallest buildings in the hearts of people around the world.
To rebuild the Towers would be one of the single greatest things America has ever done. It would both honor those we have lost and give all Americans a reason to smile again. To stand up straight, to hold their heads higher than they were ever able to before. To be proud of being a Citizen of the United States of America. Still, The Greatest Country in the world. If the Towers were rebuilt we would have hope. You have my total support. Please do not Give Up.
Hi. My name is Erik and im 16 years old and comes from Sweden.
I admire your hard work to rebuild the twin towers. I think that you should go world wide with this suggestion, all the people in the world that watched the twintowers fall wants see them again. It’s not fair to the people who knew those who perished to build the Freedom towers. It doesen’t belong in Manhattan.
I just wanted you to know that you have my full support about this question. And don’t stop fighting for WTC 2.
all we heard from our country’s leader after 9/11 is “we can’t let the terrorists win”; that is exactly what is happening now and will continue to happen as long as these new symbols of defeat stand where symbols of all that america was about used to be. we as a nation should have enuff respect for those who lost their lives on that day, and every day since in a war that isnt getting our history, patriotism, pride, family members, friends, civil servants, countrymen etc. back. we need our towers back.
The Freedom Tower is not American. It will only be considered an unwanted shell that stands next the most emotion-dwelling site in this nation. The Freedom tower design is space-like and has akward angles with a fourty story skeleton above its sixty story base. Bring back what Alkida tore down. DO NOT LET THEM WIN! Do not build the Freedom Tower. I am only fifteen years old, but I understand that we will lose our phsycalogical, and physical war, if we do not rebuild what they have taken away.
I started studying the 9/11 attacks a year ago when I was 14. I believe that the Freedom Tower is telling the terrorists that took our American landmark they won. If they build the Freedom Tower, we will never have our building back that they took from us. We need to bring back the World Trade Center, taller and stronger than ever. We need to let the terrorists know that we will come back with Twin Towers that were better than before. If we build the freedom towers, they won.
Alot of things don’t make sense to me in this crazy world we all live in, especially what they plan to build at ground zero in NYC, it literally makes me cry when i see pictures/videos of the former twin towers, then seeing a picture of world trade center 1 standing there, it just doesn’t seem right, please please don’t build world trade center 1 just REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS that i want to see and many many other AMERICANS want to see. I just want New York back.
In September of 2001, I wondered how long it would take to rebuild the Twin Towers. A year? Two years? Five? I never would have guessed we would go as long as 8 years with no progress. JUST REBUILD THEM.
The twin towers were built in the 60’s, a time of upheaval and doubt in the American psyche. When they rose above New York it was a testament to the populace of the nation that their country still had the capacity to inspire them… to cradle them… to define them.
The times we live in today are closely paralleled with that decade. We all worry over the future of our nation. Building a single tower where there once were two is unfortunate, but bluntly fortifying it is a travesty.
Put back what once was ours to begin with. We do not want nor need half of a tower we want OUR Twin Towers back, that is all there is to it, we the people are supposed to tell you what to do, not you tell us. Remember that in November. aho.
Shove the terrorist message sent on September 11th, 2001 right back in their face. Rebuild our beloved Twin Towers, bigger and stronger than before. And show them that we will not show fear in the face terrorist thugs.
To build anything other than the Towers as they were sends a message to supporters and those responsible for the attacks that they have to power to change who and what were are in here America. It is no insult to those who died and their survivors! It says defiantly that we are stronger than terrorists. You can knock us (Americans) down but we will always rise up again and survive–better, resilient, and indomitable!
Build them. Build them again. Build them strong and tall and proud. Build them in honor of the fallen. It a question of national pride. Nothing can restore New York’s skyline unless the Towers are rebuilt.
Osama Bin Laden said it best when he stated that the foundation of all that is American died when the Twin Towers fell. Those towers are a symbol of America. By not building them back, we, as Americans are giving into the terrorist. Building them back taller and stronger only tells them that no matter what they do to us, we will come back stronger than ever…BRING BACK THE TWIN TOWERS!! PLEASE!!! Lets show those terrorist what America is made of!! God Bless AMERICA!!
This is by far the best design and best tribute/memorial that could be built. These towers were taken away from us and we need to rebuild them in their likeness. No tribute could be greater.
It has been over 8 years since that tragic day and we still don’t have anything done besides tower 7. I am all in for the rebuilding of the Twin Towers! Long Live Twin Towers II
Since the debate began on what to do with the WTC site, I have never been satisfied with the current proposal of the Freedom Tower. Why would we not re-build the twin towers? Give NYC its skyline back. Give America its towering symbols of freedom. God Bless America!
I and EVERYONE I know want the Twin Towers back, not the monstrosity that’s currently under construction. By rebuilding the new towers in the originals’ image it would be a symbol of America’s resolve and defiance to those who brought them down and to those who would plan another attack like this…
What better statement to those that support and perpetuate hatred against our country and way of life than to rebuild what was lost, and to do it more grand, bigger, and more beautiful than before.
Ever since I was a little boy, I’ve always wanted to visit New York because of the World Trade Center that once stood at the southern end of downtown Manhattan. Replacing that ground with the Freedom Tower is not only immoral but weak to our nation. We cannot allow the middle east their victory over us. Bring our towers back!
We need the towers back! its finally starting to hit home that they are gone, the originals. i miss gazing up in wonder at them or riding the elavators. they have to come back, its not the same without them. they symbolized the democratic free world.
For those of us who have seen the movie Click, seeing two freedom towers built side by side made me feel pure inside. It felt right, and looked like a good memorial and triumph over 9/11. A true mark of victory is to add another mark of victory. Show the terrorist that they didn’t bring us down, but made us stronger.
I can’t believe this is even an issue. It should have been right from the start to re-build both towers bigger, safer, and as quickly as possible. I’m a New Yorker living in Fl now and it’s a sad to see the stumblin’ and bumblin’ that is going on. Build it right or don’t bother.
I was 10 when the towers collapsed. I’m 19 now and the towers are only memories in movies, photos, and sadly, video of 9/11. Not rebuilding them means that we are still afraid. We are not. Rebuild them and show that we are strong just as many heroes were that day.
The Freedom Tower is nothing other then a victory trophy for Al Qaeda. I would love to see the towers built bigger and better than ever to show our defiance against terrorism. I was never able to visit those beautiful buildings, but someday I hope to visit the Twin Towers, not the freedom tower.
I was born in New Haven, Conn. in 1947, I’ve been in the Empire State Building a few times but never in either Twin Towers, but every time I went into New York City the first thing I saw was the Twin Towers, you can’t help it, it was the mascot, it was the Greeting to New York City.
Make these new Twin Towers even bigger and better!!!
William Ambrogio 3/25/2010
i want the people to restore the twin towers to remind the everyday people what happend and show the people that destroyed them cool towers. i cant picture new york or the united states without them. besides the ones they want to build is so unreminded about the tragedy. i really hope they rebuild the old towers and show how the us is strong.
Deroy Murdoch of the National Review said it best, the {freedom tower} is alienating and dull, and reflects a sense of fear rather than freedom, leading them to dub the project “the Fear Tower”.
Rebuild the towers, and get it done all ready! I hear word (Wikipedia) the entire project may not be completed until 2037! That’s BS. I was 16 years old 9/11.. that means I’d be 52 went everything is said and done. I hope it’s a lot, lot sooner. Let’s get to work, and rebuild!
The other day I was on a skyscraper forum. On the Freedom Tower thread someone asked why couldnt they have just rebuilt the Twin Towers. Some FT supporter told him “because people dont want to be reminded of 9/11 everytime they look out their window” It was the most outrageous comment ever! What happened to “Never Forget”? The New WTC complex is designed to do exactly what they want. Bury 9/11 under the crashing of their waterfalls in the pathetic memorial. Our country cant afford to forget.
Lets rebuild them taller and stronger! Let’s show whoever was behind 9/11 that America will return with these towers, and that we will not let them be taken away! Americas back baby!
The World Trade Centers deserve to be rebuilt, families of 9/11 even agree. The present design including the Feedom Tower will not even be recognized as World Trade Plaza. The Freedom Tower is only occupied on half of it’s floors, wasting steel and creating a tall eyesore. When the WTC was taken from us, we chose to remain strong, and strong we will.
Its too late to rebuild the WTC. And I would like it as much as everyone else. There is no where else to build it. Most of America and the world would like to have the WTC no america had to have it there way. I am outraged that the citizens had choice. You know how it was decided? A contest. That just sounds stupid. I mean it sounds like someone made a drawing and they put little ribbons on it. It just sounds childish. I mean how was this country formed was there a contest? NO! We voted on our freedoms (that may be wrong) but still.
From the moment I moved into rage at the monstrous cancers who attacked us that day, I wanted the towers back — one floor taller. Taller. Defiant. Bold. Unbowed, uncowed.
I am literally ashamed that whoever is stealing our money in Lower Manhattan might actually be American. They should turn over their passports and be shipped to the Sahara. Right now.
No offense to Mr Libeskind, but the Freedom Tower concept always, always left me cold. It seemed more like a personal affirmation of someone’s fantasy of how not to be thought of as angry.
Enough.
This is what eminent domain should be used for. For us to take back the property, hand it over to the hard hats who built the original and who helped clear The 16 Acres.
Then stand back.
America, please, get angry and do not stop being angry until the Towers are back and then some.
TTA Note: That’s what is so foul — we don’t have to take it back by eminent domain — the World Trade Center site already belongs to the people of New York and New Jersey. But it certainly isn’t being handled as if it belongs to us… Why is there so much disinformation floating around, regarding such an intrinsically important issue?
Ever since that tragic day I hoped and prayed that the towers would be rebuilt, in my opinion it’s the best way to honor those who were taken from us. The reconstruction would not just rebuild the towers but more importantly make our great country whole once again.
Our enemies committed a dastardly act to deny America of our beloved Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. It is unconscionable to concede this denial by replacing our towers with lesser structures to hope to appease the terrorists.
We MUST rebuild our towers…not with mere duplicates of the original, but with twin towers that SURPASS the originals in size and stature, based on the original design, to demonstrate that AMERICANS WILL NOT BE DENIED!
I’m from New York, and I was only 6 when the towers collapsed, back then, I didn’t know how bad that day really was. Now, I know how bad it really was, and I would like those towers to be rebuilt. Even though the other design is still going to rebuild the World Trade Center, the Twin Towers won’t be with that new design. I personally think America won’t be the same without those towers, so I, and many other Americans, hope that the Twin Towers will be rebuilt like the way it should be.
Rebuild the Twin Towers!!!! those freedom towers do not resemble freedom they resemble ugliness lets all vote the Freedom Towers gone and Vote the Twin Towers II Under construction….The Freedom Tower and the other buildings are ugly when the Twin Towers II are the original design and pretty to lower manhattan…WE ALL WANT THE TWIN TOWERS II LISTEN TO AMERICA LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE!!!
If the Twin Towers are not rebuilt then the Terrorists have won! The Governor of NY and the Mayor of NYC must be receiving a lot of bribe money to stick with the trashy looking Freedom Tower design because they sure are not listening to the American people!
Although I was 5 years old when this happened and even though I live o the other side of the country I want the towers rebuilt!!!! I AM AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, WHO WILL ONE DAY BE LIVING IN NEW YORK I WANT TO SEE THE TOWERS THERE STRONGER AND TALLER THAN BEFORE!!!!! When I went to NY last spring what I saw was horrible!! a pile of dirt and a structure of 6 floors being built of the new hidious freedom tower. “WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES…” not “WE THE POLITICIANS WHO DECIDE EVERYTHING.”
I think it’s absurd that the Twin Towers are not being rebuilt in their original glory. The concept of the “Freedom Tower”, while admirable, is a concession at best and possibly criminal at its worst.
For God’s sake — we are Americans!!!! You may knock us down, but we’ll rise up again, stronger than ever.
They should be rebuilt the exact same way just one floor higher. The terrorists need to know you may have gotten to us but we have and will continue to be stronger than ever.
Rebuilding shows recovery, resilience, and strength. It shows we won’t be knocked down. We are America. Knock us down and we are going to brush ourselves off and stand right back up to you. It is symbolic. We can’t let them win by showing we are so damaged we can’t recover in some way. In addition to that all those that sacrificed their lives should have a legacy, a landmark, and a memorial. It should be rebuilt bigger and better with a memorial for the fallen.
Although I’m only 12 years old, I think that the World Trade Center Twin Towers must be rebuilt to help make America what it’s supposed to be. The Twin Towers play an emotional part in my life. I never go a day without thinking about them. I’m hoping one day i won’t have to remember them in sadness. Instead I’ll remember the great time I had visiting them (which I hope will come soon). Those beautiful towers standing in lower Manhattan rising above NYC were just amazing. With the Freedom Tower in their place, America is not what it’s supposed to be. With the memorial to all those who died on 9/11 and the remains of the original north tower facade, the Twin Towers are the only right answer. Rebuild the Twin Towers!
I am 16 years old at the time I sign this petition. I was 8 when the terrorists knocked down our buildings, killed almost 3000 Americans, and tried to bring us to our knees. It is great that we are pushing them back, defeating and dispersing them, however, the damage done to America’s being has not been fixed. The scar will always remain, but we must heal the wound. To heal that wound, we must rebuild the Twin Towers.
i hope to see the towers rebuilt because i want to be able to look up and smile not look up and see nothing rebuilding them may not change what happened but it helps heal the wounds
Please rebuild the Twin Towers. They were a symbol of America’s prosperity and uniqueness. They were a symbol to the world of our status and national pride. There is no better memorial and testiment to the brave souls lost there than to rebuild the towers.
I went to NYC before 9/11 but I don’t think I’ll ever go again if the Towers aren’t rebuilt. It’s Paris without the Eiffel Tower: not Paris. Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad if what they were building instead wasn’t horrible, but… it is and will just ruin the skyline. I’d rather them leave it a gaping hole than build the “Freedom Tower.”
9/11 is a is a huge disaster in American history, my grandmother was on the twins towers. (25/06/2001). I’m not from America, but I know what symbol are twins for America.I think that the relatives of the witness would reather see re-built twin towers as an urban skyscrape.
Hello America,On 9/11 our amazing country and the people and buindings which we love so much and truly miss were attacked by evil cowereds. I believe I speak for most that the Twin Towers were not just buildings where business was done. They represented everything America stands for which is strength, rising above anything that is bad and standing side by side together with pride. We where hit hard on that day but we we sure the hell where not broken and non-rebuildiable. Love You all God Bless!!!
Yes! Bring back the Twin Towers! This will help the U.S.A. feel at home. With out them I feel like something is missing. I never got to see the Twin Towers in person before. This would be a great chance to see them!
9 yrs ago we were attacked by cold blooded mass murderers w/no regard for people, the world or God representing the worst of humanity. Some are afraid to rebuild it as it was out of fear. If we let this happen the enemy wins! The WTC was incredibly striking by its sheer size! Only in New York could it have worked so perfectly. It’s a symbol, one that MUST be restored to its previous glory. What happened to the commitment to rebuild quickly? Stop debating, thinking & GET IT DONE NOW & as the WTC!
As a veteran, I am one AMERICAN who will never forget 911. My outrage is still palpable. The dismissive attitude of Obama and his administration of Marxists is unforgivable!!
TTA Note: One thing that stands out loud and clear when it comes to the World Trade Center is that the right-wing politicians and left-wing politicians are equally disinterested in what the people think or want. All they seem to care about is how to consolidate their own power. As noted below, this petition is not a bulletin board. We will not sanitize controversial remarks if the comments are primarily in support of the petition’s purpose. But off-topic remarks are subject to removal on a case-by-case basis to keep the focus where it belongs.
I was in 4th grade on 9/11. Before that day I had no idea what the World Trade Center was. To me, the Twin Towers were a symbol not only to Americans but the entire world. A symbol of prosperity and hope. One World Trade Center does not symbolize that. It symbolizes fear. By rebuilding the Twin Towers taller and stronger than before, we send a clear message to the world that we have truly overcome. If we don’t, the terrorists will have succeeded in their goal of instilling fear in Americans.
I was in 3rd grade on 9/11, and was one of the few people in my class who knew what the Twin Towers were. Without them, New York City is like a puzzle missing a piece. We said we would “never forget”, but by building the Freedom Tower, it’s like this country has amnesia. It’s also letting the terrorists win. The only way to honor those who perished, while simultaneously sticking it to the terrorists, is to rebuild the World Trade Center as it was, and as it was meant to be.
What’s the best way to stop the building of the Victory Mosque? Show them that we have NOT been defeated and rebuild the WTC! Even if the spineless officials in NY allow the building of the Victory Mosque, it will NOT look down on Ground Zero, Ground Zero will look down on the Mosque! Hell, we could even put a big hand on top of one of the towers with the middle finger extended towards the Mosque. :D
TTA Note: The “Ground Zero Mosque” controversy is not off-topic for a number of reasons that we will comment on soon.
Hello, I am from the UK and the Towers have effected me more than most people from the UK who were just 5 when the attacks happened. I remember coming in and switching the TV on and there was the North tower, Bellowing with smoke. I thought it was an accident and went out again I came back in and my mum told me they had collapsed. I believe it is a waste of good resources to tear down the Freedom Tower, They should complete the F-tower and put up the twin towers next to it, Its the cheapest way.
TTA Note: If the Freedom Tower were just a skyscraper, it might make sense to complete it and build Twin Towers in place of WTC 2, 3, and 4. But it is an obelisk and, whether it is recognized or not, putting up the same form seen in cemeteries throughout the world is ghoulish. That is a simple fact. Images register in our individual and collective subconcious. It is irresponsible and destructive to put a giant tombstone at the World Trade Center. It sends the wrong message. It should be capped and preserved as an example of what happens when out-of-control politicians ignore the people.
Don’t let the enemy get this Country Down! We are bigger and better and God is on our side. It would be Wrong! Very wrong! Not to Re-build the towers however many times they destroy it. Give them somethimg to strive for. Give Us a central Target to capture and destroy the enemy. It is Time to re-build and to re-claim a better and more secure tomorrow for Our Country. New York Could Use a stimulus Package. Mr. President cut them and the American Public a Break like you Did the Banks! Ask the People!
I HAVE SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS IN SERVICE AND SEVERAL FRIENDS.THESE TOWERS WERE PRECIOUS AND EVEN MORE NOW..WE NEED TO DO THINGS THE AMERICAN WAY”PUT A BOOT IN THEIR A–“THERE WERE ALOT OF LIVES LOST IN THESE BUILDINGS,IF NOTHING ELSE BE REBUILT FOR THOSE FAMILIES…WE AS AMERICANS DO NOT NEED ANY OUTSIDERS PUTTING A BUILDING IN THIS LOCATION…I AM VERY PROUD OF ALL OF OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN..ITS TIME AS AMERICANS WE STAND TALL AND PROUD..
i cant think of a better way to remenber the people that were lost that day than to rebuild the towers and show the world americas pride and dedication. REBUILD!!
Until today I believed I was the only one who felt that The Twin Towers should have been rebuilt just the way they were as soon as possible after 9/11 and that leaving this hole in America was only part of fear mongering and political games leaving us a weaker rather than stronger nation. No matter how long it takes, I feel that the towers should be put back the way they were.
I’ve always wanted to go to the twin towers ever since I first saw Home Alone II and just stand on the observation deck. The freedom tower doesn’t represent freedom, but rather tyranny. Bring back the twins!!
If the ugly piece of trash Freedom Tower is built, the terrorists win, because they’re letting us alter our skyline. Do we want that? No! If we rebuild the beautiful Twin Towers, but taller and stronger, we win, because we’re showing the stupid terrorists that if they try to defeat us, we will just rise up stronger! We want that!
I only got to go in the Twin Towers once, and want to go in them again. If the Freedom Tower is built, I will never go to New York City again!
Re-Build the Twin Towers: Bigger, stronger, more beautiful than ever. That’s how the Towers should be rebuilt; that’s how America was and God willing will continue to be built. Americans don’t want to cower behind the “freedom” tower! The same type of “public servant” that is behind the “freedom” tower design has stuffed the “crescent of embrace” down our throats in Pennsylvania. Check it out: [link moved to name above].
I get a feeling of emptiness inside when I see a movie or watch the news with the New York skyline.To not replace them would say the terrorist won.They destoried America’s symbol of POWER.We need to make the Twin Towers BIGGER and STRONGER.And to build a terrorist Temple near ground zero.I better stop writing because I am getting madder by the minute.
IN A FEW WORDS LETS STOP THINKING ABOUT THE PAST, LETS MOVE ON, THE TWIN TOWERS MUST COME BACK! BIGGER TALLER STRONGER, WE NEED TO SHOW THE ENTIRE WORLD WHO’S THE BEST, WE NEED TO BUILD A HIGH END TECHNOLOGICAL SKY SCRAPER THAT WILL ENVY THE ENTIRE WORLD. I HAVE ENOGH WITH ALL THE BLA BLA BLA GOING ON WITH GROUND “Oâ€.
I would love to see the towers rebuilt stronger and more beautiful if that’s possible. I NEVER got to see the towers. If we don’t rebuild it’s like saying we’re defeated.
I will always remember that beautiful, alive, arrogant, and overwhelming structure. How it changed colors and moods, moved in the wind, and was always a reference point. I would hope that the WTC2 would be built with atleast the same glory and grandeur as the original, maybe even taller. WTC was for years the tallest structure built by man, please get the point!
If the Obama administration wants to spend all this money we don’t have and force the federal government on everything, why not at least do something good with it? Take over the WTC site and use that money to rebuild the towers!
Then, once they’re rebuilt, take the criminals behind the attacks up to the roof and push them off – kill them in the same way that they killed thousands of innocent Americans. If they want to meet their dammed heathen god, I’m happy to oblige.
Is it even a *question* that the towers should be rebuilt? Come on, it’d like two huge middle fingers to terrorism as a whole. I say build them back, ON THE ORIGINAL SPOTS (not moved back several hundred feet), structurally more durable, aesthetically identical, and one story taller. Anyone who does not support rebuilding the original WTCs can get the hell out of and stay the hell out of America.
I honestly think anything less would be a disgrace. New York is the greatest city in the world and the Twin Towers were part of that. Why anyone would not want them back is beyond me. We want them. We need them.
I say rebuild them stronger and safer. I believe it shows that us Americans are still strong after having fallen. I don’t like the new Freedom Tower. Ever since I was little, I’ve dreamed of visiting the Twin Towers before 9/11 and I still dream of it up to this day. The Freedom Tower to me is worth nothing compared to the Twin Towers.
I cant belive they are still going through with their current plans despite such public outcry that it is NOT what the people want! Evey poll shows that the people, even those who lost loved ones in the towers want them rebuilt…
The ‘Freedom Tower’ idea is nothing but a wimpy little cop out, a poor excuse for a consolation symbol of respect and remembrance, taking the chump’s easy way out, and just plain stupid. These buildings were quite simply spiritually iconic. Nothing will substitute for going all the way and replacing the Towers, and anything less will be a permanent and sad eternal mistake, thereby cheating all future generations of their majestic power and presence upon the Earth for eons to come. The End.
It’s a pretty simple decision. To me, no other decision makes sense. Put the Twin Towers back and symbolize that America is back, and better than ever.
While I support the building of Freedom Tower, I think rebuilding the Twin Towers would be a giant middle finger to the terrorists. Plus I’m too young to remember the real Twin Towers, and I really want to see thier beauty in person.
The terrorists thought the destruction of the twin towers would crush America & that we would never rebuild them. We’re proving them right! We’re showing our weakness as a nation by not rebuilding the twin towers taller, stronger & safer than ever. America was not asked what we wanted. If we were, almost everyone would’ve voted to rebuild the TWIN TOWERS! Honor those who lost their lives on 9/11! If I’d died on 9/11, I’d be rolling over in my grave at the sight of the freedom tower!
The current plan is the worst possible way to remember those who died on 911 and even when port authority said they are scrapping new plans to built a new version of a windows on the world type restaurant and even then when they was going to put the restaurant back they did not even call it windows on the world they called it skyline restaurant.Then they are not using the glass for the lobby on the freedom tower and even then they are not using the outdoor observation deck instead of getting rid of the stuff inside the tower can’t they get rid of the tower completly and rebuild new twin towers from ken gardners design from 2005 or even if they don’t accept that can they just put back a restaurant and call it windows on the world and pay t
I have always wanted the original Twin Towers to be rebuilt; stronger and safer than before. I, and everyone I talk to about it, want to see those towers there in their rightful place once again. And of course with a fitting and prominent memorial to all those that died there on that horrible day. We will think of them and remember them everytime any of us see or visit the New World Trade Center. The plans that I have seen look wonderful. I hope it’s not too late.
May the Twin Towers rise up once again. I will never forget my first year in America and visit to New York. I started my walk in the morning, at Columbus Circle. Destination: those two legendary buildings all the way on the other side of town. Well, I made it there, went up to the observation deck, and then managed to squeeze in the last ferry to the Statue of Liberty. I will never forget.
I can’t think of anything that we do in this country that we wouldn’t at least try to restore to its original glory if taken away from us. The new “Freedom Tower” complex is a cop out.
The feds didn’t just leave a hole in the Pentagon all these years, and then decide on a whim to smooth out the edges and rename the building the “Circle,” did they? Why should this effectively be done to New York?
I cant think of a better memorial to those who lost their lives or a better statement to the world that American is a nation of fighters and are builders than two brand new majestic buildings towering over the New York skyline.
When are going to take our country back? When are we going to fight and stand up for our country? By not re-building the twin towers, we have surrendered! Also think about it…Americans need more JOBS and re-building the twin towers will give people JOBS! I thought the United States is supposedly the most powerful in the world – we need to show it to them!!
I was born in 1992, and during most of my childhood I wasn’t fully aware of the existence of the Twin Towers. But deep down, it feels like I got this nostalgia for the America that had the Towers up in our lovely skyline. I remember that back in September 26, 2003 I went to New York for the first time. It was an amazing experience! It would have been even more spectacular if the good old World Trade Center was still around. And while although the Twin Towers may no longer physically be there in NYC, America should know that the are still up there in spirit. Let’s Rebuild!!! For America!!! Now!!!
How dare we stop at half way! Since when does America complete half the job and quit?! Rebuilding one tower at WTC, no matter how aesthetically pleasing, will always be considered only half way completed. Of course rebuilding in NYC would be ideal but construction has already begun, but if worst comes to worst, we could always build the exact WTC complex twin towers in another city. Before you balk at the idea, look up WTC twin towers along other cities skylines! It could be a good way to stick it to the Port Authority for dismissing 90% of America’s strong opinion and wishes. Rebuild!!
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We are Americans. If a we are attacked by terrorists, we shouldn’t have to let that scar from the attacks stay there for 9 years. We should rebuild, taller and better because that’s what Americans do. We aren’t a small helpless country! I’m sure the people who lost their lives on that day would choose the Twin Towers over that Freedom Tower piece of crap. USA!
There could be no greater symbol of our strength in the face of so much hate than rebuilding the Twin Towers. We need this for New York, for the families who lost their loved ones, and for our country that is struggling to find its way.
Americans will NEVER forget the loved ones lost and even the survivors of this disaster. Each and every person as well as family, friend and rescuer will forever be in our hearts! Show the rest of the world that America is still strong and WILL rise above this and bring back our towers so that they will forever be a symbol of hope, strength and unity as a GREAT nation!
I visited NYC for the first time last week. I went to the WTC site and it was incredibly disheartening. There wasn’t anything to see, nine years later. There was one new building, in progress, and a few cranes. But it’s still a gaping wound. The Twin Towers should be rebuilt.
We need to win this! All other americans need to know about this petition! Spread the word! That is what Im doing! I live in Chicago and I truly believe we need to bring the Twin Towers back instead of this current junk they’re building! Spread the word!
Rebuilding the Twin Towers as they looked before would truly show the strength of the American Spirit. Our forefathers faced overwhelming odds to gain our freedom, and they succeeded. In rebuilding the Twin Towers, we would show both our allies and our enemies that no matter what you may throw at us, we will strike back, we will rebuild, and we will never give up. What has kept this nation great for over two hundred years is our unwavering courage and determination. We began as an unimportant land, but we showed the world what we were and now we are the most powerful nation.
I agree with a lot of what I see here. The twin towers were a symbol of democratic strength, thought, and leadership. By rebuilding them, we are rejuvenating and improving that icon and bringing back what people who find glee in destruction rather than progress took away. By building a memorial, we are building what someone described here as the stumps of what was. I don’t want to look down from the new WTC and be forever reminded of a sick past. I want to look forward and continue to build. Leaders, rethink this decision and don’t lose on this opportunity to bring NYC forward.
My heart was broken on September 11th 2001 and it will not be pieced together untill the Twin Towers are standing tall in the Manhattan skyline once again.
Ever since I was 3, back in 2000, I dreamed about going to the magnificent towers. When they got destroyed, I had to go to therapy to sort out depression, seeing these towers rebuilt would mean alot to everyone in america.
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The official new trade center is going to be significantly smaller than the original ones. What is that crap? This is America. When someone destroys our buildings, do we say “okay, we will just rebuild it smaller next time”? No, that is not America. That is sad.
Also, the new trade center’s appearance does not match the aesthetics of NYC at all.
If we could just rebuild them like they were before, it sets the strongest example — that we can’t be broken.
I lived on Governor’s Island from 1987-1990 as a young child. After using Google maps to explore Governor’s Island and parts of NYC, I realize that my childhood from ages 5-7 has been desecrated. To know that an event like 9/11 happened so close to where I used to live. Everyday when I am not thinking about anything else, the images of two planes ramming into the buildings haunts my mind.
While I liked the idea of the Freedom Tower, I now feel that rebuilding the Twin Towers would be what needs to happen to best heal the wounds of 9/11.
We cannot [settle] for a second rate World Trade Center. We must cap the so called Freedom Tower and replace the stumps where towers 2 and 3 are planned with new, stronger Twin Towers. We need to restore New York’s skyline with a World Trade Center that America and the world can be proud of. Without the Twin Towers, New York is not New York.
The twin towers were an iconic symbol of new york’s economic might. The new towers don’t even match the floor area of the old towers, bring back the twins!
The current design for the new tower is simply ridiculous. The original twins represented power and strength. This angular, glittering piece of trash will only serve as a mockery to the U.S. By not putting back what we have lost, America is admitting defeat to the 2001 attack. Put back the twins, reestablish that once mighty N.Y. skyline, and confirm to the rest of the world that America cannot and will not be debilitated from foreign threats. We are a resilient people – something the Twin Towers undauntedly showcased. This insult of a design is far from reaching the glory that the twins had.
I believe that if the beautiful Twin Towers are not rebuilt, we are, as a nation, failing. Not reconstructing these buildings is admitting defeat, and succumbing to the enemy, and it is a DAMN shame. Please rebuild the Twin Towers of the USA!
I seen those towers go down on 9/11 and I will not stand for this horrible looking freedom tower, I and all of america dont want that tower we want the twin towers and we will fight till the end until we get what america needs in its skyline.
I believe what this site believes. Rebuilding the World Trade Center TALLER AND STRONGER THAN BEFORE is the only good solution in my opinion. Rebuilding the towers would show the terrorists and the countries that harbor them of the United States’ resiliance. Building the Freedom Tower will show them that the US would rather replace than rebuild. NAY I SAY!
It has been 10 years since the attacks on our country. Honestly I think that the only right and true memorial is to rebuild the Twin Towers. Without the Twin Towers the skyline looks empty. The Twin Towers were the most famous landmarks in the world. The Twin Towers were very iconic. They have appeared in alot of movies and television shows. This is how iconic the Twin Towers were. We need our Twin Towers back. This will honor the victims of 9/11. Rebuild the Twin Towers.
Hello. My name is Jake. I am 13 years old. I live near new york city. I was only 3 when the attacks happen. My parents said when I was real young, I was taken to the top of the world traid center. Oviousily I don’t remember. I want to view “The top of the world.” I would like to see these wonderfull towers rebuilt and perhaps make them 20 stories taller. Ihe freedom towers don’t belong in the New York city skyline. They belong in hong kong, Not new york city. So yes Rebuild Replace Remember. Take these words. God bless the people who died.
I hope somehow and some way by some miracle the twin towers can be rebuilt, in spite of the current ongoing construction on the “tombstone” tower. I share the sentiments of many Americans that the only right way to honor the memory of those who were lost on 9/11 and send a clear message of our strength, unity, and resolve as Americans to the world and our enemies is to rebuild the twin towers even higher and stronger than they were before. Nothing else will bring the healing this country needs.
God bless the people of New York, God bless our troops, and God bless America!
This should be up to the people of New York to decide. Politicians have done enough with approving this nasty freedom tower. I may not live in New York but I will in a few years. New York is like the capital of the world and is known for the twin towers at the World Trade Center. Bring them back. The terrorists will not win!
This is a big crime going on here in the United States. The Freedom Tower is not going to have the Windows On The World Restaurant. They just scrapped the Windows On The World Restaurant which is a disgrace. Plus there is no outdoor observation. What is happening at ground zero is a rank of abuse and must be dealt with. The Twin Towers must be rebuilt if we want to take our country back!
The Twin Towers must be rebuilt back to its original form. The Freedom Tower does not properly respect the victims of 9/11. I just found out that the famous Windows On The World restaurant was scrapped and will not be a part of the new complex. Plus there is no outdoor observation deck. This is very bad for New York. The politicians are corrupt and selfish. The new project is being built on a lie and we cannot continue living in lies. We must rebuild the Twin Towers. Rebuild the Twin Towers!!
The Twin Towers should be rebuilt taller and stronger. If we don’t, the terrorists win, I am sure that Mohammed Atta and Marwan AlShehhi are smiling with the freedom tower rising, they want it to be built, because they know that it is a sign of their victory. Let’s do the thing right, and show that we can be America again.
The people in those buildings were an irreplaceable fixture of humanity. They were people going to work. In a wonderful structure that was a beacon of promise rising to the sky. I cannot begin to tell you how much I oppose this new structure with unwelcoming hollow doors surrounded by cold concrete. I don’t want to be reminded of the ugliness, I don’t want to be reminded of the shuttering uncomfortable changes that have followed. These memories will not help me, they won’t help the city of New York, and they won’t help the families. No to the death shrine, we need to get back to work.
Now that Osama Bin Laden is dead and gone, we can still get the Twin Towers rebuilt but stronger and better and with a good memorial. The Twin Towers is our only way to healing and a hope of a better future for our next generation. Don’t let the terrorists change our skyline and ruin a skyline that we were all familiar with before 9/11. Let us build back those icons but stronger and better. The Twin Towers need to be rebuilt.
I think re-building them is the most important thing we can do. It will also show, al qaeda did NOT defeat us, we can stand right back up.
–These new Freedom Towers and the other 6, you’d be thinking, WHO is in charge of our country?? I mean seriously, that’s saying we don’t care about America we got a new one and try and take down this one.
If we do anything other then rebuilding the towers then Osama won. If someone burns your house down, your REBUILD IT. You don’t put a commemorative plaque on the ashes.
I agree that the only way to show the evil terrorists that we can not be swayed in out freedoms and our country is to rebuild the twin towers. Maybe higher, or bigger. Certainly test the steel and materials so that no amount of the hottest fire could bring them down. Replacing 2 towers of that size with one the same size as tower 1 to me is kinda like an admitting of “yeah you got us once”. How about we either place bricks with all the names of the fallen in the foundation or somehow carve their names into the foundation.
As a life-long resident of Oklahoma City, I too live in a city that experienced the horrors of terrorism. National pride dictates that when we get knocked down we get up again. REBUILD THE TOWERS! It’s the only solution that doesn’t reek of catering to financial interests. It’s the only solution that gives the metaphorical finger to those who would attempt to destroy us. It’s the only solution capable of representing the best that NYC and America have to offer!
I love the WTC twin towers. They made America great. Unlike a lot of people, I love the idea of the freedom tower. It’s what America is all about. It even looks great as it’s being built. What I can’t stand are the structures they’re calling WTC 2 and 3. Talk about awful! You don’t even have the funding to build them past ground level. SO why not do all Americans and all the victoms of 9/11 a favor. Scrap them and rebuild the twin towers, bigger and better than ever on the locations of WTC 2 and 3. Why insult everyone when you don’t even have the money to build these disgraceful buildings that don’t even look like they belong in NYC. I say build the new towers 1776 feet from ground to roof. Bring back the twin towers and let freedom
What? They are building a new tower? It is going to be just the one? It is going to be 1,776 feet tall?…
This new building has nobody excited. It’s not news. No one’s talking about it. No one seems to care. We need something more bold. We need two towers. Give us two Freedom Towers, I don’t care, but bring us back our towers. The new Freedom Tower will I’m sure be great, and most of us will eventually appreciate it, but we’ll miss our two towers we could have had back!
Having just returned from a trip to New York City, I was reminded just how much I will never be used to seeing New York without the Twin Towers. I hope one day I won’t have to anymore.
I think to rebuild the Towers would be a great idea. The Twin Towers reconstructed will show terrorists that they may be able to destroy America’s buildings, but they cannot destroy America, its freedom, or its hope for the future. Let them know, WE ARE PROUD TO BE AMERICANS!!!
Always loved the look of the twin towers and it hurts every time I look at the New York City skyline and don’t see them. I believe there could even be a compromise here, still build the freedom tower, but also bring the towers back. I truly hope this pulls through cause the Twin Towers made New York City complete.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE TWIN TOWERS IN THE SKYLINE OF NEW YORK AGAIN.
WHEN I WAS IN BERLIN YEARS AGO AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM DESIGNED BY DANIEL LIBESKIND, I WAS SO EXCITED AT THE MODEL I SAW EXHIBITED OF HIS AWARD WINNING VISION OF HIS NEW BUILDING AT THE NEW WORLD TRADE CENTER. IT WAS SLEEK AND ASCENDANT AND I FELT GOOD ABOUT THAT.
THEN ALL THIS POLITICAL PARALYSIS TOOK PLACE WITH THAT OTHER ARCHITECT.
WHAT IS BEING BUILT THERE NOW IS BULKY,GROSS AND A LOOK TO IT THAT SITS LIKE A LUMP.
I remember visiting the Twin Towers when I was a little boy back in 1995 when I was living in New York City. I remember going to the outdoor observation deck of the South Tower and it was breath taking seeing the view of New York City. That is what made me fall in love with the Twin Towers. For some reason the Twin Towers are far different from any skyscraper that I have ever known. There is something about the Twin Towers that make them so different from other skyscrapers. I want the Twin Towers to be rebuilt. Rebuild the Twin Towers.
The Twin Towers was what was right in America. Like the Statue of Liberty was to Freedom, the Twin Towers was to Finance. And yet both intertwine with the Freedom and Liberty that made America great, and shall be again. Yes, rebuild the Twin Towers!
The Twin Towers should be rebuilt exactly as they stood before 9/11. Our statement to the world should be we are strong and we will rebuild. Honor all the men and women taken from us that day, rebuild their final resting place as it was on their final day. A complete list of all (including their status) who perished should be listed on a memorial plaque next to the WTC Orb (ball) that needs to be brought back to its home. We should NEVER forget what happened that day nor try to erase it from history…
I think that the twin towers should be rebuilt. If for nothing else but to honor those who have lost their lives fighting this war on terrorism. Americans may find peace and closure if they were to be rebuilt. We have built this country on a sturdy foundation and therefore the twin towers should be ressurected so that the entire world can once again see how tall we stand.
The people were never given a choice as to how the WTC would be rebuilt. We want NY to look like it did before, only better. That mess thats being built right now is a bunch of disconnected buildings that look like they were assembled by small children without any senses of simple style as we had before. MAKE NEW YORK LOOK LIKE IT SHOULD. TWIN TOWERS BIGGER BETTER, STRONGER LIKE THE USA.
“I thought it was impossible, so let’s start working” – Philippe Petit, the man who walked between the Twin Towers on a tightrope.
Those words came from an interview when he was describing his first visit to the WTC where he analyzed how he would set up his stunt.
People in charge of rebuilding the WTC need to take a page out of Petit’s book when they say that rebuilding the Twin Towers is impossible. If they had the attitude Petit did, the Twin Towers would be on their way long ago. Even now, when rebuilding the Twins seems “impossible”, one can still take on the attitude “… so let’s start working”.
I was just 3 when the attacks happened. A couple of years ago i learned of the WTC. I was amazed at how something so simple in design could be so amazingly beautiful then it killed me inside when i learned of the attacks. The WTC has inspired me to pursue a career in architecture. REBUILD THE WORLD TRADE CENTER!!!
Even though it’s 2011 and they are working on building the freedom tower as I type this I could care less and I still hope and believe that we can rebuild the twin towers that we lost. Personally I don’t like the government and what they are doing is destroying our country the country we use to call America. If they build this so called glass piece of sh*t the terrorists win. I liked New York’s Skyline the way it was and how symbolic it was to our nation and I’d like to see it that way again and when I visit it someday and I’d like to visit the new twin towers and stand on top of them. I’m 19 and and have never seen or been to the towers in person but I would have liked to and I really wish they’d rebuild them so I could get that chance.
The towers need to be rebuilt. Right now in the middle east they build towers larger and grander than ours and we decide to not make buildings bigger because it will not be safe or will attract terrorists. So does that mean everything we did to make USA safer did not work at all? Why can’t we do anything in this country anymore with some risk and big dreams? What was our last big dream? The twin towers themselves seems like it.
I’ve always desired that the Twin Towers be rebuilt exactly as they were, with modern material/safety updates of course. The redevelopment efforts for Ground Zero have, from the very start, been thoroughly corrupted by personal and political agendas, and self-indulgent artistic license. The events of 9/11 changed much beyond our control. Why must we willingly allow what IS in our control to also be permanently altered? Of course, let there be a grand memorial. On that most can agree. But anything less than rebuilding the Twin Towers exactly as they were, on the exact same sites, is a slap to America’s face and a dishonor to the fallen.
I can’t think of a better way to show the world that we will not be shaken. The footprint where the twin towers once stood is a scar on on our nation and provides a permanent monument for the terrorists.
The World Trade Centers were not apart of the New York City skyline, they WERE the skyline. Ever since there were knocked down NYC skyline has never looked the same and the Freedom Tower will only make it worse. People will look at the Freedom as WHAT WAS THERE than WHAT IS THERE. So there’s no point in building the Freedom Tower but it’s not too late! we can make our voice be heard. Ask your friends and family to sign this petition. Send emails to every body involved at ground zero. And can some body make a facebook page for this? That’s GREAT way to help make this petition spread!
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I like the looks of the new Tower 1 as there now calling it inplace of freedom tower, Hower to go with this new Tower I think it would be best to have North & South Tower back or better known as the Twin Towers of the world Trade Center. Meaning we’d have iconic 2 towers plus the new Tower 1..
This time building the 2 new World trade towers pretty much as they were but maybe this time with alittle more safety features like wider stairways & lighted stairways incase power goes out. Other wise build the twin towers as they once were.. Bring back the Twin Trade Towers to go with Tower 1..
So now there would be the new Tower 1, then New North & South Towers to go with the new tower 1. I think its right to rebuild the Twin Towers.
We must rebuild the twin towers!! If we don’t we have been defeated in all ways. We must put them back in the sky to show that we can get back up after a blow to the face. Put them back up for all who were lost and for the friends and family of anyone who was involved that day. Americans don’t want some generic version of the towers up! What is that? Those towers were a big part of what America is and was and they need to be put back bigger and better to show that America cannot be defeated. BRING THE TWIN TOWERS BACK!!!
PLEASE re-build the Twin Towers! The current plan with the “Freedom Tower” and ugly surrounding buildings is a disgrace, not to mention the morbid and depressing waterfall memorial that sends exactly the WRONG message of defeat to the world. Re-building these towers stronger and higher than before would be a triumph of good over evil and a shining symbol of American determination for the rest of the world. There really is no other legitimate option. Anything less sends a message of defeat – that the terrorists won this battle. We cannot – we MUST NOT fail to resurrect the towers and properly honor those who lost their lives and pay tribute to the uniquely American spirit.
The Twin Towers were so simple and beautiful. I never got to see the original twin towers but I hope that the new ones will be built. The Freedom Tower is ugly and could never replace the Twin Towers.
The greatest thing we could do to honor the memory of those lost on 9/11, and to send a message to those who wish us harm, is to replace what was already there, modernized, bigger and better, but preserving the integrity of the image that made the twin towers icons the world over. The fact that this isn’t happening is hard to fathom. What is being built now is disappointing to the extent that it is an insult to what was. If the wishes of most Americans were taken into account, we would be building a new set of twin towers, while rightfully and tastefully taking into account the hallowed ground that they are built on.
i have read many comments from everyone regarding the rebuilding of the twin towers. I AGREE, REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS! it would help the american soul to once again feel whole. NY needs to listen to all these people that lost loved ones…..their heart still grieves with pain, this would help them to feel like they take a stand against those horrible men that brought them down. their american pride would stand taller than ever before….this would help bring healing to those wounded hearts…..NY, please rebuild the TWIN TOWERS….make them stronger, bigger, and taller….with the biggest American Flag that has ever been made to fly high and free on both the TWIN TOWERS, telling everyone against AMERICA…we stand proud! with honor! with li
1 World Trade Center, and the memorial(s) are very nice and beautiful lasting tributes, but by all means not all that is needed. What is needed is to kick sand in the face of adversity, to say we will never forget, we will never surrender! To say those things, to show the world and ourselves that we mean business, we need new Twin Towers. Twins of the originals to be sure, but taller, and better in every way. It’s like the flag flying at McHenry that inspired the Star Spangled Banner. Our flag was still there, in your face you cowards!
It makes me sad to know that the terrorists “win” with the current solution. Not rebuilding is a huge huge mistake. Unfortunately slimy politics gets in the way of what is RIGHT and should be done!
I was 9 when I took my first trip to NYC. Coming from Dallas I was greatly impressed by the sights and sounds of Manhattan. Going up to the World Trade was just the icing on the cake and I feel lucky I was able to visit them.
STOP!! STOP!! STOP!! Rebuild the Twin Towers! Show the world that we as Americans are strong and resilient! Rebuild them Stronger and Larger!! To do anything less is WEAK and POINTLESS!!
I don’t care if you have to make some changes I just want them rebuilt they are a part of the American people so don’t let them morons win we are strong people so lets show and lets do it for all the people that were killed on the planes and in the towers they would want us to rebuild dedicate it to the victims that would be great
The Twin Towers were an American Icon as much as the Statue of Liberty, the Capitol or Chevrolet. New York isn’t New York without them, so please rebuild them instead of that monstrosity you are putting up.
I am from Georgia and have always wanted to visit NY and go to the top of the Twin Towers. I strongly wish that they would rebuild them not just as they were, but build them taller than the Sears Tower in Chicago. The terrorist felt like they took some of our freedom away by tearing the towers down. Please rebuild them and show the terrorists that the freedom of this nation will NEVER fall.
Why weren’t the Twin Towers designated a historic landmark before 9-11? This would mean that if they were destroyed, they would have to be rebuilt.
TTA Note: We once asked the New York City Landmark Preservation Commission if the Twin Towers would have had to be rebuilt if they had official landmark status and were told they would not. But it is a New York City agency, which says it all… Tower 1 achieved the 30-year threshhold in 2000 and Tower 2 in July of 2001. They weren’t officially opened until 1973, but that is all irrelevant since they were the epitome of a de facto landmark. Thank you for bringing the matter up. It gives us some ideas…
I have been to new york a lot. I loved seeing the twin towers way before getting to them. They were beautiful. We, meaning this country, went to war for the people those idiots hurt and killed and those buildings they destroyed. We won that war. But if we do not rebuild those building we are showing them we lost. I say build the twin towers and make them a little taller just to show them they cannot win against us. Whoever is stopping this from happening please don’t make us lose this half of the war.
I came from the dominican republic when I was 10 years old. At 11 I visited the towers for the first time, coming from a tropical island I had never seen such high buildings. I like so many New Yorkers ( yes I resided in NYC -Washington Heights from 1981-2003)am saddened and disappointed with the powers that decided that one tower is good enough, that it would be an insult to those that in any manner of way affected by this tragedy, when in effect we as a whole have been and forever will be affected by this horrendous act of violence. I will never be happy with the plans that are in place now! and since this is all I can do to voice my opinion here it goes: The towers were a symbol to all NYers and we would be proud to have them on our land again!
Not rebuilding the Twin Towers show the terrorists have won by permanently changing New York’s skyline forever. I bet the people who were killed on 9/11 would want the Twin Towers to be rebuilt, it would be a more proper tribute than just building one tall tower and a couple of other smaller buildings around it.
The NY skyline will never ever be the same without its twins bring them back bigger better and safer and show the terroists that they cannot alter america for long!
i think the sky is bad without the towers. The towers stood for something better then most thought. Now if the twins are not rebuilt, this could get bad. Remember the windows on the world? We will never see it again. Remember the top of the world observasion deck? Nope never again! If we don’t rebuild the twins, the USA says to the world we lost. If we do rebuild them, were telling the world we won’t lose! The memorial is a good idea, but it would be better to rebuild the towers with a memorial across the street instead. PLEASE just rebuild the towers. There is SOOO much support for them.
Why should we try and “move on” to the “freedom tower.” We should rebuild the twin towers to forever enshrine the memory of the originals. To help rebuild the city and its perception.
It’s stated in the Constitution of this country that we have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. If the twin towers aren’t rebuilt, it’s a slap in the face to those who lost their lives and those who try to carry on, a major destruction of an important symbol of American liberty, and most importantly an obstruction to the general desire of the public. There was a great loss in life on 9/11, but if the towers are rebuilt, we can be reborn as a nation.
I feel deeply in my heart that we should rebuild the Twin Towers. Better, Stronger, Safer and Taller. This so-called “Freedom Tower” is an atrocity and it also makes it seem that America is fearful and weak. Fearful of the terrorists in which case they have succeeded, weak because we are perceived to not be able to get over these attacks and that we fear that rebuilding them would be a sad reminder. That is not true. We need the Twin Towers as a reminder that we are STRONG! That we can pick ourselves up after being knocked down. After all, the saying is “If you get knocked off a horse, you get right back on it.” Not, “If you get knocked off a horse, ride a cow.”
I like the Freedom Tower and think it’s a nice building, but it doesn’t replace the Twin Towers. There’s nothing wrong with a memorial, but they don’t need to plant trees all across the site. The museum is okay too, but they got a little carried away. I think we should have a memorial, but I think it would be even more honoring to the victims to rebuild the towers. The Freedom Tower is also nice, but they should build the Twin Towers as well. They could build the Twin Towers next to them. This might sound ideal, but I wouldn’t get my hopes up. The NYC government will not listen to what you say, so they will end up giving the terrorists the satisfaction that they can change the city’s skyline forever. They need to rebuild the twin towers.
We must remember that the terrorist attacks of
September 11th, 2001, were on the World Trade
Center Twin Towers not the “American” Trade
Center Twin Towers. These towers belong to the
world. They symbolize world civilization and
commerce. It was not only an attack on America,
it was an attack on civilization itself. Their
new One World Trade Center tower monstrosity
and Memorial are monuments in fear and loss not
in strength and pride. They symbolize cowering
in fear and wallowing in sadness and grief.
These Twin Towers belong to us and the world.
Rebuild our pride. Rebuild our strength.
Rebuild our morale. Rebuild our civilization.
I agree that we should rebuild those beautiful towers as they were. Let’s build them the same, but this time, let’s make them safer and more self sufficient for a new age.
I was only 6 when 9/11 happened, and my only memory of the twin towers was watching them fall on tv. Please rebuild them so my generation can enjoy the twin towers.
When I was little boy, I ALWAYS wanted to go to New York and see The World Trade Center. The only time I’ve been to New York was in 2006 and of course they weren’t there anymore. This “Freedom Tower” just doesn’t look anything like the World Trade Center and it was a waste of time and money. I really want the Twin Towers rebuilt! It would hurt me to my heart if they never get rebuilt. They’re more things than just the two tallest buildings ever built, but they’re a monument in the United States that every American or non-American couldn’t resist to tour whenever they got to New York. I hope one day my dream will come true so I can go to New York and see the Twin Towers!
I am very upset that the Port Authority is starting phony towers 2 and 3 and refusing to rebuild the Twin Towers. On that dark day known as September 11, 2001, I knew that the Twin Towers should be rebuilt, it was obvious and a no brainer. I suspect that a swindle is going on, the Port Authority is using public property to do what they want with their private interests. This is a case in which capitalism is trumping democracy. Most people worldwide want the twn towers rebuilt, and democracy is 1 person equals 1 vote. I am heartbroken that I never got a chance to visit the Twin Towers because one of the things that I wanted to do was go up on the roof of the South Tower.
I’m a Filipino American and when my mom first came her she went to NY and took a picture of her self next to the biggest towers in America. REBUILD! MAKE NY NY AGAIN! America=Best country on Earth. We can do anything.
I LOST A FEW FRIENDS IN THE TOWERS ON THAT TERRIBLE MORNING OF 911. I believe that the towers should be rebuilt again, and stand majestically over NYC. It would be in great respect to the fallen heroes and fellow country men of freedom that we lost tragically on that day. It would show the world that all hopes for peace and freedom will never be removed from our hearts and souls. That the American’s who perished are not forgotten and their deaths are not in vain. I believe that the new towers would represent that we are a strong nation, that can rebuild itself stronger and rise up again after it has fallen. That we Americans can be reborn from the ashes like a phoenix. That we also can recover from our loss and pain, and show the ones responsib
the new trade center just looks bad, like some new age japanese building, and has way to much glass, the old world trade didnt look like other buildings, it didnt just blend in like the rest it was something else.
It boggles my mind that we have not rebuilt them. Why would we ever settle for a memorial? We need the Twin Towers on the skyline again – compared to the stimuli passed, rebuilding it would be pocket change – and it would do so much more for morale. If Big Ben or the Eiffel Tower were destroyed, they’d be rebuilt. Why not the Twin Towers? And our economy was booming after 9/11, why didn’t we rebuild it then when there was the housing and real estate bubble!?
I visited NYC in July 2001. At first the twins were scary for being so tall (I was 9), but I got to the top of wtc2 and it was spectacular! The highest place I have ever been on to date. The twin towers will forever be in my vision of NYC. To me that ground is still considered ground zero until the twins return one day and stand tall and proud, not only as a symbol and icon of NYC but America and a big middle finger to terrorism in the world. “Freedom tower” does the exact opposite.
The terrorists have already won by changing the New York skyline. The Freedom Tower is almost finished. We have lost the Twin Towers to both Al Qaeda and the politicians.
I can’t believe that the Twin Towers are gone forever. I am going to miss them terribly. Why did we let this happen? When I go to New York I will not be visiting ground zero.
The World Trade Center was a symbol of this country for years and whether a bit simple still very much recognized by the world. 1WTC, I have nothing against. Americans I have to admit are wallowing in the past and it’s time to move on a while ago but I know and most of America do the same that the twins have to return and that will be the true closure that we need.
The Freedom Tower is a Fear Tower. There’s still time and Room to build WTC 1 and 2 though. The port authority has ignored the American people in favor of short term financial gain.
I visited those majestic towers when i was about 7 on August 2000, I was amazed at the twin towers for being so big so… very tall and standing proud. I didn’t understand 9/11 until 5th grade, but I’m sick and tired of the world trade center being remembered as a tragic place where people died by new generations! WE NEED THESE TOWERS BACK the Way they were , not 1 tower, NOT 4 ASYMETRICAL BUILDINGS, BUT 2 TWIN TOWERS!
I feel that the rebirth of the World Trade Center will not only restore the NYC skyline to what it was once before, but restore the American spirit, for we stay strong as a nation, but the rebuilding of the Twin Towers would completely mend the American pride way more than the Freedom Tower (One World Trade) ever would. PLEASE REBUILD THESE TOWERS!!!
TTA Note: The following comment was originally left yesterday, but was cut off because it was so much longer than the 750-character limit. It is easily the longest comment we’ve ever input manually, but the message is so heartfelt and thoughtful that it would be wrong not to include it here. Even the controversial statements seem to come from frustration with how wrong the process has been for our country.
I thought it was a no doubter about getting the twin towers rebuilt at first. Building a new tower after 9-11 never crossed my mind since I never thought some egg headed architect would plan something different because of some terrorists who decided to ruin them. At the time, I was eight years old and never actually saw those towers before. The only thing I saw was black smoke floating over the Empire State Building on September 14 of 2001. I never knew how much power a group of aliens, from Al Qaeda, could have over the USA until THE FREEDOM TOWER PLAN was decided. 93% of the people do not choose to pay tax fair dollars for the freedom tower to get built; they chose to pay tax fair dollars for the less expensive Twins. I’m one of the 93% who will no longer respect the New York’s skyline if I don’t see the Twin towers back. Since the terrorist found the Twins worth destroying, that makes it more obvious that they’re more than worth rebuilding. And since when do people who are no longer alive get looked up at the spot they’ve been killed at? That’s highly disrespectful. Not only is that memorial taking up too much space on that small island, but it also keeps people living in the past of 9-11. If they really wanted to move on, the architect designer would have restored New York’s icon at ground zero where they were originally built. That memorial idea is dejecting enough so metaphorically speaking, why build a giant glass obelisk tomb stone as the replacement of two beautiful buildings that symbolized a peaceful message? The Freedom tower is an embarrassment to New York and I’d bet most of America would agree with me on that. Why? Because it’s basically just a large piece of glass that represents a huge middle finger to what New York wants. It resembles a big shiny obelisk and at that, it’s being built right next to that inaccurate memorial. When you put it all together, it looks miserable, depressing, and stupid! The Freedom Tower would be like a giant terrorist trophy being built because they will be victorious if we don’t get our twin towers back. The people who say “The Twin towers would just get hit again†are not using their brains. 1st of all, Terrorists would hit any building they want. It’s not like they have some kind of vendetta against Twin sky scrapers. They went after the twin towers because they meant, and were, a lot to us. 2nd of all, everyone is well aware of possible terrorism, and is prepared for any attack. 3rd, no airline is going to allow that to ever happen again in many ways, nobody on the airplane will allow any imposture pilots to control the planes, and we have more advanced technology than before. Even if they did get hit again, I bet they wouldn’t collapse. The Twin towers were being made in 1966. I’m sure what they’d use, in this century, will have them much more fortified than before, and with heavier steel. Just check out the emergency plan made if there were new Twin towers. These reasons are why the people who are going through with the freedom tower plan should really stop building it. It really sucks when the person, who is in charge of our decisions, has a different idea than the high quantity of us, who isn’t in charge. If it truly was the terrorist who planned the attack, and 93% of America would rather the twin towers built, they would have started building The Twin Towers a long time ago. Just like how the majority of America decides on who becomes our president. Thank you for reading.
I miss the towers. I live in chicago and yet i loved those two towers more than any other. What is happening with the trade center just isn’t right. I’m 14 and i know this better than the governments. Makes me sick. Build them back for the sake of those lost and those who never got to see the trade center themselves, it’s the right thing to do.
I was only two when the Twin Towers collapsed. Although I was so young, I can still remember parts of that horrifying day. I was standing in our living room next to my mom. I some how remember watching them as they fell.
Recently, on the tenth anniversary of 9/11 I became more interested in these breathtaking towers. I often thought about what it would be like if they still were here today. I wish they were never taken from us. That is why I am signing this petition. I believe that these towers should be rebuilt because they represent the true American spirit that we all have in our hearts. The Twin Towers embodied that we are a strong people that when ever something comes to our mind we act on it.People may say they are only towers, but t
The Twin Towers were symbolic to not only Americans but everyone who visited. Rebuilding them the way they were would prove that America has recovered and will not back down to terrorist threats. The new World Trade Center design is out of place, and changes the skyline of the city so much that it is almost like a scar. We must rebuild, and make the towers stronger, safer, and taller. It’s what America wants.
I was just 7 years old back in 2001 when the original towers were destroyed. I’ve watched so many home videos of the original towers. They were such gorgeous buildings. I’ve wanted to learn as much as I can about the marvelous structures and their short, sad 29 year life span before the worst day in American history. If the Government decided to build two Freedom Towers next to each other instead of one, it would not only be nice but it would show how strong America is and how we are to recover from a devastating attack that killed nearly 3,000 innocent people. I hope that when Tower 1 is rebuilt and up past the Empire State building, people will come together and rally and demand that a second building of the same height is to be built.
TTA Note: Twin Freedom Towers is a solution that would probably please most people, but there is no way to twin another building to the Freedom Tower because of the location of the memorial, the hub, the subways and the various interdependent systems. But there are other options that could and should be considered and will be circulated soon.
I was going to visit the World Trade Center the weekend before the terrorist attacks in 2001. Unfortunately, my father had to work, so we couldn’t go. A few days later, the World Trade Center was gone. I would have loved to see them in person as my mother had, but hopefully, our voices will be heard and the towers will rise once again!
On September 11, 2011 our innocence was stolen. We had friends lives cut short, moms and dads did not come home for dinner, brothers and sisters didn’t return calls, sons and daughters won’t see their lives played out. We now walk into airports looking for the unknown and yet not truly knowing what to look for anymore. But… we are Americans! We have all come to this country – every single one of us – to escape tyranny from somewhere. You do not live in this country unless you or a relative of yours many generations ago stepped up and took initiative – chased a dream! Now we here are rolling over to a couple of idiots that hated freedom?! We are Americans!! We don’t roll over!! We step up and fight!! And now it is time to show the rest
Rebuilding the Twin Towers would show that we are still strong and that nothing has changed. The Twin Towers were unique to New York. The Freedom Towers look like generic Hong Kong skyscrapers. I always loved the World Trade Center. When I was young, I remember seeing a commercial with an Olympic athlete jumping over a pole between the tops of the towers. I never got to see them in person.
Rebuilding both the towers would symbolize that Our Country cannot be broken. When we have fallen, we will rise again. I think the towers should stand once more.
I have been a World Trade Center enthusiast since I was a yoing child. I absolutely loved the beauty and grace of the twin towers that dominated the New York Skyline. They also dominated our presence as America. They represented our freedom. I always wanted to visit them, but I was too late. I would do anything to have them back. The new freedom tower complex doesn’t even compare to the twin towers. This better be corrected soon. It is not the same. It will never be unless they represent the original twin towers of the World Trade Center complex.
I miss you so much WTC and the fact that you and your Beauty is being taken away by New York really pains me. Hopefully this page will be acknowledged and the real world trade center will be brought back and reunited with Americans everywhere. I miss you WTC! Come back soon!
I was in first grade when 9/11 happened. I remember sitting at my desk at school and watching the events unfold. Everyone was crying and my teacher was screaming Dear God. I plan to visit NY as soon as I can as I am 16 now. However I already feel like I am a New Yorker. Those Towers were and STILL are beautiful, even if they are just a memory now. I believe that we should rebuild our old Towers, our beautiful Towers, our BETTER Towers so that future generations can see and will know that America doesn’t run, and America doesn’t hide…we rebuild, become better, and stronger. They need to see where we were on 9/11 and just how far we’ve come. I VOTE YES ON BRINGING MINE AND THE REST OF AMERICA’S TOWERS BACK. LET’S MAKE THEM BIGGER AND BETTER.
I was 4 years old on 9/11. But i still remember watching my family cry as those towers came down. At that time I did not understand what was happening. But as I grew older I fell in love with the towers. They were magnificent buildings, and it makes me really sad how I never got a chance to see them in person. I think the new WTC is a joke. Typical politicians only thinking about what they want. The freedom tower and the memorial are nice, but towers 2 and 3 are hideous. We should rebuild the twin towers in their place. With both the freedom tower and the new twin towers, we would be honoring the past, and building for the future.
I never got to see the original towers in person so I would like to see them again rebuilt. I really hope the trade center is rebuilt on the sites of buildings 2 and 3 in the freedom tower complex. Even If they cannot be built at ground zero, there are ways of building them somewhere else in the city. I suggested that they do what they did when they built Battery Park and the World Financial Center and create more land for construction. This could lead to hope for the project. Best of luck to you all and I hope they will be built to see the 20th anniversary of the attacks on that terrible morning.
The Twin Towers are not only the buildings that make New York what it is, rather they are the symbol of hope, strength, and freedom throughout the world. These towers shows the world that we cannot be defeated. With these towers rebuilt, we strike a message all over the world that you can attack us with your cold-blooded hearts, but our spirit will revive all that was lost by your hands. R.I.P all those who have perished from 9/11, may God bless your families, and GOD BLESS AMERICA, MY HOME SWEET HOME!!!
It is a sin that they never considered building the towers. That would have been the ULTIMATE monument. Shit I would have just made them taller, maybe even just one floor. To be a monument to all the people that died.
I believe the majestic World Trade Center MUST be re-built. It shall be re-built. The amputated version of NYC with the ugly freedom tower needs to be restored. The freedom tower is ugly and stands out, all buildings in New York are all almost the same, the freedom tower is made of glass it’s ugly that way. The World Trade Center was not just a place of finances and money, but it was everything, an attraction, a home, a record. We ALL deserve to see the WORLD from THEIR point of view. There is no one that does not deserve it or not want to see it. Everyone wants the World Trade Center back. That is why I am signing this.
I was only one when the towers came down and I would LOVE to see them in person and inside them. As I saw the portrait in our living room I learned about them.As I grew up I fell IN LOVE with them. And it’s really sad knowing they’re gone. When people come to NYC that’s the biggest welcome that was there especially on New Years Eve. Please put the twin towers back! New York will never be the same again without them !!!!!!!!!!! The twin towers made up the NYC skyline. People from all over the world come to NYC and will never know we had such beautiful towers. Think about it. Let’s all honor the 9/11 victims by rebuilding what the ament has taken away. The enemy has taken over 2000 lives and we CAN’T surrender. We have to fight for what we all deserve, by having the Twin Towers rebuilt!
Continued……in new York you are telling the American people and families of the 3000 people that lost their life in the towers that they died for nothing. But if you do rebuild the world trade center twin towers it would be the ultimate tribute to the people who have lost their lives on that fateful day of 9/11/01 the worst day in American history of modern times…..terrorism can not win in America at all costs.
P.s. Osama bin laden may be dead since may 1, 2011 but in my book shooting that terrorist piece of trash was to easy. They should have brought him back to America to stand trial for what he did on 9/11/01 so the American people can look him in his eyes and give him their true opinions and what they feel.
I thought I was the only one who wanted the towers to stand tall in New York again. It saddens me that our elected officials don’t have the courage to do what is right, and that’s to listen to most Americans, and build those towers back. Build them bigger and stronger than before. I believe the terrorists have psychologically defeated America. They can always say “look what we did to that country we knocked down those towers and America was too afraid to put them back up.” I pray that this plan to rebuild those towers bigger, better, stronger becomes a reality. If we do rebuild them like we should, not only would it show them that we will always stand together, it would also show the world that we are not afraid. We are the United States of America.
This nation has apperently forgotten the horror of 9-11-2001 and seven days ago most of my classmates said “Why does it matter? We weren’t part of it so we shouldn’t even have to deal with it.” Now I don’t know anyone from it and I don’t live anywhere near NY but what they don’t realize is we are all part of it no matter where we live or who we know! This is AMERICA and we stand UNITED! We are ALL brothers and sisters! It might not be 9-11 today but since then I’ve been treating everyday as my last and remembering those who have died for us all. And remembering those from 9-11-2001. This is our nation. We should all be thankfull for what we have.
I agree that the best way to honor the victims of 9-11, to help heal our hearts, to gain back some pride, and to give the muslim radicals of the world a big “screw you,” is to rebuild the twin towers.
I really want to see the World Trade Centers rebuilt. I am glad there still is a chance to get these remarkable towers see their glory again. I do not think that the freedom towers go well with New York and the World Trade Centers show a better remembrance of 9/11 and is more practical.
Me, personally, I want the Twin Towers rebuilt. But since the Port Authority is so dismissive toward everything that makes sense, who says we have to rebuild the TTs at Ground Zero? Why don’t we rebuild them in another part of Manhattan, maybe closer to the Empire State Building?
Really and truly, I don’t think the new planned complex at the end of Manhattan deserves to be called the World Trade Center. It’s not even worthy of that name! What do you think people at Twin Towers Alliance? If the hard-headed jackasses at the Port Authority continue to dismiss the one, no, two things Americans want, why don’t we take the WTC elsewhere in Manhattan? This way the North and South Towers of the WTC return taller than they originally were.
I still to this day believe that the Twin Towers should be rebuilt! They stood for so much more than just the buildings they were, they represent a place in each Americans Heart as our heritage and a proud symbol of our very being. The New World Trade Center idea is nice on the low side, but the Twin Towers were brilliant on the high side, it would show the world that you can take buildings down, but we can build them right back, the lives lost wouldn’t be in vain but can be used to maintain to terrorist and the world that WE ARE HERE TO STAY! What a slap in the face to any terrorist group to know that their efforts didn’t succeed in taking them away forever!
I live to see the old towerS back… I want to be an architect and my motivation IS AND WAS the WORLD TRADE CENTER! I’ve always wanted to go see them in real life… But now… I feel and I’m sorry but the so~called new buildings are so ugly and nowhere near close with blending in with their surroundings. I mean they’re making us look held~back with technology… COME~ON, if I’m right…? We are one of the top 3 most advanced technological countries in the world… All I can say is that they have made a big mistake… “YOU CAN’T TURN BACK NOW.” Well what’s done… is done… But I believe that someday the most beautiful buildings WILL stand again…! And I’m ONLY 17.
The Twin Towers Need to be rebuilt as The Twin Towers if we don’t we have ULTIMATELY Lost to The Terrorists by letting them CHANGE the Skyline of New York But If we do a SUCCESSFUL Rebuild We have WON! AND DON’T FORGET The Twin Towers were People Too and This Memorial isn’t Respecting them one bit they laid down their lives but what do they get in return? WATER down their footprints do what’s RIGHT AND REBUILD WTC TWIN TOWERS WHY SETTLE FOR LESS?! That Way we are respecting Both The TWIN TOWERS and The 9/11 VICTIMS and their families-Aaron Skinner
Though I wasn’t in NY on 11 Sep 01, the images, eye witness accounts and national heart ache have been with me ever since. While some may say to rebuild the towers is to invite another attack, I ask this: Why aren’t you tearing down all other skyscrapers to avoid such a catastrophe? My grandmother once told me “you can die crossing the street, so live life to the fullest every day.” Personally, I think that One World Trade Center (freedom tower) is ghastly looking. It’s like seeing a mockery of everything that occured that fateful day in September. I can’t see a more fitting way to honor those who were lost than by saying “OK, you got us, but guess what? We’re back and better than before, and we’ll keep coming back…
Though I don’t even remember September 11th since I was very young, I just love the Twin Towers. They’re beautiful. And whenever I am reminded that they aren’t being rebuilt and that a new tower will replace it; I am furious. America deserves to have a say at what we want at The World Trade Center. I love the Twin Towers, and although I don’t have any memories of them, I still miss them. I truly hope we can have the towers back in the skyline.
1 and 4 world trade center are almost done. but 2 and 3 world trade center are absent. I believe that space should be used for new twin towers. When the old twin towers were planned they originally were suposed to go on that spot. But plans moved the to the far west side of the site. I think this would make it the way it was intented to be. The east side of the site where 2 and 3 world trade center are planned to go should belong to the twin towers.
I’ve fallen in love with the towers. Even though they’re gone looking at pictures from 1997-2001 it almost looks like they were taken yesterday. But that was 16 years ago. They do not feel gone to me. I personally never got to see the towers but would love to see them in the future (Yes even if they’re rebuilt would still count in my book.) The Towers were an icon to America. If the White House was blown up I am damn sure they would rebuilt it as close as the could. So why not do that with the towers? What’s stopping you?The Freedom Tower looks completely out of place in New York. Replace it with something that looks like it fits. Like if you were doing tile you would replace the old with the same so it doesn’t look goofy.
Even before the great incident of 9/11 I was quite fond of the Twins, though I had never been. There is something about two twins in a skyscraper that is unique; you can have one giant building standing alone, however spectacular or well built, but to have two standing vigilant, side by side, gives one a sense of companionship and union. And these particular two have always stood out.
For myself, I’d sure like to visit the Twins in person, having never been able to before 9/11.
Before the events of September 11th, the Twin Towers were the most awe-inspiring buildings in North America. They were truly a masterpiece; rising high above the streets and civillians of New York City, reaching up to touch the clouds. Today, the One World Trade Center is un-inspiring, created by a man with no inspiration, no intelligence, no creativity. In my opinion, World Trade Center Phoenix would be an improvement over the so-called Freedom Tower. Bring back the grace that once flowed over the Big Apple, over New York, over the United States of America.
As long as we don’t build the stronger, safer, taller Twin Towers II, Bin Laden wins. He looked at the original Towers and couldn’t stand we had them, so he destroyed them. Gov Pataki and Mayor Bloomberg respond to this by putting an inferior building in their place…
Hi, my name is Jon. I’m 14 and I live in Detroit, Michigan and 5 years ago I seen the Twin Towers on a movie that had Eddie Murphy in it, and then I seen McCully Clunkin on top of the Twin Towers. I told my parents one day im gonna try to go see the Twin Towers and then they replied “Impossible” and I asked why? Then they replied “They don’t exist anymore since 9/11 happened.” (I didn’t know much about 9/11 at the time), then I said what’s that. So they told me and showed me what happened and I was shocked, and in denial about it and also cried a little. So as years passed on I heard people say by building the new wtc we’re taking back what the terrorists took from us. I didn’t believe that one bit. Rebuilding the twin towers is taking back what the terrorists took from us.
The new tower is butt-ugly. Not only is it that, it looks like a middle finger! Bring the old towers back! They truly symbolize that we as a nation are united.
What if the towers are 2,001 feet above air at roof height and then add a 700 foot spire, which makes it around 2700 feet which is around the amount of people who died in the towers. It would also make it the tallest building in New York, the US, and the World.
Hi my name is Colton and ever since 9/11 happened, I’ve always wanted the Twin Towers back. I have no idea why New York decided to build the Freedom Tower, but I feel that America would be losing to the terrorists if we don’t build the Twin Towers again. I also feel that is disrespectful to the people that lost their lives on that tragic day.
We are America. We don’t back down! Let alone admit defeat. If the towers are left unbuilt it would remain a symbol for all the world of our vulnerability and the the sacrifices of many will have been in vain. Build them taller and make them the most beautiful structures ever created by man. It will be a place of not only remembrance, but a place where we stood together as a nation and overcame the most horrible assault on our nation.
Please let’s make this dream come true and bring them back as Mr Trump said. Each time I watch a NY picture, I can see them on my mind. We can win this fight. Both are terribly missed.
please build the twin towers. new york is not the same with out them. build them bigger and taller. let’s show the world in america we don’t give up, the freedom tower is not the same. by building the twin towers back again the whole world would want to be part of it and come to see it, invest in it. new york would have the best tourist and financial city in the world.the economy impact would be good for new yorkers. and who ever invest their money in the project. after all we all love america and want the best for it.
I would love for these buildings to rise again because i was visiting my uncle in New York during 9/11 and he died when he was called in to help with evacuation he died in the collapse of the Norh Tower and i would greatly appreciate to have them standing again!
From early childhood, I had viewed the Twin Towers as the most magnificent architectural wonders I had ever seen. I was so enchanted by them. This enchantment only grew over the years, I had to be able to see them one day, to see them with my own eyes. I never got the chance, they were destroyed before I could. I can feel so much empathy with the loss of life and the deep helpless emotion that we have all been robbed of something that runs so much deeper than their physical, awe-inspiring presence, it’s our spirit and what they represented to the people of New York and the world. The Twin Towers should rise again in sure defiance and triumph over evil, free to grace that skyline once again, prouder and more powerful than ever before!
The World Trade Center Towers were the symbol of our great Nation. We need to rebuild because we need to show those Terrorists that America will never stay Down.
i always thought that the twin towers were beautiful ever since they reached for the stars in the 70’s. i remember going to the sears tower as a teenager and thinking “wow, this is amazing. one day i need to go to the twin towers”. that day will never come for me. i remember one day i saw the concord at jfk and thought “so beautiful! one day i will see the curvature of the earth in that”. sadly i will never be able to buy a ticket to make that dream come true either. i wish they would have rebuilt the twin towers. i wish the concord was never retired. dreams are all that i have. and at least the iconic twin towers were part of them & at this website i happy to see i am not alone. i see no shame for them to grace our skies. cincinnati j
I was three when the towers where destroyed. I don’t remember much of them, but I know they where among one of the five most recognisable American landmarks. When my dad came here frome Sweden he wanted to drive a pick up truck, and work at the Twin Towers. It seems like America has fallen apart since their destruction with the NSA, torture, and the war in Afghanistan. Rebuilding them will not fix America, but it will start the process.
REBUILD the iconic symbolism of America exactly like before — but better. Not a stupid “Freedom Tower”…the REAL DEAL. The TWO (2) TWIN TOWERS, no architectural design twist, or “bomb sheltered” base nonsense revealing American vulnerability. Rather, what everyone loved – the straight up and down, vertical beauty the two towers emitted. THAT is American pride, THAT is American Capitalism, that is the healing of the ever so great New York City.
I challenge you friends, rise! Fight for this petition like me and your fellow comrades, brothers and sisters! Spread the word! We WILL make this a reality, a NECESSITY to the American People, the American CAUSE, the American DREAM.
This is a subject that’s so hard for me to talk about because there’s so many people who don’t seem to care that if we don’t build the twin towers back the terrorists win. I loved the twin towers, and they must be built back. I hope that one day this could become a reality. Those towers represented who America is, but if we don’t build them back to me they represent who America was. I’m proudly adding my name to this list, so at least I can say I tried to fight for what is right for the nation. For the people who put this website together, thank you for at least trying to fight for those towers and the people who died in them. I just hope the people who are suppose to represent us will hear our voice and have the courage to do what is right.
I am one of many who had never got to see the twin towers. It would be an honor to all us Americans if they rebuild the twin towers. It would mean the world to all of us to have the New York skyline back to the way it was. Don’t you think we deserve this for all that were lost on that day show the terrorists that we still stand strong and we aren’t scared of nobody? I think this is what America needs to be back on top once again. Thank you for your time.
I strongly feel that the twin towers should be built exactly how they were before. Just 10 times stronger than before. I think if they did this it shows that the terrorists don’t win and apparently they did because the Manhattan skyline will never look the same and as good as it did before.
We are Americans. We are proud. We are strong. That’s why we should rebuild and as an American I think we need both towers and freedom.
We should rebuild A.S.A.P. and build bigger and better and build as close to freedom tower as possible if it is possible to show terrorist that they cant stop us from being strong, and that we don’t give up. Then we could say, yeah, they took the towers from us. But, we rebuilt them bigger and better. We even added a third one to remember and honer those who lost their lives that day and to show that the U.S. WONT FORGET, GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.
I pledge my support for this dream for New York and America. Why does Osama bin Laden’s death matter, if the Twin Towers that he destroyed continue to remain absent in New York’s skyline? If the great Pyramids in Ancient Egypt had been destroyed, I’m sure they would have been rebuilt, and we would still admire, and respect them as they are today. When the terrorists destroyed the Twin Towers, it felt like we were sent back to the stone age. Our country will inevitably face many issues, and threats, but we need to face them with pride, not secession. If we can’t rebuild the Twin Towers how can we possibly confront the obstacles that confront our nation in the future. Why are the people in charge of ground zero denying the truth from future generations. Rebuild the Towers!
I would LOVE to see these towers rebuilt someday in NYC nearby where they originally were. If not in NYC, I would still be happy to see them in another major American city. They were simple, yet symbolic. Symbols should never be taken away or changed in my opinion.
I don’t believe that they would cause sadness by being rebuilt. It would prove that we are a strong country. I am sad that they are not there anymore.
I would love to see the towers back, where they stood, not the freedom tower. The terrorists wanted them down and didn’t want us to rebuild, and that we aren’t means that they won! We need the towers back, maybe not in New York City, but in America, possibly in Chicago, or even where the new 2 and 3 world trade centers are gunna go. Put the towers in those spots.
I’m glad to hear the response on restoring the Twin Towers. If this were to happen, what would be the best location for this two massive skyscrapers in NYC.
TTA Note: That is a good question and we will have more to say on it in the weeks ahead.
While growing up, I’ve always viewed the Twin Towers as the tallest buildings in the world (even though they weren’t, obviously). I was fascinated by them and loved them. They were certainly iconic of New York and even the US during my childhood. I think it would be proper I’d they were rebuilt instead of the current complex, which is bland and poorly planned in my opinion.
As an American who was only 15 when 9/11 took place, I never saw them in person because I lived in California at the time. I would love to see them again.
I was wondering since the towers were not rebuilt, is there plans to at least relocate them in New York City? If we lost the ground where they originally stood, does that make them any less important if they’re still rebuilt at another place in New York City?
TTA Note: The Twin Towers, as icons of a once-great country, would have significance wherever they would appear.
the new tower and upcoming surrounding structures are horrible eyesores that show the terrorists won and america is evil and greedy. reconstruction would have spit in the face of terror, and inspired america in its time of sorrow. from 2008 and onward, i have NOT been proud to be an american, because of our government making us look like weak greedy pretentious liberal douchbags.
Although I was only six years old at the time of their destruction, the image of the Towers has had an almost hypnotic effect on me. The Freedom Tower fails to inspire the same feeling of wonder and awe the Twin Towers did.
I want the twin towers to be rebuilt because I never got to see them. The towers should be built on the waterfall footprints. The names of those who have died on February,26,1993 and September,11,2001 in both tower lobbies. The towers will give more office space for those who want to work in them. It will give people a chance to see what the towers were like before 9/11. New York needs to have its twin towers back in the skyline.
The twin towers are our american icon &we can’t just replace them with a retarded mediocre tower that only makes us feel worse that terrorists destroyed our landmarks forever. We should rebuild and show that the landmarks that fell long ago are rising up from the dead, and being reborn, in defiance of terrorism, of what happened that horrible day. You definitely got my vote.
I was young when this tragedy happened, but old enough to know what was going on. It affected me greatly and my heart and prayers go out for the familes that lost loved ones and close ones. I think that the towers should be rebuilt but stronger and higher. I myself would have loved to see the towers. I know now how special they were. Rebuild them!! I truly believe it will show that we are stronger and it would heal:) thank you and God Bless!
I can just say I wish I had the opportunity to visit the Twin Towers. They were so beautiful in their own unique way and people in high places need to realize that rebuilding the Twin Towers would certainly help heal a huge scar that still exists in every corner of the world today. Hopefully in my lifetime the towers will be rebuilt right where they once were.
I was born the same year the twin towers were built 1971. I never got the opportunity to go in them but did see them from the air. I have always been fascinated with them and even more so now that this has gone by us. I would honorably walk in and being afraid of heights, go all the way to the top upon completion and be proud to say, I not only accomplished this dream, but got to see what once was and now is the landmark that should be… The new one world trade center is beautiful, but not what we(I) want… Please rebuild them…..
The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center are a major facet of retro pop culture, & should be rebuilt, especially since most older buildings that are demolished are not as fortunate. So many buildings in recent & distant history have been lost to either destruction, or the owner’s ignorance or negligence, leading to them being razed. It is awesome that some relics of the original Twin Towers are being preserved at the 9/11 Museum & Memorial, but since rebuilding them is possible, I think this would be a great opportunity to resurrect the Twin Towers, & further increase the already increasing gratitude & appreciation for the towers.
I completely agree with the push to rebuild the World Trade Center. However I don’t like the design that is currently being implemented. I personally believe if we rebuild the World Trade Center of New York we need to do it the right way and the only right way I see are the Twin Towers. They stood as symbols of American Pride, American Culture and American Power. Now with them wiped out, New York just doesn’t look the same. I was only a child when September 11th occurred but there is to me something about the Twin Towers that evokes the majesty and beauty of what we can do. The Twin Towers may never stand again physically, but they will always stand spiritually in our hearts.
Until there are twin towers hovering over the skyline of New York, we are defeated. Every time I see a period movie or re-broadcast of a period sitcom with the original twin towers in the background, I am sickened to my stomach. I believe every American will rest much better when, once again, we can look upon the skyline of New York City and see what we expect to see. The Freedom Tower simply cannot fill the void. Once might as well attempt to replace the Statue of Liberty with an obelisk.
I not only say I wish the twin towers were rebuilt or claim that they need to be rebuilt without backing those words up with actions. I’ve honestly never been to them nor did I even know what 9/11 was when it happened because of course I was young but oddly enough, I’m somehow attached to them ever since seeing pics of them & movies containing them in recent years as I’m now older to realize their significance.When we say rebuild, we don’t necessarily mean using the same outdated materials that were put into the original twins that led to their collapse. The twin towers rebuilding plan will ensure far more updated technology just as they used into the new one world trade center. The design features will meet modern standards in every as
I was with most people my age when it happened (I’m 15), and even though I’ve only been to NYC once (2006), to a lot of people way before 9/11, those towers meant something. The Freedom Tower and the other new towers in my opinion are unsatisfying and it shows that the terrorists won in a way. Hopefully in the near future, if Towers 2 and 3 aren’t built, we will see the Towers rise again.
The twin towers must be rebuilt!!!
When I was two years old, I got to go up the twin towers. However, I do not remember that experience, and I want to relive that experience again. That can only be achieved if the twin towers are rebuilt. If we do rebuild the twin towers, we can tell the terrorists that they cannot defeat us. If they knock them we, we will build them right back up. Rebuilding the twin towers is the only way we can truly defeat the terrorists in our hearts.
I was in the 5th grade when 9/11 happened, it was very unreal even to this day I’m still in shock that it actually happened. The twin towers stood for what this country represented. The best thing that needs to happen is rebuild the towers.
REBUILD AND REMEMBER: The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were amazing steel structures and angelic dominants of the New York skyline. On 9/11, two jets struck the World Trade Center.
Both towers collapsed. 3,000 people died.
The best way to commemorate these beautiful towers is to rebuild them, made of concrete and taller and safer. A memorial is ideal and vital, but some people never got to see the twin towers. More than half of AMERICA wants them to arise from the ashes. Do what the people want. Rebuild the towers. Even though it’s already April 2015 and 1 World Trade Center opened 5 months ago, we will not give up in pursuing and fulfilling our dreams. Rebuild and Remember.
Right now, as it stands, the terrorists have won. They’ve effectively struck fear into us enough that the government will not allow these towers to be rebuilt. Why on Earth should we give the terrorists what they desire? We must respond with strength and resilience, and the most effective way of doing so is rebuilding the WTC exactly as it was before. This would not only show the terrorists that we’re not afraid of them and their threats, but it would best heal the wounds of those who had established those two towers as a symbol of American freedom and might. No other symbol can represent this feeling better. I believe rebuilding as it was is the only thing left we can do to make sure the 3000 people slain on that day did not die in vain.
I’m terribly sorry that I never got a chance to see the twin towers in person and the terrorists (Bush and co.), have succeeded in bringing them down for their oil profits in Iraq and Afghanistan and they have stripped us of our freedom, rights, and all together way of life. To not rebuild the towers is in my mind not even an option. 1 wtc! WTF we need 1 and 2 wtc and I don’t mean twin freedom towers. Not rebuilding the towers is a 100% victory for those who brought them down! Btw, we aren’t free.
TTA Note: We used to remove politically slanted comments to keep the focus where it belongs and to discourage people from treating this petition as a right/left bulletin board. But now, all we edit out is inflammatory hate speech. The rest speaks for itself.
I Am not from New York City nor have i ever been but i would love to visit and move there one day. I Consider myself a New Yorker no matter what. & I Say the Twin Towers need to be Rebuilt its only right. the New York City Skyline does not look the same with out them. feels like something is missing please consider it. many of us Americans & New Yorkers want them rebuilt
I was only 9 years old when 9/11 happened and I didn’t understand just how great the devastation, the severity of how detrimental it was to our country until I grew older. The more I learned about 9/11, the heavier my heart and chest felt with grief for those who lost loved ones and friends in the attack. It brought America to its knees, closer to God, and to each other. 9/11 was a day everyone became a New Yorker. I’ve always been sentimental and I don’t think the Freedom Tower does the NY skyline justice compared to what Manhattan could have in rebuilding taller and stronger Twin Towers. I think that it would also bring some sort of release and deliver the perfect slap in the face to terrorists! It would scream, “We won. Go to hell!”
Rebuild the Twin Towers after all I don’t live in New York but New York City needs the Twin Towers rebuild and also the Nation needs the Twin Towers up in the skyline of New York City it’s not the same without the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center
I was in the middle of a school day when I first heard of the 9/11 tragedy. It was devastating then and still is to this day. Every year for three or four days around 9/11 I search the internet for some sign the original monuments will be rebuilt in all their beauty. I don’t live in New York, but even the pictures have a big gap! The only way to establish our true strength as a nation is to rebuilt bigger and stronger not build around. Please rebuild these international icons in all their original glory!
I was very little when the twin towers were destroyed but I really wish that I could have seen them! One day I’m going to visit NYC and go see the memorial and museum and I would love to see the real towers there, bigger and better than they once were!
I was very little when the towers collapsed, but they are my favorite buildings in the world. I would love nothing more than for them to rebuild the twin towers.
Those towers must be rebuilt. they should look as they did in the past. no modern touches. what needs to change is their strength. They must be rebuilt.
Please put them back for all the people like me that so badly want to see them. What better way to come back than to show we were not defeated and we can come back stronger.
I was in NY last week, I lived there part of my adolescence back in 1986 and going back to one of the greatest cities of the world without the WTC … it didn’t feel same … NEW York is not the same … Those iconic towers need to be built again … to show our power and not give the victory to those who destroyed them!! Please build them back!
New York is a somber place now. The city of my dreams, ruined 14 years ago. And there still exists, a hole in my heart. The Twin Towers were part of it. I loved the open plaza at the base of the towers. And I would head up this lavender elevator to a subtle, relaxing and exciting view of New York and New Jersey.
Fourteen years and 3 months ago, the Twin Towers were destroyed, and reduced to nothing, along with 3,000 innocent citizens. Now, what sticks out of the World Trade Center’s ground is a concrete rod surrounded in glass. Not to mention, with an antenna on top, half the height of the building.
What we want is a new version, V2.0 of the Twin Towers. Advanced in technology and up-to-date, the towers will once again reclaim the title as New York’s most iconic buildings.
I’m 15 years old and I was only 7 months old when the twin towers collapsed. I never got a chance to see them in person. The twin towers are the only things that I could think about. Why don’t we just rebuild them? It would be nice for the twin towers to rise from the ashes. All that I ever wanted to do was to go to New York and visit the twin towers in person. Please bring back the tallest skyscrapers in NYC. It’s too late to do that.
I don’t understand why the Port Authority didn’t rebuild the Twin Towers in the first place.
The new World Trade Center complex isn’t terrible, but really? In my opinion, the only way we could heal from 9/11 is if the WTC be built how it was when it was destroyed.
Al-Qaeda wanted the Twin Towers destroyed, and by wasting time for these new designs, we are giving them what they wanted.
The new World Trade Center is a “giant middle-finger” to the victims and their families; the only way to heal this nation is to rebuild the towers.
I have sometimes wondered why the Twin Towers were not rebuilt instead of that pretty but not-good-enough thing they just threw down, and leaving those two giant fountain-holes. After visiting this website, I now realize it was worse than I thought. The Twin Towers need to return. They were stolen from us and any red-blooded American or New Yorker should be very angry that they haven’t been rebuilt — good on Donald Trump for throwing his weight behind Twin Towers II. As a Millennial, my only memory of the WTC is of the smoking doomed skyscrapers. 9/11 defined the Twins for my generation. That’s not right. The WTC is just a tragedy memorial now. As long as that’s the case, Al Qaeda’s won. RAZE ONE, PUT UP TWO!!
I’m not a big person in politics, I’m not a big person in government, in fact I’m not even old enough to vote. I just believe that the towers represented America’s freedom it represented America. When the terrorists took that away from us they robbed us of our Liberty, they robbed us of what stood for us. If there was a way to bring them back, for my children to see, my grandchildren to see, that would be amazing… Bring back the Twin Towers!
I’m among the many people who never got to visit the original World Trade Center prior to 9/11. Looking back at video footage of that tragic day is positively heartbreaking, and I’d give anything to see those tall towers return anywhere in the world, let alone to the Manhattan skyline. The new One World Trade Center is nice and all, but it’s just not the same.
Ever since I was a little kid I dreamed of seeing the great towers but unfortunately I never got the chance. But when I saw this project I knew It had to be done and I fully support and hope that this project will be successful in the future!
I was born in ’95 and never got to go see them, I never even new they existed until I clicked on a 9/11 memorial video at 13 years old and was horrified! I fully expected them to be rebuilt but they where not inset an ugly giant tombstone was erected as a statement piece for the corporations rather then try to recover from what happened!
-Never Forget!
Even though I was only two when it happened, as a freedom-loving patriotic American, I look at what happened on 9/11 as an attack on the United States by those whose goal was to destroy these symbols of our economic prosperity, crush the American spirit, and destroy our way of life. If we go ahead with the current plan and continue to build these new odd buildings over where these symbols once stood, instead of rebuilding the original structures bigger and better and stronger than ever, then the terrorists and those who sought to destroy these symbols will win, and they will have succeeded in accomplishing their primary goal, which is something as Americans we cannot accept or allow. Rebuild the original towers.
Our beloved twin towers were the most iconic of New York City. By leaving them in the past, you are knowingly allowing our enemies to claim victory. Ridding this planet Osama’s disgusting presence wasn’t enough. We want our Twin Towers back! Nothing, especially not the new, inferior to the original, “One World Trade Center” will ever be capable of replacing our glorious towers. Time will never heal those wounds. Sixteen years is far too long of a wait! Only the rebirth of our beloved towers will heal those soars. Hear our demands, and do as we the people desire! Give us back our towers and reintroduce the people of New York City with the greatest sense of pride, honor, and dignity that only their beloved twin towers were capable of giving.
I was born after the 9/11 attacks, and I didn’t know what had happened until I was around 5-6. I remember for the first time watching the Disney film Oliver and Company. It started with a great establishing shot of New York. That was the first time I’d ever seen them before, all I had known about NY was the Empire State Building. I thought they were coolest things in the world, idk why. So later on I caught a movie or an episode of a TV show on cable, idk what it was but it featured the Twin Towers. I hadn’t seen them in a live action film before and it blew my mind, I fell in love with them. Anyway, later I told my mother about how I wanted to go to NY and see them, which is when I learned about 9/11. I wanted to see them all my life.
Ideally there would be two feet for every person who died that day as the height of the main faces of the new Twin Towers. They deserve to be rebuilt with modern and ancient technologies being integrated better than ever, it is only fair to New York City to rebuild better than before. That is why there must solely be additional safety precautions.
1. Post-Tensioned Concrete poured into each exterior column and floor plate, so planes can’t just come and slice through the building.
2. Tunneled Fulton and Greenwich Streets under the plaza, providing major access points through which to access the World Trade Center.
3. New Carbon Fiber Elevator Cables, which promise to vastly extend the distance between sky lobbies.
The Twin Towers should be rebuilt. The people who are responsible for their attack have won as long as the towers remain in the past. There would not be a more fitting memorial for the victims of that day to see the towers rise again and be the symbol for America of freedom and resiliency to overcome the darkest of days. I was only 7 when 9/11/2001 occurred I to this day am memorized by those towers and was cheated out of being able to visit them. I was at the site for the first time this year and wished I would have gotten to see them. Do the right thing for New York and America Rebuild The Twin Towers
Building the towers back in the skyline would make a huge statement of american pride and strength. I say if we cant get Port Authority to do it we take this fight to the white house and to the true new yorker in the white house who can do something about it.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center is something that should have been done in the first place. Not only would it have restored the skyline of New York City, it would have also been a much bolder message to send about America’s strength and resilience. (Ironically in a MUCH more powerful manner than One World Trade Center) For whatever reason that has not happened. Some might say rebuilding the Twin Towers would be in poor taste, but for me and the rest of the people who signed this petition, it’s the perfect way to honor those who died on 9/11. With modernized and stronger Twin Towers being the perfect memorial.
I always draw out the twin towers when I was much younger, I’m now 27 years young. The point I’m trying to make is I don’t know too much about architecture etc, but “The World Trade Center” made New York City skyline almost as if you we’re coming to the city and they were welcoming you. Please! Please! Please rebuild the Twin Towers. That’s the true definition of make America great again. P.S. I’ve never seen the old ones in person! Since the USA on lockdown if you were to make the twin towers again at least you don’t have to worry about terrorisom anymore.
I was born just 2 months before the horrible tragedy of 9/11. Since I was little, I’ve always had a fascination with the old towers, but I have just recently begun to recognize their powerful influence over America. Those towers stood for something. They stood for American culture and way of life. They stood for American strength. They stood as a “Welcome home” to all hard-working contributing immigrants who came here. They stood for a proud, prosperous, free nation. They were (in my opinion) the greatest symbol of America. Even the flag, which I also hold near and dear to my heart, does not even come close to how powerful the image of these towers is. That is why it is my life goal to rebuild them. You WILL see these towers again someday.
I, like most people never got to see the World Trade Center before 9/11, I believe we should rebuild the World Trade Center complex similar to what it once was. The Twins need to be rebuilt so the NYC skyline can look like it used to.
The Twin Towers were an Icon of our great nation. They truly showed the power and ingenuity of the American People. Rebuilding the Twin Towers would show the world that we won’t be influenced by terrorism! Most people would like to see the towers rebuilt. New York isn’t New York without the Twin Towers.
I think the original twin towers looked very cool. If we can somehow rebuilt the look of the original towers but somehow also make the structural integrity able to withstand an attack of similar proportions, then i’m sure everyone will be happy with the result. I stand with the rebuilding of the towers.
I want to have the twin towers built back up even though I wasn’t alive when it happened, but I also think you should have a floor for each hero, and name each floor after them.
The freedom tower is a beautiful building, but it’s not the world trade center. The freedom tower has less floors than the original twin towers and the proposed twin towers 2. They will NEVER live up to the twins. Rebuild the twin towers. And while you’re at it, get rid of the reform movement.
The original towers were beautiful buildings, and the new Freedom Tower greatly undermines their beauty. New Yorkers bonded with the Twin Towers and they want them back. The new Freedom Tower is a mere skeleton of the glory and pride that the Twin Towers carried. New York needs them back. They must stand again!
The loss of the towers was a loss of identity for the city of New York and America. Everyone wants them back. They stood for the principles of this great country, and symbolized our unstoppable economy. Failing to rebuild one of the most culturally significant structures was a huge mistake. It’s time to give people hope and correct this. It’s time to bring them back!
I think we should have rebuilt the iconic twin towers. i grew up loving those towers when i was a kid. I like the new complex but having twins would have been better.
On September 11th, America lost her innocence and entered a decade of paranoia, only inflamed by the Housing Bubble bursting in 2008-09. Nothing was the same after the attack, and our elected officials ignored the people and implemented a plan at Ground Zero that did not represent what we wanted. One World Trade Center symbolizes the bourgeois class, and how New York changed and has become a playground for the rich in one way or another. The Towers on the other hand symbolized Working Class America. The Twin Towers weren’t just “two filing cabinets”, they represented America. The Yin and Yang, per se, a monument for world peace and our dedication to making the world better. This is why I genuinely believe we *need* to rebuild.
The towers were beautiful buildings, let’s rebuild them to make sure those who never experienced them do, and those who did get to experience them once more. It will also help re-claim some of the post 9/11 innocence America lost after this tragic event.
So glad to see someone taking a stand for what’s right for once, and representing “the people” who don’t have the means to do so. So proud to be a friend !!
The Twin Towers should DEFINITELY be rebuilt, taller and stronger than the originals! But since they can’t be rebuilt on the original site, they could be built somewhere else in Lower Manhattan, possibly even Midtown so it’s never too late.
I was 9 years old when the tragedy occurred, I cry with every bit of research I do, but I’ve studied everything in and out all aspects I’ve grown to be so familiar with the twin towers like I grew up across the street from them, I love America and I will forever be heartbroken, I ask everyday why this had to happen to women and children, and hard working men who served our country, maybe not as protectors or defenders, but true American men who deserved protection in they’re beloved country, I tell myself if I were given the option to sacrifice myself to save these towers I would do it a million times, God bless America all the lives lost, forever in our hearts, never forgive, never forget, AND NEVER AGAIN PLEASE. These towers need to stand tall again to show American STANDS BACK UP.
I am tired of only one tower where two once stood and us calling it “a bold recovery.” I am tired of Americans looking down. It is about time we started looking up again. I am tired of us saying “Never Forget.” I choose to say “Rebuild” because I dream of the day when all Americans can say “REBUILT!”
I was never truly satisfied with how they dealt with the WTC site after rebuilding. The twin towers was an icon of America’s greatness and was an iconic part of New York’s skyline and it was forcibly taken away from us. What we got in its place is an inferior replacement that im sure in time will be nice in its own way but will NEVER be as great as the twin towers. America was damaged by this and the 1 tower shows. Trump was right when he said if we dont rebuild the twin towers the terrorists win, because it sure feels that way now…
I’m an american citizen with an idea about potentially rebuilding the Towers next to the memorial, as a young person who hasn’t witnessed these 2 buildings that symbolized the US and the City of NYC, I personally agree that these towers should be rebuilt but stronger and 5 stories taller than the originals. After the 9/11 tragedy that took down the Twin Towers and left a huge hole in America’s heart, millions wanted these towers rebuilt after their destruction as they were represented as a symbol of the United States and NYC. Even Trump wanted these Towers rebuilt back in 2005 and Silverstein, Port Authority of NY and the people of NYC should do the right thing and we send a huge message that were still here. We don’t never accept defeat to terrorism. also visit triroc.com/wtc with plans.
I believe the American people deserve the twin towers back. We need to rebuild and rebuild better. The current WTC 1 does not cut it alone. It would be beautiful to have the twin towers back in some form and standing next to the current complex. I do hope NYC and federal government politicians catch hold of this proposal. I believe this is one of the best development proposals of our lifetime. Until it is complete we need to keep fighting for it. Thank you to the Twin Towers Alliance for making this proposal and website available to us all. ????????
I was born years after the attacks of September 2001. I first learned about the towers in a book about Philippe Petit who walked a tightrope between them, and I loved the towers ever since. But I knew I would never be able to visit them. this is why I am signing the petition. The New world trade center does not look like it fits as a replacement. Mabey the New world trade center could be built next to the original site, so the skyline does not get disturbed. we need them rebuild stronger but also keeping the original look, like the proposal for twin towers 2 (which would actually be a great fit for the skyline)
I was born in 1998 so I was very young when the 9/11 attacks happened. I remember my dad showing me a picture of himself atop the World Trade Center that was taken in the 1980s. I’ve always been so mesmerized by the beauty of the of the twin towers which I why I was always so puzzled as to why they were never rebuilt. I understand it was probably out of respect to the families of the victims that were involved in the tragic attacks. However, I think that rebuilding the twin towers would restore hope to our country again and honor the victims/families of the attacks by sending a message that no matter how tragic, terrorism will never change New York’s once great skyline. I sincerely hope that one day, the twin towers will be rebuilt just the way it was.
I would like to see the twin towers rebuilt becuase they both represent how America is a thriving nation that is very strong and can with hold anything from its enemies. By not rebuilding the twin towers, we let our enemies laugh at us, and have treated us with disrespect. The freedom tower should never have been built. The building is a disgusting building. It does not represent the power of the United States of America. The twin towers do represent so many things that America has fought for. Every one wanted the twin towers and today still every one wants it to be built. There shouldn’t have been another design of the tower. I was born in 2003 and I never have experienced the twin towers before in person. Rebuild the twin towers stronger like never before and taller.
Phoenix North and Phoenix South. That is all. Nothing less will suffice, on multiple fronts. Make it affordable apartments and space for non office related businesses, like an arcade, indoor airsoft arena, etc. make the impact floors a musuem and memorial place. So much good can come from them. We just need 7 billion dollars to make it happen…
I Was Born 3 Years After The Disaster. I Just Like Many Others Didn’t Have The Chance To See The Twin Towers Stand Before Us. We Must Rebuild Them As They Were Before, Not Just To Repair The New York Skyline, But To Repair What America Stands For. If We Don’t Rebuild And Just Leave A Empty Space, Then The Enemy Wins. We Must Rebuild The Towers The Same As Before, But Stronger To Prevent The Disaster From Happening Again. America Doesn’t Back Down, America Doesn’t Lose, We Rebuild And Come Back Stronger Than Ever. We Owe It To Every Single Police Officer, Firefighter, Paramedic, Victim and Families Who Mourn To Bring Back The Towers. We Cannot Let Ground Zero Be A Grave, We Must Let It Be A Sign Of Strength By Rebuilding The Towers In Honor Of Those We Lost.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers is a powerful symbol of our nation’s strength, resilience, and unwavering resolve in the face of terror. The attacks of 9/11 were meant to instill fear and weaken our spirit, but by restoring these iconic towers, we send a clear message to the world: America does not back down. We honor the lives lost by standing tall and showing that we will not be defined by destruction, but by our ability to rebuild, rise, and persevere. This is not just about rebuilding a structure—it’s about reaffirming our national identity, strength, and commitment to freedom.
The Twin Towers were more than just ordinary work skyscrapers, they were symbols. Symbols of American economic power, globalization, and prosperity. But, the day they were destroyed by terrorists, that was all gone. There is still hope though. Hope that we can rebuild the towers once again, and take back what the terrorists took from us. Thousands upon thousands would agree.
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Enough is Enough. Rise Up and REBUILD the Twin Towers.
I was in Manhattan on that horrible day and I have been advocating for rebuilding for 20 years. Better late than never.
Americans get back up after being knocked down.
GOD Bless America!
Let’s do the RIGHT thing and rebuild the WTC!!!
It would strike a very BIG blow to the terrorists!!!!!
People, let’s do this!!!!!!!
Reasons to rebuild:
1) Continuity of history
2) National landmarks
3) Getting rid of the towers is what the terrorists wanted
Those towers not being rebuilt will leave a huge void in the American psyche. My wife is a native New Yorker, and although she doesn’t say much, I can see that the big hole in the skyline is like an exposed nerve. The towers need to rise again like a phoenix from the ashes!
I was born and raised in NY (Lindenhurst, LI, NY). I visited the WTC in Feb. 1982 and took a tour from one of the observation decks on the 107th floor.
The WTC needs to be rebuilt better than it was before! NO TERRORIST MONUMENTS!
The current proposed project that has been approved in my opinion is a trophy to the terrorists!
I believe the twin towers must be restored like the originals & better protected against future attacks!
Thanks You!
Please leave a portion of the devastation caused by the suicidal attack so that there will always be a visible memory of that horror. I saw the site about three years ago and no pictures can do justice to the feeling when you stand there in person.
put them back the way they were – put them back they belong there – we could still include the freedom tower – what a message it would send – the twin towers and the freedom tower
I grew up in Queens with The Towers in my living room window’s view, while being built. I’ve long since moved away from NYC. The day of the attacks was one of the most horrible days in my memory. The only way to make things right is to rebuild them.
Anything less should be unacceptable to us as a nation & the rest of the world.
God bless America. And rebuild the Twins!
If the Pentagon can be rebuilt back to it’s original design then why not the Twin Towers. Did anyone suggest leaving a hole in the Pentagon for a shrine, or taking the opportunity to modernize it with some ghastly glass and metal structure…I don’t think so. Is that portion of the Pentagon destroyed in the attack now sitting empty with people in fear of a similar attack…I don’t think so. The Twin Towers were one of the worlds major landmarks, the world needs them back, period.
The Twin Towers were always two of my favorite buildings.Some may criticize that they were too simple and boxy, but who cares? They were still beautiful. I never actually saw them in person, but I always wanted to. Immediately after 9/11, I wanted them to be rebuilt taller and stronger, and with a memorial of course. That was always the most obvious solution.
Why did we choose the Freedom Tower? The LMDC claimed that rebuilding the Twin Towers was the most impractical solution, but it really is the only solution. The are far more beautiful than anything that came out of the LMDC’s design contest. They were all brute ugly. The Freedom Tower looked like a twisted junkyard.
I never even knew much about the Freedom Tower until I looked it up online a bit after when Trump said his opinions. He may have backed out of the fight, but he motivated me and many others. The new Freedom Tower is a lot better than the original, but it’s still not good enough. All the other buildings don’t match. This plan doesn’t even deserve to be called the World Trade Center. There are only two buildings that can be called that.
Instead of trying to finish the Freedom Tower and get the job done fast, let’s get the job done right. The LMDC is what wasted all of this time. The Freedom Tower is a disgrace to America. It just doesn’t belong. Not here. Not at Ground Zero. We must rebuild what was there before.
Thanks to all who put much time (and tears) into this effort. Remarkably,it came to this, rather than our ‘officials’ realizing the obvious long ago. But perhaps this was meant to be – “ordinary” citizens taking the in-
iative for the common goal.
I use to live in Battery Park City.
Rebuild the Towers!
It will be an absolute disgrace if those towers aren’t replaced, taller and prouder than ever.
Throughout history, many destroyed landmarks have been rebuilt: the White House, London Bridge, whole cities (like San Francisco). Even the wing of the Pentagon damaged on 9/11. What is preventing the Twin Towers from being a part of that?
what went down in dust and death must rise again in steel and hope.
Rebuild the Twin Towers. New York’s skyline must be made whole again.
I strongly support the rebuilding of the trade towers!
There is No excuse for not building new taller, bigger, better twin towers on the site alongside a memorial to those who were murdered by the Bin Laden franchise.
The WTC Twin Towers should really be rebuilt. We should never forget what happened on Sept. 11, 2001 and all of the people that died that day.
If the WTC Twin Towers are not rebuilt, overtime people, especially younger generations, will probably forget what happened that day.
The WTC Twin Towers were amazing buildings. They were an icon of NYC and America. They stood tall, like America once did. The WTC Twin Towers and Americans need to rise up and stand tall once again!
The politicians need to listen to the people on this issue!
Remember politicians…Government is for the people, by the people. You politicians know the people want the WTC Twin Towers rebuilt! Now lets get them rebuilt taller, stronger, and more safe than they were before!!!!!!!!!!
The organizers of this website have eloquently captured how I feel about rebuilding the Twins.
The twin towers is a real peace symbol, not only for the U.S. but for the world, thats why they were attacked twice. This is why they must be rebuilt in some way. Its very important to the healing. I want my peace feeling back.
This is the right thing to do. We all know it. Now is the time to let everyone be heard.
As a forner New Yorker now living in North Carolina, Nothing would thrill me more than to have 2 new towers rise about the ashes. Keep up the fight to get them rebuilt and let the world know of our determination.
Ex Pats living abroad from NYC and love to see it rebuilt.
TAKE PRIDE!
Team twin towers I want to thank you for this fight on behalf of the people of New York, the 911 families, and the rest of America, I wish and hope for the day that the twin towers will rise again. I also think that gov Pataki is a disgace maybe a lawsuit is in order!! and I mean it!!
Rebuilding the Twin Towers is a must for New York, our nation, and the world. The Twin Towers stood for cooperation of man and world peace. Why are we letting the terrorists take this symbol away from us? Sure 9/11 was a tragic day for everyone, especially the families of those who died, but we must stay strong and band together aganist terrorists and those who wish to inflict harm on others. Rebuild!
Rebuilding the towers is the best way to honor American’s and people from all over the world that were killed durring the attack’s of september 11,2001.
The reason the current plan is going through has to do only with politics and money. We must be heard or else face a single tower with a massive bunker base along with a memorial also controlled by politicians.
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Build the towers back just like they were originally. Anything else is a victory for our enemies.
Go for it … I think it is a nice thing to do …
Yes! Rebuild the twin towers bigger and better than before!
If it was the White House that was destroyed on 9/11 don’t you think we would have rebuilt the historic building by now? The rebuilding of the WTC has become a political hot potato. And beyond that it is giving those terrorists the wrong message that “They” won. Rebuilding the WTC and RESTORING the NYC skyline has nothing to do with a memorial there. Of course, there will be memorial. No one ever said there shouldn’t be a tribute to those who died. Without the Twin Towers, New York City is like an empty shell. The proposed “Freedom Tower” (don’t you just hate the cliche sounding name) is quite ugly and not a worthy tribute of all. I would love to see the World Trade Center rise for the ashes stronger than ever before! We owe this to our country and the world.
America should rebuild the trade towers! Its the best possible way to honor those lost on 9/11.
The morning that the towers fell, one of my first reactions was thinking that they MUST be rebuilt.
To do otherwise sends the unfortunate message that the We the People of the United States willingly complacent vicitms rather than a strong, unified society.
The fact that there has been so little outcry has amazed and dissapointed me. How short our memories are.
The current Freedom Tower plan was clearly never about what New Yorkers or Americans want or think is right. If the Freedom tower is built, it will only be a monument to cowardice and political grand standing. What a shame that would be and what a disgrace to the memory of the innocent who were murdered that day.
I agree with Wayne Villeneuve. We must rebuild, to do anything else is to let them win. I feel so strongly about it that every page of my web site has a link back to rebuilding the twin towers as big or bigger than they were.
Rebuild!
I believe the World Trade Center must rise again to show the world that the U.S. is still the greatest and we won’t be defeated by terrorists. Building a “freedom tower” would only be honoring Bin Laden. Twin Towers II forever!
There is only one solution to what should be rebuilt and that is another twin towers….hell if you want the freedom tower fine just add another identical one right next to it. By not rebuilding all we are saying is that ok you got us and we are afraid to rebuild. If they had succeeded in crashing into the White House or Capitol would anyone not want those rebuilt?
Anything less than before is a victory for The Enemy; they targeted the WTC-building because it symbolized America’s Capitalist Greatness that they seek to “humble”; WTC is about Life and Pride–not death and bowed-heads!
Let’s rebuild the WTC!
Rebuild to show strength!
Besides a fitting memorial I would support rebuilding twins at least as tall as before or one of several 3-tower systems, such as the one I propose at http://www.warrenfarr.com/rebuild
GodBlessAmerica…Rebuild bigger!
I can’t imagine anyone seriously contemplating this question and coming up with any other conclusion than to rebuild the twin towers…as they were, only better, stronger, and safer.
The towers need to be restored. It would help to heal a nation & make old movies/shows/stills once again viewable. We could build them a couple floors taller & lobby/grounds & top floors could be the memorials. It’d be a “f*#@ you” to the terroris
Relocated to GA in August, 2002. Was a lifelong NY resident until then. Was living and working on Long Island that most horrific day. My oldest son was among the thousands who, thankfully, were missing only for that day as he worked in lower Manha
I’d like to add my comment here saying that rebuilding the Twin Towers is the right thing to do,and I am proud of all of these people showing their support on rebuilding the famous icon Twin Towers. The NY governor and NYC mayor really need to allow rebuilding the same Twin Towers and dump the Freedom Tower. Rebuilding the Twin Towers shows respect to the people who died there and its shows those cowards that brought the buildings down that those cowards lost and America won. Rebuild those Towers.We all need to get together and write to the mayor and governor and maybe hold protests.
As a long displaced NY’er…I’d love to see the TWIN TOWERS resurrected! Stick it to the TERRORIST’S!
Rebuild!
Do the right thing – REBUILD BIGGER & BETTER! REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!
I loved those buildings, pull out the blue prints and lets get to work, just add a couple of stories for a memorial to those who were murdered by those Islamic terrorists.
What a Tribute.
We need to show the terrorists that we’re not afraid of them, and that no matter how many times they may tear us down, we’ll always get back up!
The Twin Towers are the best choice for rebuilding the WTC. If the Freedom Tower is to be built there then the WTC will loose all of it glory that it had before 9/11, but if we rebuild the twins the wtc could be an American icon again.
I cannot even begin to imagine the smiles on the faces of New Yorkers and the sense of optimism and excitement when crane’s begin lifting iron and new Twin Towers begin to pierce the skyline replacing their fallen predecessors. Sadly our nation has become entrenched in a quagmire of bureaucracy and political correctness. Rather than building great, there are those making excuses why we can’t, shouldn’t or that it’s basically unnecessary. Had that attitude prevailed 70 years ago Hoover Dam or Mount Rushmore would never have gotten built. The late President John F. Kennedy said it best with the following:
“The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.”
Where has that spirit gone ?……
Washington, DC
I was born in NYC, & my family is from Queens & Brooklyn. I grew up in the suburbs of NJ. I know the pride of NY & what it means to be from there. There is NO better way to demonstrate that than to restore the crown jewel of NYC to its former glory
It could not be said better than this petition’s intro: Rebuild a similar pair of towers and repair the emasculated NYC and American skyline. Demonstrate our resolve and sentiment. These buildings will always remain in our hearts.
The only proper response to terrorism is to confront it with lethal force. And the only proper response this great nation to the destruction of our sacred symbols is to rebuild them stronger, better, maybe even a little taller!
Terrorism is a war of symbols. That is why the Towers were targeted and that is why they must be rebuilt. Not at the old height, but higher, only thus can we avoid symbolic capitulation – and we must, ere the terrorists smell blood in the water…
Please put the twin towers back up
Let’s do it.
Rebuild the Towers and demonstrate that Americans are capable of rebuilding what we value and defeating those who would come to the US to destroy what we hold dear.
To not build the towers is a sign of defeat that is desired by these people.
The Twin Towers were symbols of our nation’s integrity and compasion for our fellow man.
Reopen the investigation!
The defiance we felt in the immediate aftermath of September 11, 2001 must be resurrected and re-channeled. Build the Twin Towers again and show every American friend and foe that the course of our destiny will not be altered by the whim of savages.
Build them taller, bolder, and prouder than ever. What a fitting tribute that would be to the victims of 9/11. We did not cower in fear, but stood boldly in the face of our enemy.
I can’t believe that we even HAVE to be signing a petition to do this. And with 111 stories just to say FU#K YOU OSAMA! What the heck ever happened to: ‘we shall rebuild’? didn’t the prez. say that? This is a disgrace we even have to BEG!
Make New York City NEW YORK CITY again!!!!
Rebuild ’em and maybe we can get our constitution and bill-a-rights back.
Lets show those terroist fucks what America is really made of!! Rebuild the towers to their original glory.
I can still remember where I was on that terrible day and how broken I felt. To build anything less of those beautiful towers is a slap in the face – only they can mend America. The freedom tower will onlys be a painful reminder of a bad decision.
Please re-build – don’t let the people who did this win.
As a former Congressman, I would love to see us stand up by not letting the terrorist keep us down. Rebuild with a few extra floors higher.
Recently I visited NYC and was very surprised to hear that the rebuilding process of the Twin Towers is in a state of limbo. In an almost spiritual sense two towers must go up because of the way they were brought down.
Restore the towers and revitalize manhattan! It’s the only logical solution.
I’m not a fan of Trump but he had the right idea. We need the towers back. More importantly, we also need a memorial for those who lost their lives and the pain of their loved ones.
Please!
It’s high time that new Twin Towers emulating the original 70s classic Twin Towers or ‘World Trade Center 2’ are constructed on EXACTLY THE SAME SPOT! At almost 1/2 decade removed from the disaster!.. Now where are those magnificent towers?
Please rebuild , maybe even taller that the previous.Show the dead that we still love them by doing this .
The greatest monument to the murdered asnd clearest answer to our enemies is to rebuild the object of their hatred. We as a people will not forgive killers nor forgot those we lost. With re-building our response is clear – “we still exist” and wil
I will say here what I said in my editorial in 2001: if we don’t put the Twin Towers back where they were, the way they were (with a memorial, of course)–then we are telling the terrorists who did this–“you won”. Anything less is a shame.
As a former New Yorker, born and raised in New York, it is my undeniable and solid will that the symbol of New York be restored on its proper location. Not only shall we rebuild, but restore the greatness that we lost.
Former New Yorker.
Sonoma County,CA
I lost a friend from the Foran High School class of 1980, Mr.Michael Miller. He was always so proud, to tell everyone that he worked in the Twin Towers! The BEST memorial to him, and all of the others lost on 9/11, is to PUT BACK what Osama Bin Laden TOOK AWAY from New York City! NO OTHER MEMORIAL WILL DO! In the past five years, Gov.Pataki and his Port authority and the LMDC have accomplished NOTHING at ground zero! The Empire State building was constructed in one year! They were, and still are, loved and missed by many New Yorkers. If you had two of your front teeth knocked out, would you replace one tooth or both? Enough is Enough already! Make New York, New York Again! Rebuild our Twin Towers!
I believe the towers should be rebuilt. If the Statue of Liberty had been destroyed, we would have rebuilt that, so why not the towers?
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Check out the story of the government’s betrayal of its 1990s proposal for a Mall like park along the South Capitol Street corridor.
Anything less then rebuilding is cowering to the terrorists. America is not afraid and will not let that which is important to us be taken away. Imagine the strength we would show to the world if we rebuilding them 10 feet taller.
Build it. Let America sing again!
Just build them!
I’ve been a supporter of rebuilding the towers since hearing the idea on NPR three years ago. Nothing else I’ve seen does anything but make me wince. Re-build the Towers. Confidence and courage will make it work.
The Twins NEED to be set back in place and not some HALF BAKED design that has been presented. Is it not obvious,in ANY RESPECT, that the Twin Towers NEED to be an IN YOUR FACE symbol to those who THINK they won? WAKE UP,PEOPLE of America!
I want to return someday and take photo’s from the top of the towers and compare them to the old towers. This will be my reminder that we can take all the violence that is aimed at us. And we will rebuild and continue on. Hatred will NOT stop us.
It is the right thing to do… the only thing…
This would be the best memorial for all who were lost to the evils of this world.
May God bless those who lost loved ones.
Build em back! Stronger and better than ever.
Lets get these towers back up! 5 years is to long for terrorists to say “look at that empty skyline. We did that!”
I grew up in the shadows of the towers on S.I.and in high school looking out the window at lower manhattan at the greatest skyline of America and N.Y.C…. they need to be rebuilt.
Rebuild the towers, now! Mind you, not to their former height, but to 2001 ft., in recognition of the year they were destroyed. We have the technology to build this structure as the tallest in the world, and no reason not to. They should once again stand as a monument to what their founder (Minoru Yamasaki) intended. Scrap the “Libeskind” plan entirely; he’s a degenerative psychopath who’s only claim to fame is the construction of a Holocaust memorial, reflective of his “death” mentali
The Twin Towers MUST be rebuilt. As long as they are not standing tall in New York City, the terrorists have won, make no mistake about it. We must defeat them by bringing the towers back.
God Bless New York – the greatest city in the universe!
We need to do this right now!
I can hardly recognize New York City without the World Trade Center towers. While several buildings like the Chrysler building and the Empire State Building identify the city, the twin towers are the signature of a beautiful city and skyline.
The empty space where the towers stood is a powerful recruitment poster for the terrorists. It disgraces this great nation that we’ve allowed them this for nearly 5 years. Restore the towers now!
It should be restored as it was.
I wanted to pay respect to the victims and their families that lost their lives on the horrible day. I feel that rebuilding the Towers will really help with the healing process, and the skyline will look normal again. God Bless:)
The towers need to be rebuilt to show the world we will not be detered by any terrorists or any other rogue nation They should be rebuilt to be the tallest as well !
God Bless America! Let us rebuild an even better and larger World Trade Center- it has been long enough without one!
I think that the towers should be rebuilt do notleave the Twin Towers where the terrorists left them.
No one has the right to take our towers away. Show the terrorists we will not be defeated and BUILD THEM BACK!
Don’t let them win; rebuild the WTC.
It would be a sin to build something other than the twin towers. The world must see that The United States of America cannot be pushed around. If we are knocked down, we get up and do it better the next time.
“Let’s Roll”
Lemme ask this question: if the White House was completely destroyed in the attack, whould we be quibbling about a replacement that’s less than the original?
Of course not. Rebuild’em even bigger than before.
Let’s do it already!
Nothing less than full rebuilding of the Twin Towers will tell the world that we might be hurt, BUT WE CAN’T BE BROKEN! We should make sure the new Twin Towers are the tallest buildings in the world. Period. By a lot.
Do the right thing, Mayor Bloomberg, and bring back the Twin Towers! DC rebuilt the Pentagon, right? Our war in Iraq doesn’t send the message to terrorists that we are strong–rebuilding the WTC better than ever will!
Let’s rebuild, I have collected things and have a book I have put together about 9/11. I would love to see them rebuilt.
Nancy Habeger
America deserves replacement towers. By not rebuilding something just as spectacular at ground zero, I feel we are accepting defeat. That’s not what Americans are. We look fear in the face and prove to the world the great things we can accomplish.
If we dont build the towers back the way they were, the terrerits have won.In my opinion,We should build them back EXACTLY as they were, and build them 10 stories higher than before.
Yes, I do believe the towers should be replaced in their form…maybe taller. Not only did they define NYC and the US but we shouldnt let the terrorist…we should raise up two new towers and say the hell with yall…
Bring these iconic buidings back. It’s not too late!!
We should re-build. Only then, do we rebuild America.
I have never returned to the former site of the towers because for me, more than anything else, the towers defined New York to me. When the towers are rebuilt, I will return as will New York to all its former glory.
Years later our nation is still grieving, still mourning, and still recovering. And yet I can’t help think of the road ahead, the long arduous battle we are fighting and will be fighting for a long time. A battle not against a Nation, but against a faceless enemy. One that we have to identify not by nationality, race, or uniform. But by Ideology. How can we here at home, those of us who cannot strike out, show such an enemy our defiance and our resolve to see this through? How can we show that this will not be forgotten in six years or six decades? What can “We the people” do to show our unity is not just a result of momentary horror but a deep-rooted, unshakable, terrible resolve? REBUILD THEM.
Rebuild them taller and bigger. They should be the tallest, grandest structure American engineering can conceive of. Built by Americans of all nationalities, races, and religions. Built out of American Steel, American glass, and American sweat. Put at their apex a beacon that can be seen seemingly forever. A beacon of Defiance that all Americans can point to when their resolve seems to wane with the weight of time. Rebuild it as a reminder to those who will guard Democracy after our generation has “shuffled off this mortal coil”. A monument that screams out to each of us that what we have here is greater than the cost of a couple of skyscrapers, and cannot be stopped by the killing of innocent people.
Rebuild them so these future guardians of democracy will always know that the sacrifice those souls made was just another in a long line of payments made by the generations preceding them for our freedom. Rebuild them to remind them as they grow that they too, may have to pay to keep this country free.
Rebuild them to show our faceless enemy that we will not stop, we will not grow weary, we will not be deterred, we will not cease to hunt them until the very thought of terrorist ideology is unthinkable by even the most radical sect of any religion or country. I suggest a name that reminds us not of the many dead, nor of the terrible act that occurred there. Instead I believe it should reflect the effect it has had on our nation. The effect of unifying the nation instead of dividing it. Of new religious dialog, understanding, and tolerance. Of our deep and unmovable love for the special gift given to us over 200 years ago by the founders of this republic. Call them “The Defiance Towers” or “Unity Plaza”.
Call it anything you wish, but out of defiance, out of respect for the dead, and for the love of God and Country, build it.
I miss those towers, they should rebuild them again.No Freedom tower!
As a firefighter/ems worker,and close friend to person who lost a family member,(firefighter Regan R3),And one who witness the horror of that day. Its the only way to truly honor those who lost their lifes on that day show the try meaning of America
Rbuild the towers-taller. We must not yeild to the weak among us,or our enemies here and abroad. The greatest city in the free world neesds the greatest towers in the free world. A symbol of our resolve to honor all of those who have sacrificed.
Please…….. it is my dream to see the towers rise again after all that has taken place. I watched them go up starting in 68 and I feel that NY will never be Ny without the original skyline. Build th Freedom tower on another site.
thanks chris
I don’t know if I had already signed, but I’m so supportive of this effort I’m signing this again. The twin towers were an American symbol and it’s reconstruction will truly be a slap in the face of those cowardly terrorists.
We need to show people that no matter what you do we will rebuild.
The best way to honor the Americans who lost their life and their love ones is to build the towers mightier and stronger than they were the on 9/10/01….
I have thought from day 1 that the towers should be rebuilt identical but stronger, thats the only way to restore the skyline and pride to what it once was.
I like Donald Trump’s idea of building them exactly as they were PLUS ONE STORY. Nothing can send a better message to all involved on 9/11 than us rebuilding the towers and our skyline and ADDING one floor.
I’m sure the ‘Freedom Tower’ would look nice when built, but build it somewhere else. The towers need to be rebuilt as they were, or only slightly taller.
I saw them when they were being built the 1st time. I saw them after they were destroyed. I want to see them bulit again, because in America WE DO NOT GIVE UP!!!
The most awesome buildings in the world need to rise again. The terrorists can not take the towers from us. I am a SSGT in the U.S. Marines serving in Iraq on my second tour. Most of us over here would love to see the towers rise again!!!!!
I agree to rebuild the towers. They were not just “buildings” but American Icons that should not only withstand time but should be rebuilt with the mindset of thumbing our noses at the terrorists who cost many innocent Americans their lives.
Nothing can be more sacred than the lives of the people. No one has the right to take that away from us ! Let Freedom Ring, Rebuild the Towers the way they were, but stronger than before !
We must not let the terrorists win. Put back the Twin Towers!!
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS.Restore the greatness of the NewYorkskyline.Don’t replace an icon of such magnitude with just a hollow piece of art.rebuild with the notion that this would simbolize america’s ablility to overcome any obstacle in a tough tim
I just want to give all the support and love to all the familie’s out there who have lost their loved ones
in the tragedy of 9/11.my prayers are with you all.god bless.
Connecticut should be listed with NY and NJ. The towers could be seen from our beaches.
I was raised in nj…grew up viewing the majesty of new york city from the top of the towers most weekends or the skyline from the cliffs. No longer a majestic site for us to gaze…the void just brings back the sadnesss of that horrific day…
build two – towers – bigger and better!!!!
Hello I am an ex New Yorker living in Jacksonville florida I watched the twin towers rise into the sky from my bedroom window in Brooklyn I left NY 2 days before the attack I think it would kill the terrorists to watch the towers rise again letsdo it
The original towers should be rebuilt stronger and even taller than before.
Cowards would not replace destroyed property with identical buildings. No real American is a coward. See, they who more than self their country loved, ran INTO the burning buildings. Will New Yorkers now run away from the towers?
Why re-invent the wheel? No other buildings in this world would have withstood the impacts of the planes, let alone stand for 45 minutes while the burned. The design saved way more lives than they took. And we can improve upon the original designs.
i would like to see the towers rebuilt!
Raising the Twin Towers would be like saying to those terrorists “We Will Not Be Defeated and We will Not Live in Fear”.
The twin towers were built to be as economical, leaseable and awe-inspiring as possible. They succeeded. The notion of replacing them with anything less is an absolute insult to all of us and to the towers themselves. Let’s rebuild them!
REBUILD!!!
Rebuild them as they were but a stronger interior, and one story taller
Thanks
Brian
most definity REBUILD PERIOD
EXACTLY LIKE THEY WERE BEFORE ONLY STRONGER AND HIGHER NA! NA!
Until we Americans stop the current undemocratic rebuilding process sponsored by governor Pataki, and listen to the voice of the people by rebuilding the Twin Towers, we will never triumph over those killers who long to destroy our democratic ways.
REBUILD!! The only option.
Born in N.Y. and raised on L.I.Living in Fl since ’79. My Dad helped build the twin towers. Been to the top of the Trade Ctr. many times. Others should have the opportunity to see the breathtaking view. N.Y is not the same without them.
Rebuild the Towers!
The WTC was a symbol of American optimism. That symbol of optimism needs to be reforged. Regardless of their appearance, the stature of them towers that rise should represent the best of American imagination, technology, determination, and commerce.
They rebuilt Europe and Japan after WW2..why can’t we rebuild the Twin Towers taller and stronger?Why not two 150 storey memorials to all who perished?
Rebuld NOW, stop wasting time.
Rebuild,Rebuild,Rebuild….
Anything else is a victory for them……
REBUILD!
Rebuild them to look like the original WTC; but better, taller – a more fitting response and memorial. God bless America.
It makes me sick that it has taken this long to rebuild the towers. Rebuild the towers the same. What greater monument to those that died there.
Please DO NOT let those terrorists win – we need to mend our country as well as our hearts!
Susan Hartman
Having been born in NYC though in Ca now, the towers stood for too much to not be rebuilt!
my soulmate, the man i knew i would marry some day was killed in iraq serving our country after 4 of his close friends were killed in the towers. his name was dimitri gavriel, and his sister forwarded this mail to me. he was a securities analyst on wall street–a genius–and joined the marines to contribute something in honor of those he held so dearly. his death left ALL of those that knew him with a hole in their heart as big as the towers have left. please, do whatever you can to fill that void, to honor our country and the freedom that dimmy fought and died for.
i signed it, and good luck to you and your cause. i hope it works.
It’s about time that we as a nation stood up and let the world, friend or foe know we will not apologize to people who hate our country and way of life and religion. This is the best way to remember our fallen citizens, they deserve this!
Build Them
Honor those who have fallen..Rebuild
please rebuild the towers
WE NEED TO REBUILD OUR TOWERS BACK!!!
The skyline seems incomplete without the towers. If for whatever reason they are not rebuilt, the towers and all the people that died during 9/11 will be forever etched in history and in the hearts of the American people.
It’s a no brainer. We must treat this as a national landmark and rebuild them. It is the best non-violent way to stick it to the terrorists.
To best honor and remember the victims and heros of 911, The Twin Towers must be rebuilt as they once were. The NY City skyline is bare without them and America deserves to have them back. The Twin Towers were an important symbol of America.
Be smart and rebuild the Towers for all Americans, especially those who lost loved ones.
This should have been the idea from day one. There never should have been a contest or competition, there should have been a rebuildinig of new and better towers – but looking like the SAME towers!
Show some spine—build the WTC back, only stronger than before! Restore the NYC skyline to its former glory.
Build the towers to the same dimensions, fix the problems and add hidden smart anti aircraft batteries.
Former New Yorker that would love to see the Twin Towers rebuilt to honor those lost in the tragedy.
To raise the skyline to it’s former glory and raise the spirit of New York and America.
Nothing else will do! I lived under the Twin Towers shadows for 10 years and even thousands of miles away now – nothing else will do. Esp their newest idea.
I think this is a great idea! DO NOT LET “THEM” WIN! Let’s re-build!!
Fear is one of the biggest weapons radical extremists used to topple these monuments and symbols of our great country. Fear will also keep them from being rebuilt. Fear not, rebuild. Let the legs of the towers stand in place of all of those we lost.
If you build them…
I BELIEVE IF WE DON`T REBUILD THEM AS THEY WERE OR EVEN BIGGER NOW. THE TERROROISTS HAVE WON THAT BATTLE. IT WOULD BE A GREAT SLAP IN THEIR FACES IF WE REBUILD BIGGER AN BETTER BUT LOOK THE SAME.
Build the towers but build them taller! That’s what we want to see. No one wants to see some art deco variation…this is NY…we need our twin towers back!
Delray Beach, FL
As long as it is respectful tot he memorial which stands, I am all for it.
God Bless America
I am so glad to have found multitudes of others who feel as I do about the Twin Towers. Although not a New Yorker, they were just as much a part of me as those of you who are fortunate enough to call yourselves native New Yorkers.
If it were up to me, I’d rebuild the towers at least 1 floor taller than they were when those scumbags knocked them down. Call the towers Mecca & Medina, & let it be known that if they fall again, so will the Muslim holy cities sharing their names.
If we DON’T rebuild the Twin Towers, we empower every terrorist who ever thought ill of the United States or any American. As the old saying went, “DON’T TREAD ON ME!” Remember, you’re only beaten if you stay down, so…RISE UP, TOWERS!
We need everyone’s support to rebuild the Towers as they once were. Everytime I look over from the Jersey Turnpike I know something is missing, the two sisters.
Maryann S.
Rebuild and I’ll come back!
Utilizing technological advances in building safety (as seen in the “Freedom Tower”), we are capable of creating new Twin Towers in a post-9/11 world, similar enough to retain their significance, but different enough to show the capacity to move on.
We need to get off our collective duff and rebuild these beatiful towers. Anything less is just a continuation of our defeat at the hands of our enemies on 9/11/01.
Doing anything besides rebuilding two towers that are at least as big as the originals is absolutely ridiculous.
We must not let these people intim1date us. put those towers back as they were on 9/10 tall and strong.
I hope that the twin towers get rebuilt. Upgrade the construction, make them stronger. Don’t give up!
Just a few pragmatic and logical words: the twin towers have to come back, America owes that to the world, putting anything else instead of it, it is an outrage and a huge disrespect toward the world and human rights, it’s like the 3 thousand lives were lost in vain, and the fear prevailed after all.
Just do it already!
I strongly support the rebuilding of the Twin Towers, in particular according to the Trump plan. We need to show the world that we will not be intimidated, which is what building the single, so-called Freedom Tower conveys!
Michael Horn
If we don’t rebuild them, then the terrorists win.
We should show the world that we have the means and the ability to overcome this terrible event . . . rebuild them exactly as they appeared . . only structurally stronger . . and declare victory in the war against terrorism.
Please we need TWIN TOWERS to replace what was stolen from us. Not identical to the priginals, but similar to give us a reminder that we can overcome anything
Rebuild them as they were
Why not? The Pentagon was rebuilt and so would have the Capital had it been hit because they are important symbols. The towers were also a great symbol. Rebuilding the towers would completely deflate the ego of the terrorist movement.
Build the towers again……Fu_K the terrorists
Build the towers back one story taller than before.
I live in the midwest now but I will always be a New Yorker. (Yea! Queens!) Bring the twin towers back stronger than before. If they can make buildings earthquake-proof, they can make them terrorist-proof. Rebuild them and make it snappy, dammit!
If we didn’t want the Twin Towers, we would have knocked them down ourselves. Re-build. And set an example.
***DON’T*** simply rebuild the Twin
Towers; build THREE this time to replace the smaller buildings as well!
Never forget.
I think the towers should be rebuilt if nothing more than to complete the new york skyline how it was before that dreadful day.
Put the towers back and make them bigger!
Yes, please rebuild them. To not rebuild them or to build lower structures is merely a way of giving in to the terrorists.
Build them stronger, make them 111 floors each, but make them appear the same.
As a native NYker who lives in Colorado, I say rebuild. The NY skyline has always been seen as one of the most recognized in the world. We need to say to those pathetic terrorists that we will continue to get up after being knocked down. NY has always taken the hits and has proven time after time that we always get up. That being said, rebuild and pay respect to those who lost their lives on that day. Put those buildings back and make the skyline whole again. The entire country would cheer
I love my country the USA
Please give us back our Twin Towers bigger and better.
PLEASE REBUILD OUR TOWERS
OUR PRIDE
Thank You
I was living in NYC on 9/11. I would definitely prefer to see the towers rebuilt, rather than the tepid, committee-driven compromizes that have been the norm so far. We should have the courage of our convictions, and realize that the only way to truly make any sense at all out of all this is to rebuild the World Trade Center, just the way it was. What could more demonstrate that we were not cowed?
Rebuild those Twin Towers!!! To do anything else is unthinkable. Lets not forget we are AMERICANS!!!!
We love to rebuild stuff!!!
Greg B. Shannon
The Twin Towers were the best, let them be the best again.
We NEED our towers back! We can’t let let other people think they can permanently change ANY PART of our country against our will,PERIOD!!!
Don’t let the terrorists win. Rebuild like we did in Washington to show them nothing can stop us.
Where is campaign at right now?
REBUILD!
Put the Twin Towers back! Just like they were…except one foot taller…Columbus, GA
Please do my family and my new born baby justice. Build the Towers back for the future generations to be inspired and awestruck at their grandeur.
Let’s get the towers backup, taller prouder and stronger. No terrorist should dictate to us how when or where we construct our buildings. This can still be sacred ground with a greater testimony to AMERICA.
The Twin Towers should return to the New York skyline for two reasons: to send the message that Americans will not be changed or intimidated by a handful of pathetic terrorists; and because we want our towers back. We can do it, we should do it.
It is the most sound idea and the best use of the space. It is quite simple.
GO!
Bigger and Better
Aside from modern day improvements,
the Twin Towers should be rebuilt exactly as they once stood.
Build them the way they were, only one story taller.
Re-build them.
Build the Twin Towers stronger and higher and in the same spot they once stood. Do not allow anyone because of their idiotic beliefs to alter the way our cities look. We are who we are. A memorial should be built within the complex.
The Twin Towers must be raised to show the terrorists that they have not won. The Twin Towers were a “flagship” to cooperation in world trade and peace.
Good Luck! The Towers need to be rebuilt if only to show the world that Americans still have the resolve to live free!
I am honored to add my name. DO THE RIGHT THIND, BUILD THOSE TOWERS.
Towers must be rebuild again! We have to proof the Terrorist we have courage and that we do not care about them…we need to rebuild and also pray for the unfortunate people that die that day!
I lost my friend Gabby (106th floor). Rebuilding the towers so we can honor those innocent lives lost on 9/11, but also to help those of us that are still here still living with the memory of it all, still living with the loss. Rebuild the towers.
PUT EM BACK!!!
REBUILD! Make the twin towers better than they were originally!Show the world that the citizeens of NYC and the rest of the country can come back from anything!
As native New Yorker, who is now in DC I wants to see the WTC re-errected. Any other building orediface represents a win for OBL and his members. Everytime there is a skyline shot of NYC without the WTC they win. Good luck
i have always believed (even before any of the ‘conspiracy theories’ began) that we/americans should replace what was taken from us. not only an american icon, but strenght it sybolizes.
we can replace them and show the world that ‘you can knock us down, but we will get up’.
with these towers being replaced using new and better technicology, a new courage and faith will be restored.
God Bless America!
Worked and lived in Lower Manhattan in 1989 and would like to see the towers restored using a similar design only taller.
Do not go gently into that good night/
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
-Dylan Thomas
I add my support to this petition
if the white house was attacked they wouldnt put up some stupid freedom house !!!!!!!!!!!!
Build em back, bigger!!!
What better way to demonstrate our resolve in the face of terror than to rebuild?
Nothing would show or strength more than to rebuild hem as they were.
Jacksonville, Florida
I currently live mere blocks from the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. The Pentagon has been rebuilt ahead of schedule and stronger than before. Now the neighborhood is thriving. New York, you can do it too!
For almost 3 decades they marked the Manhattan skyline. having them gone doesn’t ruin the overwhelming view Manhattan has and the excitment of visiting it, but I really, really wishes they would have stayed there unharmed, so let’s try and make perfect replicas of them.
We very seldom do great things as a nation any longer. Let us stand together and rebuild these towers.
Yes! This is absolutely the right thing to do!
Don’t let the fanatics win! REBUILD!
Build our towers back! We’ve rebuilt everything else that was damaged during these cowardly attacks except for the 2 most symbolic buildings in the world! We want them back, not that lousy, french looking, spire…most of it being a useless antenna!
Give us our towers back, not a spire!
Where are our towers!? We want them back!
If the towers aren’t rebuild bigger and better than before, the terrorists won.
Honor those that were killed and rebuild the towers the way that they were!
I would like to see a modernized version of the towers rebuilt. They should retain the clean rectangular look, with new refinements.
The people who died at ground zero died working hard at the pinnacle of capitalism and success. We need to honor them by continuing their work.
Let us not give in to sentimentality. Build 2 modern towers in the footprints of the old.
Of course the WTC towers should be rebuilt exactly as they were. Anthing less, anything else, is a victory for our enemy. Why should the NY skyline be left altered by our enemies actions? Every WTC worker who died that day would want their memory homored by replacing those buildings as they were when they worked their. NY and the U.S. should not just accept their demise.
I was a resident of TriBeCa at the time the towers came down and always had the opinion that the only and best thing to do is to rebuild to original height if not even higher to top it off! Let’s show what we are made of!
funny, how it was so late after this happened that we never heard there was a chance for anyone to send in designs for structures to be built until it was already decided. Maybe someone more creative could have come up with a better design than the freedom tower.
This country needs to show some backbone and start standing up to these terrorist thugs. One clear message would be the rebuilding of the towers just the way they were.
Let’s rebuild the towers! As they were, or even better/taller.
Rebuild and quit giving the terrorists’ supporters a memorial.
Please rebuild how they were……….Grew up in NJ and don’t want to see us give in……return our skyline the way it should be!!!
Perhaps America’s greatest strength is its endurance.
I say rebuild them for the people of the USA as well as all that were lost.
My Uncle worked on both towers and I had cousins working there when the planes hit. Lucky they lived. Please preserve these wonderful monuments of America and do not let the radical muslims win.
GOD BLESS AMERICA.
It would really be nice to see the towers soaring above the NYC skyline again. As a former NY native of upstate NY I can’t see NYC without the towers. The towers were there most of my life and the NYC skyline looks like it’s missing something.
Build them bigger and taller than the originals!
If we don’t build the twin towers to the height or even higher than they were before then the terriorist have won and I be darn if I’m a loser. God Bless AMERICA.
As a flight Attendant our industry was severely effected and to this day still is. Passengers may have returned but our jobs will never be the same. I would love to see the towers rebuilt and I know several of my coworkers would too. Could you please add the category of Airline Employees or Aviation.
I grew up in Williamsburg Brooklyn and can remember seeing the Twin Towers from every block I walked or drove my car down.
When I went home I stared at them through my bedroom window before I fell asleep.
Those were the days.
I know in my heart the people that still live in Brooklyn would rather look at a big blank space the sky fills, than anything other than the newly re-built TWIN TOWERS.
I hope that the Twin towers and complex get rebuilt at least the way it was before. Great work!!!
Rebuilding the towers to be as they were before, even if constructed better, would really show the true spirit of the USA.
They can destroy and we can create. The true difference between the culture of opression and Freedom.
Lets not show those who would try to defeat us, that they can be successful. Anything other than new twin towers would be a tribute to their “success”. Lets not show that they have succeeded at anything!!!! God Bless America!!!
Build the twin towers again, bigger and stronger. That pitiful Freedom Tower might as well be a flag of surrender to the filthy, rabid DOGS that brought them down. New York will never be the same until they are standing proud again next to each other. Hand it over to Trump. He’ll git-R-done.
They need to be rebuilt one story higher to show the terrorists we are Americans and to not mess with us!
This would boost the strength of our country, and the strength of New York. God Bless America! God help New York. Rebuild the towers!
The Freedom Tower is a disgrace. This is what should have been built the entire time.
BUILD THEM BACK 120 STORIES. DO NOT LET TERRORIST’S WIN NOTHING!!!
FREEDOM TOWER IS A DISGRACE TO THIS COUNTRY. REBUILD THE TOWERS BACK TALLER, STRONGER. NEW YORK IS NOT THE SAME WITHOUT THEM! DON’T LET THOSE BASTARDS WIN!!!
Please proceed with the rebuilding of the majestic twin towers as they once were.
If you’re not part of the solution, You’re part of the problem!
From the ashes of the former towers, greater towers should replace.
Greater towers should replace the ashes of the former towers. This could give credence to the fact that the American dream is alive and well.
It is obscene that more than four years have passed, and the wreckage of these monsters remains uncorrected. This can only be seen as a victory for their cause.
I lived in NYC at the time of the Sept. 11 attacks and for over three years afterward. I would like nothing more than to see the towers rise again, in defiance of our enemies and in pride for America.
We must rebuild the Twin Towers. Not replace it with the lame looking Freedom Tower.
i’m very happy to see that some one is doing the right thing! I allways wanted the Towers to be rebuilted. But now i have a new hope to see them again. God bless America!!!
I feel the Twin Towers need to be rebuilt, for both esthetic and spiritual reasons.
Whenever America is faced with adversity, we rise up and conquer it. Let’s rebuild the Towers to be bigger and better than before!!
Rebuild, yes, as a memorial to the victims who died there, and as a stab to the heart of those who rejoiced in this evil.
But rebuild the same? We must look back, but we should also look forward. The new towers should be awe-inspiring.
I was born in NYC and live now in Virginia. When I made a trip to NYC in November 2005 I refused to peer into that pit in the ground…I will not visit that site until the towers (or something better)are put back! I will not pay homage to carnage!
Rebuild the Towers as they were! Anything less is national surrender.
Rebuild the Towers taller and more beautiful. Anything less would be disgraceful.
Not rebuilding is a surrender to the terroists. What better way to show the American spirit than to rebuild the Twin Towers at least a few floors taller than it was before.
Put the towers back, one story higher!!!!
Rebuild the towers.
There would be only ONE reason to not rebuild it as it was, and that would be to build it bigger and better!
What has been proposed so far is a travesty.
Rebuild!
It’s imperative that The Towers be rebuild as they were, not only as a tribute to those that perished but, as a symbol that We as Americans will NOT be swayed in our resolve to prevail and replace, if we have the power to do so, the things that are part of our national fabric and pride. The World Trade Center Twin Towers was such a ‘thing’. Don’t let the terrorists succeed…place the Towers as they were…
Please replace the towers that were destroyed with the same towers that both people in the city and the entire country deserve!
The Twin Towers have always symbolized NY and the great American spirit. To look into the NY sky and not see the beautiful towers anymore hurts. Americans have always been proud of accomplishing what seems to be impossible and in a grand manner. Our Twin Towers were exactly that. It’s time to rebuild the new grander Twin Towers in memory of the originals.
I only wish we could build THREE and show that America comes back stronger.
We rebuilt the Pentagon , now lets rebuild the Twin Towers.
This is imperative!
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE REBUILD THE TOWERS!
If we build something smaller or shorter, it will be an admission of guilt for building the original towers. We are not guilty! In no respect did we deserve to be “knocked down a peg.” The guilt lies with the Islamic aggressors. Take THEM down.
Build the Twin Towers. Build them taller! Build them NOW!
Rebuild it as it was only higher.
I will never forget you. We shouldn’t have let politics get in the way of what should have been started 4 years ago, rebuilding the towers. We owe it to the innocent people who had their lives taken and to send a message to the Killers that we will over come
Build it higher.
It’s a travesty that the WTC is not being rebuilt higher in honor of those who died in this atrocity and as a message to the enemies of civilization that we won’t submit or weaken but will come back stronger.
Thank God for all of the Americans
They are icons of the US. We need the towers back. America needs them back. We need something there that is taller and better than before.
This should have been done immediately after 911 to show our defiance. Although late, it should still be done. Pue ’em back the way they were.
The twin towers should indeed be rebuild – just as before, or taller. No other option will both reassure and inspire our allies, and make our resolve clear to our enemies.
Make them the tallest (occupied floors) buildings in the world
“It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence.” -Ghandi
Nothing less than building new Twin Towers will do.
The twin towers were bold. Now after being attacked, we’re going to shrink back? Shrinking back after an attack is one way to invite more attacks.
Bigger! Bolder! Higher! That’s not a target; that’s deterrence.
–Len Pundt
Philadelphia
(one-time New Yorker)
Let’s roll!
Please rebuild our Towers!
The towers were the symbol of New York. Don’t let it fade into oblivion.
The Freedom Tower should be re-named the Surrender Tower. It is a disgrace to our Military Personal who are putting their lives on the line to defend our way of life and our right to have our skyline look the way WE want it to.
The World Trade Center was a very special place for me. I came to New York City with a dream and ambition.
I was exhausted after 4 days without any food and very little water.
I came to rest at a place where I could identify.
The World Trade Center 9-10-01.
Nothing less than new Twin Towers will suffice !!
It has been four and a half years since that terrible day, and I still feel the same way … please rebuild the Twin Towers.
But with the rebuild, better evacuation design should be in place. Please read 102 Minutes.
The best way to honor those we lost is to rebuild The Towers — taller and better…
Put it back up for the whole world to see!!!!
rebuild them one foot taller.
We Americans can all stand straight and tall by having these buildings stand straight and tall–not some wimpy, twisted caricature of a building.
Walt Bussey
Rebuild the twin towers just as they were before!
Rebuilding the Twin Towers will announce to the world that we stand tall and proud for the principles of individual rights and capitalism.
Every time bad guys destroy something, we rebuild it. This should be no exception.
1) Must rebuild the Twin Towers
2) To remind ourselves, and to remind the entire world that American will always stand tall against all terrorists
3) Deny terrorists any chance to claim to world history that “Terrorists have forever ‘disfigured’ America!”, if anything-else-but-Twin-Towers is built here
Damn straight. We must surpass the enemy’s determination, and visibly demonstrate that we do.
We need healing, not amputation.
Re-build it! The current design is just terrible.
The new buildings should be a proud testament to what America stands for: freedom of the mind and the pursuit of happiness, not submission to the terror that our enemies are trying to inspire in us. The twin towers represented the best of America.
Build them higher. Assert our right to superiority to the destroyers.
This is a GREAT idea.
EXCELSIOR!!!
Every time I visit NY, I miss the twin towers ! Rebuild!
I was born and raised in New York City.
lets roll
Rebuild ’em. The 1776 foot mausoleum they’re planning now makes it seems as though we’re supposed to feel sorry for ourselves in the foreseeable future. I would love to one day goto ground zero and see the memorial dedicated to the first Twin Towers.
This has my whole hearted support and agreement.
Rebuild the World Trade Center. Spare us all the mawkish memorializing. Just rebuild the towers, make them as safe as possible, add a tasteful, discreet, respectful, unsentimental memorial, and let’s move on. Rebuilding is the best memorial.
Ever since 9/11, I have always believed that the WTC should be rebuilt exactly the same. Had the White House or US Capitol been hit, they would have been rebuilt–as the White House was after the War 0f 1812. Rebuild it!
get it done
Great Idea
Bring back the twin towers. Send the message to Osama that the days of Islamic terror are numbered
Rebuild the Towers even taller!
That there is still a hole in the ground at ground zero is shameful. What is planned to fill it is not much better. The twin towers should rise again.
Born and raised in NYC, now live in SF.. Those buildings were an icon…REBUILD as they were…
The day the Towers fell,all I wished is that I could have been up there to help.I am now in school to be a paramedic.The attacks inspired me to do so.If we don’t rebuild the towers,we are just giving in to the Terrorists’ dreams.*GOD*BLESS*AMERICA*
The twin towers should definitely be rebuilt, as long as it’s by a private company and not the government.
We get knocked down, but we get up again, you’re never going to keep us down…
Either rebuild the original towers with added safety features, or build the “flipping off those bastards” design.
I was at the unveiling of the current proposed replacement tower, and the entire room was underwhelmed. Everyone wants the towers back. Bring them back.
We should never let terrorists acts
forever change the landscapes of Our Beautiful United States of
America!
MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA ALWAYS!
David Graves + IHS
Finally! I’m glad this petition has been created because I’ve felt all along that rebuilding the towers is the right thing to do. Apparently some other people do too!
I want the government to rebuild the twin towers.
NYC will not be the same until those towers are back up. Don’t let the terrorist win!
Nothing would send a stronger message of resiliance toward terrorists, and, more importantly, Americans. We should stand up, show our courage, and rebuild the twin towers.
By not rebuilding the towers, we are showing them that they accomplished their goal. They set out to destroy a prominent landmark, standing for freedom and free enterprise in America. The towers came down but we have the power to rebuild them and send the message that we are not afraid and that we are still strong.
show them they can never bring us down to uor knees, build the twin towers as they were
I am a former New Yorker who sorely misses those magnificent two buildings.
For us to raise a substitute building, no matter what explanation given, it would be a tacit sign that we have been defeated by an enemy of freedom and of our country.
I join with others who see in this attempt at an ersatz replacement and unfitting appropriation of land for a monstorous memo0rial to be a folly and a sellout of our forefathers.
We must rebuild, there is no choice. We should not forget and I will not forget!!
You bet!!
I never liked them until those bastards destroyed them. Now I want them back and the bastards destroyed.
They hit the pentagon. It wasn’t replaced with a garden.
If they’d hit the statue of Liberty, what would we have replaced it with? You know the answer!
Rebuild the towers! God Bless America!
Exactly as before, (except with a few internal modifications to avert things like jet fuel spilling into the elevators shafts). What better way to piss off those that would seek to deface the landscape of America
The collapse caused my son, at sophomore in HS at the time, to cry in front of peers. That tells me that he recognized the devastation in spite of his somewhat protected childhood. To rebuild the towers taller than before, with an appropriate memorial to the brave EMS folks, and the poor victims who were in the wrong place at the wrong time, would be spit in the eye of the fanatics who did this. We are at war with fanatics, and we cannot cave in to them.
I fully agree: we must rebuild the twins, at least as tall as before. I’m a building inspector and enforcement officer and would dearly love to help show the terrorists that they have failed and will fail, forever. Born in Manhattan I spent time in The Towers in the past and, although I now live in Oregon, my daughter was in her office in the WFC on 9/11. I am profoundly grateful that she survived and my heart goes out to those whose loved ones did not. Let us rebuild in their honor.
Yes! This is exactly what is needed!
We can rebuild it better and stronger than before. Give NYC and the USA its Twin Towers back! Anything less is a victory for the scum that did this to us. Semper Fidelis! Rob Holden
I am a native New Yorker now living in Va. Everytime I visit family I take the Verrazano Bridge and tell my daughter (age 7) that there used to be two big buildings over there on that island. Shes asks — who took them away and when are they going to be put back?
If America is to prove its resilliance in the face of militant Islam’s onslaught, it must rebuild the towers as on operating commercial center. We should do this to prove that freedom and trade are superior to mysticism and death threats.
This is a good idea as long as it is privately funded and not paid for by the government. Oh…and it would be great if they were even bigger than before.
Fall down seven times, get up eight. It is important that we show the world that we have the spirit of winners. If terrorists destroy, we will rebuild out of courage, not memorialize out of fear.
Just look at them. The towers stood as a solid symbol instantly recognizable and identified with NYC and the USA. The freedom tower pales in comparison. It’s no way to show a triumph over terrorism.
Don’t let the terrorists win….REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!
We cannot give into terror! Rebuilding can only send the message that freedom cannot be trampled–and that the free cannot be intimidated!
Rebuild the Towers, for the love of New York and for the sake of American courage.
The only way to truly show that we have not been defeated by terrorism is to rebuild twin towers at least as tall. It’s also the most fitting memorial to those who died – getting back to the business of trade and exchange among nations of the world.
We as Americans need to keep our true Spirit alive as a Sovereign Nation. This is our chance to show that Spirit is alive and well and strong as ever.
Americans should all be of one voice. Rebuild the towers. Make them stronger, larger to show the resolve and the power of reason in guiding a secular public under a constitutional republic whose sole purpose is to protect its citizens individual rights. This includes of course property rights. America!
Family of New Yorkers for most of our lives; moved 2003, still love NYC & visit annually. Thank you for your efforts.
Let’s roll!
Rebuild it as it was.
Why would they want to build anything else but the Twin Towers…We the people have the right idea to tell the terrorists that we will not allow them to change our City or Country. Thank You!
They should have been rebuilt immediately, but stronger. We had the chance to send a message that if you blow it up, we’ll rebuild it, and we blew it. What will we do if the Empire State Building is destroyed?
No doubt they should look the way they did before. Let those freedom haters know they can’t make us fall.
I agree; rebuilding the twin towers tells the islamofascists of the world “up yours”.
New York isn’t New York without the real World Trade Center. Freedom Tower “looks like” the North Tower…so all we need now is the South Tower. We wouldn’t have this discussion if it were the Statue of Liberty…would we?
I worked on Wall Street when the World Trade Center was being built. I’m a native New Yorker living in RI. I would like to see a monument built to show our pride.
Yes, build it taller than before, and dedicate the 93rd floor to the bold passengers of United Flight 93, who fought and won the first battle in the war against Islamic totalitarianism.
Each time I fly into NY, I still look for the Towers. Rebuilding the Towers, with improved efficiencies and memorials, will be a constant reminder to our citizens as well as those bend on destroying our solidarity and freedom, that we will come back better every time.
What you are doing is right, just, and good. Don’t ever quit.
It would be a monument to our determination not to be swayed by those who wish us harm.
USA
USA
Damn right build them back, just like Ann Coulter said.
Give Islam the BIRD! Let there be no apology; no dishonesty; no self blame nor self doubt implied nor expressed in any memorial! http://www.geocities.com/crusadersarmory/
REBUILD,THAT OTHER THING IS PATHETIC!
We don’t understand why it isn’t obvious to everyone that this is the right thing to do!
Show the enemies of civilization that they will not win! God Bless NYC, and God Bless America!
The Enemy Is Islam
New York and the United States needs and deserves the Twin Towers back!
I have visited New York several times since 9/11 and have gone to the site of the tragedy. The New York City skyline was symbolic to me of all this country could achieve. Replacing the twin towers with any other type or style of buildings is akin to finding a perfectly good second wife after your beloved wife has passed on. Good, but never the same. Please rebuild the towers.
I believe that building the towners once again would show our enemies that we are not afraid. That even though they tried to inflict pain and cause chaos. They infact brought our nation even closer and by building those towers again we would symbolize this. So please build the towers once again and show those cowards that even though we may get hit in the gut, we’ll rise and fight with even greater strength.
Ayn Rand was Right. Read Atlas Shrugged.
I visited N.Y. and ground zero shortly after the tragedy. My gut instinct is as the rest, of course go ahead and rebuild as they were, although, recently I have started to imagine how hopeless all of those victims in the towers must have felt as they realized their fate was at hand. whether due to their position in the towers or, they Made the ultimate leap of faith, that God would carry them home, the heighth of those buildings made it impossible to survive. I pray this is what they would want
I cannot think of a single thing that would send a better message than to rebuild to the way we were. The Towers were not built to stand as a statement, though they became one in the end. The statement of that site should not be how we were struck down, or how we taunted by making something bigger. The statement of what we do now should be that you cannot change how we live or frighten us into submission.
I truly hope that the organizers would allow the nation to have a voice in this.
Say no to the Freedom Tower.
I fully support this concept and believe that restoring what was sends the strongest message that we will not be influenced by this type of criminal activity.
The Twin Towers were the iconic signature of New York City- especially for those who live outside NYC. The best way for the city (and the nation) to gain any sort of closure is to rebuild the towers stronger, taller, and safer.
It’s the best option for everyone. Rebuild the towers to be safer and stronger–bringing back a lot of businesses and jobs, and create some sort of memorial or museum for everyone close by the site of the two towers.
I could not believe that they are going to build something other then the Twin Towers. I am outraged by this plan of the Freedom Tower. Freedom, I thought that the plans would be voted by the people in a truly democrate manner.
I watched a Showtime program by Ben & Tiller’s BS last night on Ground Zero. A real eye opener. As always, those who are in charge always seem to nothing what the people want and at the same time get paid for doing nothing at all.
Absolutely, rebuild the towers.
Make the towers rise
let our spirits roar
Make the proud man rise
let the eagle soar.
God bless America
KERMIT SIMON, THE TWIN TOWERS TURKEY SUPPORTS REBUILDING THE TWIN TOWERS!!! P.O. BOX 6067 WYOMISSING, PA. 19610
We don’t let terrorists do our urban planning for us. The twin towers were meant to stand forever and they should be rebuilt.
absolutly, anything less would be giving in
God Bless America, and Damn the Islamofascists! Bring Back the Twin Towers!
rebuilding these magnificent structures would be just like america standing tall again, just as before.
Rebuild the Towers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rebuild the WTC as tall if not taller, without all the weepy, self-pitying embellishments. Rebuild from pride, not sorrow. Did the U.S. go into permanent shock when it was attacked at Pearl Harbor? No, it planned to strike back and defeat the enemy, not go into a perpetual crying jag.
This is a good start; motivational step. But if we stop here we will continue to lose this WW3 against radical Islam and the Third World Countries that are threatening the existence of our children.
No design could be more inspiring to me than seeing the same or higher, soaring gothic towers which is an icon of Ameria. Why would we build anything else?
Yes. Rebuild the towers, but make them bigger and better. Also, those Islamic Fascists who supported the bastards who destroyed the original towers, especially Iran, must pay the full price for their treachery; their own destruction.
Put ’em back up, without delay. The Empire State Building was built in a year – is the spirit that made that possible still alive? I say yes! Let’s do 2 in 364 days!
Please rebuild the twin towers
Thanks for permitting me to vote.
Good luck.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers, a newer and technologically more advanced version, with the same appearance would send the strongest message to the World that the World citizens will not allow terriorists to destroy symbols of freedom and commerce among the various nations.
Please don’t build Bloomberg’s Folly!
Rebuild the twin towers several feet taller than they were before!!
Rebuild the Towers!
Please rebuild the Twin Towers. Native Staten Islander.
I am glad I am not alone and that other people want the Twin Towers rebuilt, too.
I agree with rebuilding the Famous cornerstone Landmark Twin Towers.
Yes..rebuild the towers
5 years later and the greatest city in the world can’t even rebuild the gaping hole in the financial district. As a result, we constantly have to be reminded of 9/11 every time we look at downtown manhattan. To me, that is the greatest tragedy of the post 9/11 world because it’s the terorists imprint on America. Pataki has been a joke since Guliani left office and has cost the city millions of dollars paying off unions,architects, engineers, etc. for a bunch of disgraceful building designs..
Please rebuild the towers. America is not afraid.
Build them higher
Lets roll!!!! Break ground this year!
The World Trade Center were not just buildings, they represented the spirit of America. New York will not be New York with out the twin towers.
Rebuild !!!
The attack on the Twin Towers was an attack on all of America, and all of us have a stake in seing them rebuilt. I am willing for all of America to bear the cost.
Robert Trimmer, Colorado Springs, Colorado
To not rebuild the towers would show the terrorists and the rest of the world that we are afraid of them. God bless America, God Bless NYC and REBUILD!!!
By not rebuilding it we are admitting defeat!
Rebuild the towers.
Better yet, build something bigger.
I vote for FL Wright’s “Mile-High” —
same square footage as the original towers combined, even more grand.
I didn’t think rebuilding was necessary to begin with. Now I believe it makes sense.
We must rebuild. There is no other choice.
I feel that the Twin Towers should be rebuilt as they were, except with a couple very minor modifications: First, stronger, with thicker bolts on floor supports, better fireproofing, and next, with one extra floor each.(this to taunt the terrorists – ha ha screw you!!!
On one tower, a Memorial to those who died-the best place for it! Can one imagine the impact of looking out those windows at the other tower a short distance away, and the distance to the ground? On the top of the other one a dis
Rebuild for America!!!
I think that rebuilding the twin towers in all their glory would be the best option for the WTC site. I’m in NYC at least once every year for business and always remember the twin towers standing proudly in the New York City skyline. To rebuild the towers is to stand up against terrorism and the terrorists that took those buildings down and took with them the lives of our loved ones. The freedom tower plan is ridiculous. I hope that our efforts to rebuild the towers will be successful.
Rebuild the twin towers!
At first I figured, don’t rebuild them if you don’t need the office space. But I’ve come to see that sometimes, symbols matter. If we wanted to take down the towers, I wouldn’t care. But we can’t let THEM get away with it.
I have felt since day one that the towers should be rebuilt as they were.
It should be noted that anything less than rebuilding the towers and including footprint memorials should be considered a total terrorist victory.
REBUILD, REBUILD, REBUILD!
The “Freedom Tower” will be 1776 feet tall. Wow! What a message that will send to the terrorists! And the very name “Freedome Tower” as well. Bullcrap. Terrorists don’t care, and the “message” will be lost on them.
The one thing that will send them a message will be a few years after 9/11 the Twin Towers are back up again EXTACTLY AS THEY STOOD BEFORE. Now that’s a “message.”
My wife is a native New Yorker. We watched them fall on CNN. No words can discribe the horror on her face. The pain that I could see. If we don’t rebuild them as they were, the terrorist win. We can’t allow that to happen.
Please rebuild them, stronger and taller, as we americans should also stand against these terrorists, stronger and taller.
Thank you
If the USA’s sometimes lumbering Federal Government can do the absolutely correct thing with the Pentagon, with the first rebuilt part being occupied in less than ONE YEAR, and with the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania, there is no reason at all why New York’s state and city leaders can’t do likewise with the World Trade Center. The time has long since passed for them to get off of their egos and do that right thing. PUT THE TOWERS BACK! NYC, NYS, the USA and the World all need
Yes, rebuild the towers. That will be the best memorial.
Californian whose Uncle was in Trade Tower 7. He survived, and I would really like to see the towers up again. I got to see them once, as a little kid. Good luck guys, you’re doing the right thing.
let the twin towers rise again like the phoenix and shine over our beloved nyc.
9/11 was a horrible day. I am an AMERICAN from FL. I believe that Building a sad ass looking building like the Freedom tower and museum shows that we have been defeated. I am a proud American and would love nothing more than to see those buildings stand again, but one floor higher… I think that idea is great, showing that not only did we bounce back, but we returned higher than before… Rebuild those towers!!!!… Why is it so difficult for people to understand that thats what we want!!!!…
Business as usual…
Rebuild our twins..
Rebuild NY…
Never forget..
I miss them even today. The city will look empty without them.
It’s time to rebuild our American pyramids, to last for generations. Taller, stronger, safer, better. A tragic turn in our nation’s history needs to be corrected. Rebuild the mighty Twin Towers!
Rebulid the towers as it was, to do anything else would only be letting them win.
I am so angry that the twin towers are not already being rebuilt I don’t know what to do. The half way effort that is being made is unacceptable. Let’s show the world what we can do and build the two most magnificent building ever seen.
I think the towers should be rebuilt. I remember when they were being constructed and how much I loved the buildings when they were completed.
For America’s Future Generations. Death to ISLAMIC Radical Terrorists The World Over !!!! NOW !!! Their Job is to meet their 72 Virgins, Our Job Is To Make The Introduction Happen !!!!
Paraphrasing Jonah Goldberg, build it twice as high and put a gun turret on top.
REBUILD THE BEAUTIFUL TOWERS. NEW YORK IS NOT NEW YORK WITHOUT THEM!!!!
We must not be appeasers on this issue. Rebuild the twin towers with pride and make a statement to the world that we will not go quietly into the night.
I would like to see the Twin Towers restored, bigger and better!
The towers must be rebuilt. Update the architecture and make them taller if you want but not one inch smaller in any dimension.
Chicagoan here, If the freedom tower is built, they show the terrorists we can be defeated. We should rebuild the Twin towers a few floors taller, improve the design, and put up a memorial for the people who died at ground zero in the new buildings. Whats taking them so long, the half way effort that is being made is unacceptable, this is the world trade center we’re talking about. The NYC skyline will never be the same without them. REBUILD REBUILD!!
The absolute best memorial to the fallen heros is the rebuilding of the Twin Towers. The Twin Towers are the perfect demonstration of steadfastness.
An over-the-top different design is just a provocation for more attacks.
Taller!!
We will never give up our hopes and dreams! The towers as they were are the best way to show that to the rest of the world!
Rebuild the Towers. America cannot be defeated.
The Fraud-em Tower is not a bad name, but I would think of it more as the “Osama Bin Laden Center” or “Al Qaeda Plaza” and a monument to terrorism that exists but for his “greatness”. I have absolutely no doubt that it would truly be the world’s safest building from terrorism because its mere existence would serve as an inspiration to terrorists the world over that they too can pull off death and destruction and have a huge skyscraper built just for them.
The most resolute gesture we can make is to rebuild the beloved Twin Towers exactly as they were…with improvements regarding structure and safety systems, of course. I say, BUILD THOSE BABIES BACK TO THE SKY!!!!!
Why not put the towers back exactly like they were?
Good luck with this. I hope you outflank the NYC political engine.
This shouldn’t even be discussed. It should just have been done. The fact that we’re even discussing this is sad sign of the times we live in. In any other period of American history, they would have immediately started rebuilding them. I can only hope your efforts are successful. Good luck!
Why do we fall…so we can learn to pick ourselves up!
I check news articles often to see if and when the powers that be will come to their senses and rebuild the towers as they were and as they should be to make a statement not only for the New York skyline, but to those throughout the world who would seek to harm America in the future.
Put it back up!!!
Lets put them back the way they were!!!! God Bless the USA and our TROOPS!!!!
Build the new WTC towers similar to the old ones… with one difference… and extra floor.
Personally, I think they should be rebuilt just the way they were (using modern technology) as a matter of principle.
Please rebuild them!!
After watching the events during the morning of September 11th, in particular the fall of the Twin Towers, my immediate thought afterwards was to rebuild the towers. I know such a thought was not prudent to the families of the deceased particularly at that time, and perhaps not to some of them now, but I believe it is vital for the people of New York City and for the people of this nation to see the towers rise again… even higher than before!
It is indeed possible to not only rebuild the Twin Towers but to alos provide for a Memmorial to all who lost their lives that day. To do anything less is to submit to Terror therby further enabling Terrorists.
Everytime I see the towers in a movie and know they’re gone now, makes it so clear to me that the right thing to do is rebuild them. Anything less is a victory of the 9/11 highjackers.
Rebuild taller than before, with all floors occupied.
Please don’t settle for anything less than rebuilding an American icon!
Rebuild the Twin Towers! America won’t back down, we will get back up anytime someone tries to knock us down. We Are AMERICANS! Now give us back our towers!
God Bless Americans!
I have always loved the Twin Towers. I never got to visit them as I live in Utah. To me, New York is not New York without them. I want to see them rebuilt as they were, not the freedom tower! I want my chance to see them in person. It would also be nice to have a memorial on site. 9/11 breaks my heart. I wish we could just rewind, knowing what we know now. God bless the USA!
Build the towers to let the world know that Americans are proud of our form of government, proud of our legacy, proud of our free enterprise system, and defiant in our resolve to battle those who would defile it.
Build them again. Show we have no fear.
Bring the towers back.
I believe that either building back the Towers or building something else will work because New York City derives its power from the people, not from the buildings. I support the powerful people in that city and the surrounding areas and THEIR decision. What do they want? If it is to rebuild the Twin Towers then let’s GET IT DONE!!! (Of course I want to see those awesome Towers built back – NYC Rocks!)
Over time the towers became beautiful, and I miss them each time the city invites me to look at her skyline again. The original twin towers that were unveiled in the 1960’s went up with little public input and participation. I would hate to see the same thing happen twice.
God Bless America
UNITED WE STAND
DIVIDED WE FALL
We’ve rebuilt the Pentagon, and we would have rebuilt the Empire State Building or the Statue of Liberty, so we must rebuild the Twin Towers!
I have wanted the towers to be rebuilt from the time of the tragedy. I hope it comes to pass as a tribute to the American spirit and to the many victims of the attack.
I think it has been our history that America has never backed down from any challenge be it small or great. We owe it to our to the people who forged this great country to rebuild the towers bigger and better than before and show the world that we cannot and will not be intimidated!
We only have this one chance to rebuild it right.
Cut the red tape, get moving and rebuild. 7 wtc is completed bigger and safer and they cannot get their heads out of the sand to rebuild 1 & 2 wtc. Nobody wants a Freedom tower, people want our towers back!
Rebuilding the towers means that the terrorists failed.
By rebuilding the Twin Towers, it is like shoving a fist in the air, saying to the the rest of the world, pooh on you, you can’t beat us , or hold us down – we are invincible, we are The U.S.A. the Red, White and Blue!!!!!!
It is LONG OVERDUE to rebuild the towers. We have already shown the world just how weak and indecisive we have become. Get off your ass New York, and start building!
New York is the greatest city of the greatest country in the world. Rebuild it just the way it was and show the terrorists that we are as strong as ever.
The WTC must come back as before. Americans have to make this happen. The WTC was a world treasure. Who has not been blown away by the view from the observation deck, or Windows of the World at night. The absence of them from the skyline, to me, says…”you have won” to the terrorists.
rebuild the towers and not that ugly hollow needle
The towers should be rebuilt , no doubt about it. To let the terrorists have the final say in the destroyed NY skyline would be nothing but a second tragic event and anyone participating in the thought of constructing anything other then what once stood there has never been in the towers and understood what they represented.The Pentagon was not scrapped so why should the towers be? REBUILT TO THEIR FORMER GLORY!
Rebuild the Twin Towers. Taller, Stronger and Prouder to demonstrate that while any fool can destroy, it takes brains and guts to build. And that they might occasionally inflict pain, but that they have no hope of subduing us.
I knew one of the people who died in the 9/11 attack, and knowing Maynard as I did he would be the first in line to say rebuild the Towers to show the terrorists we can’t be beaten!
From the very begining, this nation was defined by the belief that our future, will be better than our past, that no matter what hardship we faced, no matter what heartbreak we endured, we have the character, and the strength to make tomorow better than our greatest dreams. If Two Towers should fall, we would Rebuild them, thrice.
Nothing less, will be acceptable to our national pride.
Let’s do this! The towers were one of the things that made the skyline of Manhatten truly legendary.
We must rebuild the towers! We cannot let the terrorists win.
My family from colombia, where evil is tryin to take over a democratic government. Where the president just won re-election this past sunday. he such an honest man, he doesnt pay himself, and the people urged their congress so that they can change the laws so that he could run for a 3rd term. Remember seeing him cry on 911, and colombians and my family cried. i think its probably due to fear and were shocked that america was attacked. Its not falling, its the getting up that counts.Never Forget
United We Stand!
Shut down the borders and God Bless America.
Please do the right thing before it is too late…rebuild the towers!!!
Dont let Terrorisim keep us from our way of life
and our sky scrapers.
To do anything other than rebuilding the towers (possibly bigger and certainly better), albeit well-intentioned, would be akin to raising a monument to terrorism.
Those that sought to destroy us shall see that freedom makes us strong. The followers of Islamic extremists will be defeated. Rebuild the towers as a monument to those that died and message to the evil zealots to see.
We need to feel that no one is going to hurt the U.S.A. with out us trying to fight back and rebuild the Towers. So that we will always remember the ones that lost there lives that morning 9/11/2001.
Delenda est Islam!
Build the towers, just as they were!
Make them the tallest buildings in the world!
Bring back the Twin Towers as anything else would be a tribute to the terrorists.
The Twin Towers should be rebuilt. They were powerful symbols and nothing different would have as profound an effect on me. I know there are other people who feel the same way. Whatever lack of approval I may feel for any particular part of our goverment or laws, I am always aware of my great fortune to be born in this country. Those Twin Towers represented part of America, and I have always felt awe at the sight of them in the skyline in Manhattan. NYC looks diminished without them.
Forever in Our Hearts!
Put them back the way they were but a little bigger. That’s the true american spirit.
I’d like to see the rebuilt stuctures look the same from the outside – just improved on the inner structure.
Remember the Maine, Remember the Arizona, Remember the Twin Towers !!!!!
I don’t understand why so many people are against bringing back the REAL WORLD TRADE CENTER, instead of some pathetic looking Freedom Tower that looks like it should be from planet Krypton. Those terrorists knocked down the REAL WTC down on purpose, what would be a better statement than to put back twin towers that LOOK identical all the way to the last toilet, to show bin Laden our defiance, rather than an IMPOSTER????
Restore what once was. If not, you let them win.
I dont even live in NY.. And I want nothing more to see those beautiful twin towers back just the way they were.. Not only would it make me and all New Yorkers happy, It would be the ULTIMATE F U To AL Qiada and what ever other country celebrated when they fell….
We’re cowards if we don’t rebuild bigger and taller than before.
I am a native New Yorker, now living in Las Vegas. Build them, build them bigger and better and do it ASAP.
One tower: terrorists win; two towers – WE win!
Using money on an expensive memorial only shows the world how much they can hurt us.. Rebuilding shows we honor the sacrifice of those we lost by refusing to let the threat of death deter us from our dedication to freedom.
With everything the United States has rebuilt for others, why can’t we show the world that what has been will be again?
Proud to be an American!
The Twin Towers, to me at least, stood for our country’s financial center and a proud monument to the people who deal with our finances. When they were taken down, we not only lost over 3,000 people along with very pricey property, we lost the SYMBOL of our finances and our accomplishments. To rebuild the towers as they were (built stronger, of course) we would be respecting those who gave their lives, their loved-one’s lives and those of us who just simply felt assaulted and violated.
Rebuild the Twin Towers!!
Rebuild the Twin Towers. It will be both a sign of our intent to continue and a beacon of resolve to the world.
Terrorism only truly succeeds when we remain in fear.
This needs to happen! who would we be if we didnt rebuild! we need to stand strong and show those terrorists and the whole world that we will not back down!
Rebuild. Simply put. I think that it would be more of a slap in the face to those who did this to us if we rebuild, than the “slap on the face” we Americans endured on 9/11. I first visited NYC for one reason only. To see the Twin Towers, I didn’t care if I liked the city, I didn’t care if I ever wanted to go back (which by the way I love NYC and will return many times in my life) but I wanted to see the towers. I am lucky to have seen them while they stood. I am proud to be an American.
I was a New Yorker all my life, but now live in Florida. NY is just not the same anymore. I made a vow that if they ever rebuild the towers, I would move back to Brooklyn.
AGREED!!! “Restore the NY Skyline, Restore our DIGNITY.”
RJ Sullivan
Comair Airlines
emp #25685
To build anything less than the twin towers would be giving our enemies what they want. We must rebuild, because if we don’t, they win. Show them our strength, our resolve, our determination to preserve our freedom.
Do the right thing and do the thing right!
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA!!!!
I remember in 1988 visiting NYC and the first place I went was the WTC. I remember the awe and excitment of the twin towers. The view from one, the north tower I think, was so incredible I have never been able to top it. The twin towers made NYC far more different and impressive than any other city. Without the towers, NYC is just another big city, just another city with it’s own type of attitude. My heart sank on 9/11, rebuild the towers and all our hearts will be lifted in inspiration.
let’s rebuild! but let’s take it a step farther and make them the tallest buildings in the world!
The terrorists have won.
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Please rebuild
Please rebuild—If we dont the bad guys win!
God Bless America–The home of the FREE!!!!!!
Support our troops!
I don’t mind having a fresh new design, however will love to keep the original concept of “Twin Towers”. The Twin Towers Concept has become a symbol/icon of New York and should be taken into consideration.
-Gustavo ~ Miami, FL
Quit wasting time and do the right thing. Rebuild the towers, bigger, better and stronger!
My father worked in the WTC. He past away before 911. I know if he was still alive he would be for rebuilding our twins.
The NY skyline must have the Twin Towers back, but taller.
I was born and raised in NYC, (now living in LA). I attended the World Trade Institute and later had my wedding reception at the Windows of the World on th top of the Towers. A week ago, I took the Circle Line boat around Manhattan. It hurt me to see the empty space in the skyline.
We must bring the Twin Towers back!
JIM HOFFMAN
Build the Towers…
Rebuilding will show our American Tradition and Courage to remain strong and WHO we are…Proud.
It is time to rebuild.
The Pentagon was restored practically overnight. We want our beloved twin towers back. It’s time to rebuild the twins.
Build them the tallest in the world!
Thank you for the opportunity to add my name and support to the resurrection of NYC’s Phoenix Birds-Of-Stay, the rebirth of the Twin Towers. –Ann Reid 7.9.2006
Go with the Trump plan. Rebuild the towers, bigger and better than they were before.
Keep fighting….a great cause!
Let’s get on with the job.
I for one stand with these people in saying that WE need to rebuild!!
We only have one chance to get this right. Get it right. Never forget and Never forgive.
Bring it back just the way it was and is suppose to be.
Sean Robertson
Florida Depart. of Health
Bureau of TB
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0700
Please!!! Rebulid it the way it was or taller without any PC crap!!!
The Freedom Tower design looks pathetic. The Twin Towers should be rebuilt to re-establish a powerful and beautiful American Landmark.
Penn And Teller said it best. Rebuilding the Twin Towers is the ONLY memorial we need. Business, housing, political, commerce, it would all be there. A more fitting memorial there would never be.
Anything shorter and less magnificent than the original Twin Towers is a signal to our enemies that they have won an important battle in the war against Islamic fascism and barbarism. I am in favor of rebuilding the Twin Towers (with new designs if necessary) that are at least as tall as before, and in the same location they were in before Sept. 11th, 2001.
Always remember: they were not trying to kill just 3000 Americans, they were trying to kill 30,000-50,000 Americans.
Rebuild the twin towers as they were but stronger.
build two of something, and make them big.
Rebuild the Towers, Show the world what we are about!!!
My vote is also to rebuild what was lost. I always visited the towers whenever I was in New York, even if I didn’t attend to everything else I was supposed to complete. I’m fearful of heights, but that didn’t stop me from going to the top many, many times. We must replace the New York skyline’s signature so future generations can enjoy being in awe as we have been fortunate enough to be. Thank you.
They weren’t a symbol to us Americans before, but they were to others.
Rebuild them and add another floor to both…111 stories.
That’s the symbol, and the message, we should send.
Regards;
What better way to stick it back to the terrorist than to rebuild the WTC exactly the way it was? Nothing would hurt the terrorist more than to experience their own insignificance.
Put them back the way they were.
Capture Bin Laden.
Take him to the new towers.
Tell him he failed.
Then toss him off them.
Rebuilding the towers and making them a bit taller has been an idea of mine almost since 9/11. How about a giant American flag between them or on top?
I truely believe in this petition!
I agree that this is what we need. I pledge my support.
ABSOLUTELY!!
The Twin Towers were a symbol of American strength. If they are not rebuilt, that will be a sign of American weakness and that we will allow terrorists to push us around. A New York City skyline without the Twin Towers shows the world we’re not strong. I and many others want those beautiful buildings back. Do it for America. Do it for those who lost their lives.
I only visited the Twin Towers once, and would like to again someday. Please return this staple of America.
More than 7 years later, nothing has been erected. What a national embarassment and shame.
The greatest possible salute to victims.
I still think it isn’t too late to bring back the twins, in original and stronger form. Bring back the WTC twin towers AS THEY WERE.
I only wish that Pataki and Co. would open their minds to this idea. I just don’t feel the Freedom Tower will thrive economically, reinstate the NYC skyline, and send a message to the rest of the world.
Rebuild bigger, better, stronger and show the world that we will get back up when knocked down. We won’t give in to terror.
The freedom tower is a total joke. Rebuild what we all lost.
Davyo
I think the towers should be rebuild with some improvments like new fire retardants materials.
Every American seeing a current picture of the NYC skyline does so with some sense of loss, and that we have been changed for the worse. Imagine the pride we, our successors, and our friends in the international community would feel, looking at the rebuilt towers and KNOWING that America has chosen not to be defeated or disheartened by terror, and that we will continue to build and grow despite their evil actions.
Never forget what happend that day. Never.
I have thought from the beginning that this needed to be done. The only way to show the enemy that we cannot be intimidated is to replace – and quickly – what they tried to steal from us. The proverbial thumbing of the nose, if you will. And to rebuild the towers will be THE memorial to those lost.
Build it how it needs to be, and how it was. America does not shrink before anyone, nor should its landmarks.
The replacement plans at present are wishy washy artistic rubbish.
Simple is better – less is more. Such as the Vietnam War memorial. In this case there is nothing more simple than simply rebuilding the towers as they were (maybe a little taller). The terrorists want to know that they’ve had some effect. An altered skyline symbolizes their efforts. Rebuilding the towers symbolizes America’s ability to defend herself.
Can’t understand why this wasn’t the plan to begin with.
Rebuilding shows the enemy that the west and the USA are the only innovators, thinkers and builders in the world that are forward moving. All the enemy can do is blow things up and live in the past. So our best solution is to rebuild the same or better than before and show how great our cilivization is with our without them.
America deserves a memorial as tall or taller than the Towers.
Get it done!!!
God Bless America
Please build the WTC just like it was…… only stronger …. why change it ? We yearn to see the towers in the skyline once again.
A memorial to the dead is appropriate at the site. But the entire site should not be a memorial to death. The terrorists tried to kill our country, but they failed. Nothing would show their failure more than rebuilding the towers again. America is not defeated. Rebuild!
Build them bigger!
Build them visually the same and 50% taller, and using current technology, make them stronger than ever, and more magnificent.
Bring them back!!
I would very much like to see the twin towers rebuilt just as they were before the attack. I can’t remember what the new design looks like, but I do remember thinking that I didn’t care for any of the designs put forth.
Rebuild them as they were!
God Bless America!
REBUILD!!
They don’t have to occupy the same exact places as the original towers, but they MUST be rebuilt just as they were. Doing anything else is a victory for those that destroyed them.
Build them just as they were.
I love new designs and symbolic concepts and ideas.
However, even with all the new “tower”s that have come about and are being planned… rebuilding the Twin Towers is by far the most original, symbolic, moving and doing double duty as a devastator of terror, incredible proposal I have yet to hear.
Let’s do it. Let’s bring back The Twin Towers.
Sincerely and Godspeed,
Paul Sylvester Shanley
paul@wildginger.com
Build ’em back!
NYC looks “amputated” without them and I miss them terribly!
The Big Apple won’t be whole again until the Twin Towers are back in their rightful, beautiful place.
Rebuilding structures on the site will at least prevent leftists from creating some nauseating multicultural agitprop having nothing to do with the historical significance of the place.
Rebuild provided American Corporations and Private Enterprise foot the bill.
I was born in Brooklyn and lived in Manhattan for years. Now live in St. Louis and have always thought that rebuilding was the best response to this tragedy.
Of course we should rebuild what was destroyed by hate. They must stand.
I’m afraid of heights but my daughter got me on the outside observation deck the year before the tragedy. I would like her to be able to take her daughter there and tell the story of how the towers that fell were rebuilt by tenacious, brave Americans.
Built them better, bigger, & taller. A great symbol of American wealth, prowess, & resilience.
Build WTC back just as it was before the attacks. A phoenix should rise, not a memorial. Memorials can be nearby, but the hole that remains in Manhattan’s skyline is a national tragedy. The “hole” is a living symbol that we Americans are divided and choose self pity, guilt, and fear over national mission, strength, and resolve.
Memorials can be constructed when the war is won. WTC should be rebuilt now! No memorials should be erected if we cut and run. A nation that won’t defend itself does not remember anything. All lost will die in vain. Those espousing “cut and run” or “redeploy” have already forgotten 9/11, therefore, there is no need for a memorial until victory is securely in hand.
The Twin Towers should be re-built ONE story taller, but otherwise identical in outward appearance to the original.
Leave a courtyard memorial notched out on the ground floor, with a small portion of the original “Ground Zero” material on display.
Our nations needs a demonstration of our resolve that we were not and will not be deterred from our mission as the symbol of hope and achievement on this planet.
We must rebuild bigger and better to show the world that we will always come back better than before. We need to build to honor those who lives were taken. We need to build to fill the void in the skyline and in every American’s heart. We are builders – great builders. Great builders started this country and great builders have kept it growing greater over the years. We are obligated to all those Americans before us and all Americans to come to build and rebuild when necessary.
i wanted to see the towers ever since i was a child. i got my chance to see new york for the first time in june 2006. unfortunately it was too late as the iconic buildings were already destroyed!!! its time to rebuild the skyline to its iconic state!!!the freedom tower is nice but its not the twin towers the america grew to love!!
To rebuild; it would restore the NYC skyline.
America should never forget what happened September 11th 2001. America should resolve to rebuild the World Trade Center 1 and 2. Only then will our enemies know their defeat. Anything less is allowing terrorists at least some victory knowing that they were able to change one of America’s great landmarks forever.
The Twin Towers stood as colossal symbols of New York and America: ambitious, fearless, unapologetic. Everyone, even our enemies, knew what the towers meant. That’s why they’re gone.
Will we replace these glorious icons with something smaller and worse? The lofty rhetoric surrounding the new plan far outstrips its mediocrity: the rhetoric is to pacify those who love the US, while the pathetic design is to demonstrate our newfound humility.
Rebuild the Twin Towers, not the Dhimmi Tower.
If we don’t rebuild, we allow Al Qaida to derive strength from their victory. We must show those criminals that the American spirit will never be broken, just as Israel must do the same. The only true memorial to those lost on 9-11 is to their deaths weren’t in vain.
I think that the whole world is watching to see what we replace the twin towers with. Ideally, we would replace the towers with a bigger, taller, better structure than we had before. It would be filled with scores of successful, creative, diverse, hard-working Americans who fearlessly go to work there every day. That would be a huge “in your face” to the terrorists who underestimate the American resolve and spirit.
Rebuilding would be the stongest message we could send to the world. Keep on rollin’.
We, the undersigned, share the belief that nothing could be more inspiring to our people, or disheartening to our enemies, than Twin Towers, at least as tall as before in every respect, soaring above Ground Zero.
We believe that the devastation of September 11, 2001 clouded the picture long after the rubble was cleared away and that a thorough public examination of the rebuilding option is overdue and now required before proceeding on an unalterable course.
We recognize no financial or pol
Let’s do it right for those whose lives were lost. Nothing less than the same thing or bigger!
Rebuilding the towers and adding an additional floor is the ONLY correct reply to the attack by islamo-fascists. Anything else is capitulation.
I think this will send a very strong message to the world that Americans, even when dealt a blow that is devastating, pick themselves up, dust themselves off, and rebuild their strength and character back.. nothing and no one will defeat the faith, glory, honor, courage and strength of the United States of America.
The new building should be more magnificient and breathtaking than the previous twin towers. It is un-american to accept anything less!
Thanks for starting this. I’m sending this link to several others who also want the Twin Towers restored as they were.
I am for this cause full force!!
Rebuilding the “Twin Towers” would be the right way to push it down the terrorists throats… Go America…
Three words: Get. To. Work.
yes, i want them back, but there must be a memorial display that plays audio, visual,still picturs, so that it is NEVER FORGOTTEN
Our country and our people must stand against the injustice of the victimization caused by foreign despots and “want to be” dictators of any and every stripe. We also must protect our country from our internal enemies that deny our history and the American dream that all people should be free to pursue their destinies. We should continue to stand for TRUTH, JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY and teach it to our children.
I lived and worked in TriBeCa during the time of the attacks, and watched the buildings fall from N. Moore St in front of the Travelers Building. I want to see the Towers rebuilt as they were — I grew up looking at them, and I don’t want my last memory of them to be their collapse.
The Twin Towers were just more than 1360 foot office symbols of the United States. They were the spark of an unforgettable race to the top with
super talls coming up everywhere around the world.The twins where a proud symbol showing the whole world our strength. They were one of the only buildings that let you have access to the rooftop and make you feel like your on top of the world. The best feeling ever.
I had never been to New York City before 9/11 but I wished I had that great opportunity to see such an amazing skyline. When I was little I always wanted to go to NYC in the 1990’s. When I first saw pictures of NYC the first part I noticed was lower Manhattan and the first buildings were the twin towers. I thought of lower Manhattan as a big glamorous castle with the twins being their watchtowers or a prince’s crown situated perfectly.
I saw the rest of New York and I was amazed by it. I got the chance to twice there in 2004 and two years later but I just wasn’t the same. New Yorkers wants their castle back, not a bunker! New York needs a crown, not a helmet.
I do personally find the freedom tower an insult and the same for the world trade center memorial. The ‘Feardom’ tower just symbolizes that we are still afraid plus pataki took away Mr. Silverstein’s chances of reviving a great city and putting 3 cool looking buildings which would be better elsewhere to a spot where it would make it look crowded.
September 11th, 2001 was the worst day In US history and the last thing the governors and politicians should be doing is repressing the memories by just changing the skyline forever and tell everyone it’s called ”moving on.” …It’s not!
TTA Note: Julian is a teenager living in Dubai. His insights are inspiring…
With respect
The grandest way to deny the Jihadi’s any kind of a victory is to rebuild the towers, bigger, better and bolder.
Freedom Tower is an abomonation, long live the Twin Towers!!!
I think rebuilding the towers would show those terroist that we are not scared and we don’t get pushed around. We lost a lot of good men and women and I think it would be a good memorial to put back in honor of them. My prayers go out to the families and friends that lost loved ones on that sad day. God bless america.
New York is not Shanghai, thus, New York’s skyline should not be comprised of modern glasswork architecture. New York’s skyscrapers are all large, strong, and powerful, freedom tower is not. Why replace what worked with something else? Put newer, stronger, better twin towers there, after all. What else can take back that strength other than better twin towers?
Rebuilding the towers will erase the “victory” Radical Islam believes it has achieved in NYC.
Ask Americans, would they give $100 to build a “Freedom Tower” or other memorial. You may get some takers. Ask Americans if they would contribute to rebuilding the towers taller, stronger and better than they were. Most will likely answer, “How much can I give?”
REBUILD THEM!
God Bless the USA!
Rebuild our country—this will be so much better than any other way to show our love and pride in our country—go Towers
The Twin Towers are symbols of the American dream that should be rebuilt for our future generations. To do anything else would be a grave injustice and would tarnish the American image to the world at large. America needs the Twin Towers for they symbolize the very essence of what our great nation stands for-freedom and prosperity for all. We should expect nothing less than to rebuild the Twin Towers. Let them be a symbol to the world as the light on a hill shining into darkness.
Rebuild it. Two towers, bigger and better. In the faces of those animals.
The twin towers need to be taller than before. We Americans build UP not DOWN!
Rebuild the Twin Towers. Exactly how they were. It should not matter how much it costs. Take it from our taxes whatever. We are America. Proud. We need to think of all the lives lost. This should stand for more than just a victory against terrorist. It should be a symbol to represent Pride and represent again those whose lives were lost on that horrible day. God Bless America.
Re-build the Twin Towers. The Freedom Tower/bin Laden monument celebrates death. Twin Towers would celebrate life, as they would simply “regrow.” So it is with NYC. So it is with all life save those individual personlities that perished there. Honor those who cannot be replaced with what can: new Twin Towers. Don’t let Al Queda redisign NYC. Building the Freedom Tower is a cowardly act, and it’s shame would stand for generations as a beacon of fear. Disgusting.
Please rebuild the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, in New York City! I am eleven years old, and I want to see them rise again!
It’s time we rebuilt our towers and our country.
Yes,build something back,to honor the brave heros from all walks of life on that awful day….Never forget,never forgive the one who done this.
I would really like to see the Trade towers rebuilt. We owe it to the city of New York and WTC victims. I can’t think of a better anti terrorist statement than to rebuild the towers.
Lance Walker
Canyon, TX
It has been almost 5 years since this horrific, tragic, heart-wrenching. life-changing disaster. My heart, my soul will never forget ALL who perished. Even though I didn’t personally know one person, they still were my brothers and sisters, who gave their life unwillingly, to wake the rest of us up! God bless all those who perished and all the hurting souls that they left behind. God bless our great nation! Peace.
Rebuild both towers!
This is the only memorial that is appropriate for those who died that day. I know if you could ask any one of those who gave their lives on that day whether we should rebuild the towers or put up a memorial, they would choose towers. I also have a feeling that if you could ask those who died on 9/11 what action the US should have taken in retribution, the answer they would want to hear is: total destruction of Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Saudia Arabia……..you get the picture.
Preserve the NYC skyline by rebuilding the two towers. Show the world, no mater what they do to us, we Americans will rebuild. I believe the greatest insult to Usama Bin Laden would be rebuild the two towers.
I am guilty of just now looking up and researching plans on the new WTC, due in part to the release of the movie. I have been interested and captivated by the subject for years and the last time I checked the plans were still under developement. Imagine my surprise to see that joke they call Freedom Tower…who approved that ugly sh*t? Where’s the other one? What kind of airheads thought that replacing the most breathtaking structures I had ever seen, with a single building? We need the twins.
Rebuild them one floor taller. On the top floor of one, a memorial for the victims of 9/11. On the top floor of the other, a memorial for our troops who have fought since 9/11.
New York City should sell the site to Donald Trump and extend every courtesy he needs to build the WTC according to his design. There would be no greater example of the American spirit than to put this project in the hands of one of history’s greatest capitalists.
Rebuild them.
Rebuild the towers, to show those filthy muslim animals that we are not afraid of them!!!!
rebuild the twin towers
Rebuilding shows we’re not afraid. Also proves that capitalism is stronger than ever.
Even if the Towers themselves and lower Manhattan meant nothing to me personally (they did), I’d see rebuilding as a moral duty.
As a frequent visitor over the years and former resident of Hoboken, I’d love to return someday to a restored lower Manhattan that is symbolic of our (yet to be secured) triumph over global Islamist terror.
We must not fear to be great. God bless America.
Trash the Lauder/Pataki/Libeskind monstrosity of partronage. A window to history is open, rebuild the Towers, show the American “can do” spirit, emerge from this “fear” and “impotence” of terror. Brave men & women gave their lives trying to save these buildings. A well connected troll does them a disservice given authority above his talent level to replace what people died tried to save, with a hypodermic needle.
This is the right thing to do.
I just don’t see any alternative to rebuilding the WTC as it was before–with a memorial, somewhere, natch.
My idea for a memorial, rebuild the towers to the original if not larger size. And on the floors where the planes hit have it compleatly empty except for the names of all who have died on the walls simular to the vietnam memorial.
Build ’em back!
Rebuild the towers. I remember stopping in at a cafe for my morning coffee on the morning of 911 and seeing burning skyscrapers on the TV. The only change I would make to the towers is to put the escape stairwells on the four corners, not in the middle of the buildings. Also make the stairwells bigger so more people can go down at the same time. A plaque should be in the lobby of both buildings with the names of every person who died in that building on 911. Oh, and then lets really go to war.
I must say, the Freedom Towers is somewhat a good idea, but we need the actual towers back. Bush is fighting (or so called) fighting terrorism so it won’t happen again and what is 16 acres of these magnificent towers (and their large sizes) going to do. Re-build the towers the way they were if I may say so.
This is a no-brainer. Build it right back up. Only a nation of cowards would do otherwise. And make it at least one foot taller. And eff france, the isslamist collaborators.
Put ’em back. I’ll support the firms that move in with my business and cash.
Rebuild it!
Nothing less than complete restoration of the Twin Towers will suffice. Any sort of memorial that doesn’t do anything but remind us without restoring at least part of what was lost is meaningless.
Build either one huge tower, or two smaller but still large towers. America can show it’s defiance to terrorism by replacing that which was lost by something wonderfull and inspiring. Build it big, and build it proud!
~Nick~
I don’t think America can heal properly without rebuilding a replica of the beautiful Twin Towers as they were. We have to do everything we can to wipe out terrorism and its effects. Let’s show the world we have the ability to restore America spiritually, emotionally, and physically. The skyline of lower Manhattan will not be the same without the soaring towers. The best memorial we can give to those who lost their lives or were injured that horrible day is to rebuild those towers.
No design will be able to restore NYC to it’s beauty and glory but the reconstruction of the original twin tower design with the additin of a few floors to demonstrate this nation will not yield to terrorism and grow stronger from the event of 9/11.
My buddy Zak had the window of his car broken out and his radio stolen. He had replaced both by noon and put the car in the same spot. I asked him why and he taught me something powerful… he wanted the perpetrator to see his resolve. Wanted the criminal to know that they had no power, that evil has no power over determination. Americans show thier resolve every day they go to work in New York unafraid and we need to show those terrorists that they will never have an impact on us.
send them a message; THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN TAKE DOWN WE CAN’T REBUILD
BASEBALL, APPLE PIE, AND THE WORLD TRADE CENTER…
BUILD THEM THE SAME AS THEY WERE … BUT TALLER
FORT LAUDERDALE FLORIDA
let show Al quaida What being Americans are all about and replace the twin towers brick for brick.
The towers should resemble the exact replica of what 19 islamo-faciasts destroyed on 9/11.
They were perfect they way they were.
The memorial to 9-11 is not just a memorial to New York, but to all of America. I also believe that the people of New York should be able to vote on the issue of how the memorial should be built. It should not be determined by an elitest few. Personally, I think they should also make the towers even bigger than before.
For the love of GOD, rebuild the Twin Towers.
It is a grave injustice to the people who died, as well as the survivors and all Americans, to not rebuild these towers. To not do so means that this evil has won. ‘Nuff said
Nothing at all could be a more sincere tribute to those lost!…Osama, your bones will be in the cornerstone! Iran, your blood will bind the mortar. Israel, build a temple on site and revel in your glory! Death to islamic fascists.
BRING THEM BACK WE ALL MISS THEM
GOD BLESS BILL, MY FRIEND WHO BEGS FOR THESE TOWERS EVERYDAY, BE GOOD AND BRING THEM BACK TO HIM!!!!
It defies logic not to rebuild. The twin towers issue is emblematic of what is happening in our country in general: failure to enforce immigration law; no drilling for oil in ANWR; fear of nuclear power generation; whining by Katrina “victims” in New Orleans; …………
Keep up the good work!
Rebuilding the Towers would be the greatest Memorial to the HEROs and victims of 9/11.
I think the towers should be rebuilt, stronger, but the same design, and taller. As a gesture of defiance to the animals who destroyed the buildings.
anything else is just a building
Rebuild those towers now!
Rebuild the towers, one foot and one story higher!
The magnificent, eternal World Trade Center Twin Towers live forever in all of us as they should live forever in New York City. Individuals come and go; our architecture is for us to determine. The best architecture reflects the best in us. “Rebuild the Pentagon” was the war cry in Washington, D.C. And so the Pentagon was rebuilt, without question, debate, or survivor guilt. Rebuild the Towers and banish the contesting soup egos, visions, and spent money that today is the World Trade Center.
To build anything else isn’t right.
I was introduced to this idea after watching the Penn and Teller episode of their show on showtime about the Ground Zero debacle. I decided to search the internet and see if this was a movement and find myself here. I think this is the best idea for the site. The Towers must be rebuilt! It is the only logical solution.
REBUILD!!
About time!
I believe rebuilding the towers would be a good thing.. I just think people are scared to see the towers again because now they also symbolie the pain, loss, and attack.. However I think people need somewhere to shed their tears.
I lost friends in the twin towers and my house shook here in alexandria as the plan hit the pentagon. We rebuilt that, we need the towers.
REBUILD THE TOWERS!!!!!
I am just an ordinary American from Texas. But I grew up learning when the horse bucks you off you don’t crawl off scared and get on a shetland pony. You get back up and get back on that big horse that bucked you off! Rebuilding anything other than our twin towers is admitting defeat!!
Rebuilding the towers as they were is the correct decision.
Put the towers back, we need to rebuild NYC. Build them stronger and taller, to show everyone in other countrys we will not fall, we will not give up that we have faith.
We can’t build anything else, what is everyone fighting for if we show them that they won.
New York “IS” the Twin Towers and the Twin Towers “ARE”
New York. Please don’t let the criminals/terrorists take a National Icon away from us. We owe this to all Americans.
To me the towers stood as American innovation and freedom. As a former (pre 911) WTC employee it makes sense to not let the downing of the towers down our freedom, I have always known NYC with the towers and looking across the Hudson it just isn’t with them. Wouldn’t not rebuildling the TT be letting our country be put to an end?
Scrap the two memorial pits. Dedicate the new floors to the lost, rebuild the towers as they stood, -for America!
we must rebuild the towers!
Rebuild the towers the way they were, maybe one or two stories higher. The proposed plan is impractical. It is a monstrosity. All it does is add a snaggle-tooth skyline that looks like a scar.
I’ve wondered from the beggining why the Twin Towers werent going to be rebuilt. I wish they would.
We NEED to REBUILD. If we do not, THEY WIN PERIOD
I agree with the concept of a memorial for the fallen. However, perhaps the best example of why the towers should be rebuilt should be to turn to the pentagon. Painstaking work went into rebuilding that structure to its exact parameters and the same logic should be applied in this case as well.
From every view the city has lost its skyline! It will never look the same without that balance.
It is time that the people of this city, and those that lost that day, and we all did, stand up and demand these great symbols of what this country stands for be replaced!
May they be stronger and able to withstand another attack if need be. Any other building would be just as strong a target. Rebuild the towers, Get rid of Bush and his court of imbeciles! They are the reason we are a target
I made my first trip to New York this year.A lifelong dream.As the plane came in to the city I looked for the classic skyline that said,”Welcome to New York”.Sadly it was not there.I realised that not only architectually,but also emotionally something was missing.Something was stolen.The only way to heal, and reclaim the identity of the city is to rebuild the Twin Towers.
EVAN AS A RESIDENT OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA; I AM ALSO AN AMERICAN,AND WHAT IS MORE AMERICAN THAN WHAT THE TOWERS WERE, AND STOOD FOR?
I agree – restore the Twin Towers and maintain a memorial to those whose lifes were lost and forever changed.
Regards,
Greg Tutunjian
Rebuild!!!
Twin Towers is New York city’s identity. Please give back the famous identity to my one and only city.
The Twin Towers not only defined New York, they were New York. There is no greater memorial we could ever create than to return the Twin Towers to their glorious heights. As the Arch in St. Louis represents the Gateway to the American West, the Twin Towers represent the pillars of America’s front entrance.
The ONLY right thing to do is put back EXACTLY what was.
I firmly believe in your cause.
The twin towers may not have been as old as the Empire state building, and there has been negative comments about the architectural style; however, I have stood at the base of those Towers in 1979 & 1980 and looked up – let me tell you, it was a spiritual experience!- I have seen the plans for the new tower – to quote from a classic movie “it was like an impotent beach boy”. If we don`t rebuild BOTH towers – the terrorists have won!-REBUILD BOTH TOWERS!!- Not 110 stories – 120!! – Chris Austen
Buld them Better Stronger!!! Just like they where!!
Why let them win!? Put back what was lost… make it right. There is only one way to do it and that is not by creating something new and meaningless. It is by putting back what was taken.
YES REBUILD THE TOWERS , DONT LET THEM WIN!!!
I think it would be wonderful if there would be a new set of twin towers designed and constcuted replacing the first set in honor and memory of those lives lost from the Sept. 11th tragedy. The twin towers represented all that America is about, with a contiued alliance involving others countries our continued willingness to do international business.
My pleasure to support this cause,
Jon Hul
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
I agree with you folks. Its time to stop these meaningless designs and return the NY skyline to what is was before 9-11. I hope you win!
I agree – no better answer to the terrorists exists than to rebuild what once was – stronger and better than before.
By rebuilding the towers the way they were,we will show the terrorists that we cannot be intimidated, what they destroy we can replace. We will show them that we are a strong nation and that we stand together, for each other. Thank you for what you are doing.
The only way to truly answer terrorism is to be unafraid of it. The way to show that we aren’t cowed is to rebuild what was taken away from us. Rebuilding a stylistic representation of the original (using modern technologies to improve safety and utility of the building beyond the original) honors the spirit of those lost, and tells those responsible for the attacks that we cannot be broken. Let’s rebuild, and then move on. Terrorism is only a threat for as long as we keep talking about it.
AMERICANS, STAY THE COURSE.
From the beginning I have felt that the towers needed to be rebuilt. The only differences being a safer construction, more fire retardant ability, more stairways and on every floor the names of the people who worked on those floors that didn’t make it out alive. On a wall between the two buildings should be the names of all the firefighters, police, ems and all the others who died that day.
I pray the committee remembers that America doesn’t run, cower or bow down in front of ANYBODY!!
my heart goes out to all the famlies and some memorial needs to be put up for the people who lost their lives on 9/11.
Please do the right thing. Rebuild the towers
I believe the towers should be replaced exactly the way they were, otherwise the terrorist have won. They will believe that they can strike us anywhere and we will be afraid to fix things back the way they were to begin with. I know this will be a hard task but it should be done. We did reshape or rebuild the Pentagon a different way and it was struck also.
Send a message to the world. Show that Americans will not cower, will not be intimidated, will not bow down, and will never give up. Please do the right thing.
a lots of peoples died on 911.their death should not died
in vain.united we stand in american even when death faced
us even on a plane.the twin towers should all mean replace.united they stand side by side;like americans
stand side by side.we are strong nation.the twin towers
will be strong. strong and proud.it for every man and women that died that sad day in september.and every one
that has died in the mitary.let the dead rest in peace
and let the towers stand . june layden
I guess that I feel I maybe don’t have the right to vote on whether the Towers should be rebuilt since I don’t live in New York but I would love to be able to see them again in the skyline. I live in the midwest but I think the day the Towers fell, everyone in the world felt like they were New Yorkers. I sincerely hope we can rebuild them and it will be an “In your face” sort of sign to the terrorists that we can rebuild bigger, better, stronger. Good luck to the Twin Towers Alliance.
DO NOT COWER AMERICA!! STAND TALL THIS IS OUR LAND,LAND OF THE FREE. HOME OF THE BRAVE?.
Immediately after the 9/11 massacre, I have been talking it up in the area of Worcester, Massachusetts to rebuild the Twin Towers, stronger, safer (fire proof), similar appearance. To do anything else is to say “They’ve won. We’ve lost.”
The WTC Towers were a potent symbol of American pride and audacity. Rebuilding them as they were, as they should be, reaffirms America’s position as the global superpower.
If the Washington Monument had been struck, we would have rebuilt it already. Likewise, if Lady Liberty had been brought down, fresh steel and giant cranes would have been hard at work until She stood proudly undamaged once more.
We have the tools, the craft, and the might. Show that we have the will and courage to rebuild.
No living person will ever get over 9/11, BUT, if we get OUR TOWERS BACK, we will at least be able to GO ON! I did not lose anyone I knew on 9/11. However, I, and MANY MANY people (worldwide) lost so much. I still think of it, DAILY, when I see a jet fly over my skyline. ETC.
I fear,in my heart, that WE, meaning “OUR CAUSE” will lose. An absurd “thing” might be erected.
WE NEED OUR TOWERS BACK! I Hope our VOICES WILL BE HEARD! We need to BOMBARD THE MEDIA with our pleas!
Time to quit messing around. Rebuild now.
I think that we should honor those who were lost, and make the Towers the Towers once again! We need to let those coward terrorists know that we stand tall, and will not be shaken, and that those who died on that tragic day will always be remembered!
Build them higher!!!!
REBUILD The towers the way they were. If we change in anyway, the evil wins. We must move on without fear, and trust in GOD!!
GO FOR IT!!!
Enough fretting and bellyaching. We are Americans, Let’s show our resolve and defiance to the terorists as we show our pride and respect for those lost by honoring them with a better and taller pair of towers. We are strong not faint of heart. I do not want to be embarrassed when I visit the site, I want to stand tall and be able to say that we have overcome and continue to press forward.
When watching reruns of pre 09/11/2001 NYC based TV shows or movies, I search to catch a glimps of the twin towers because it’s just expected to see them and nothing less belongs there.
I am so with you on rebuilding the Twin Towers because the design they want to use now looks like a hypodermic needle, which would remind people of a drug users. I hope your idea wins out…Good Luck!
Those souls lost on 9/11, their survivors, and our nation needs the rebuilding of the towers as a momentous stage in the healing process and for the determined message it will send to the world.
God Bless America.
The “Freedom Tower” and the proposed surrounding eyesores will be the laughingstock of New York if they’re built. Build the Twin Towers again, but build them even taller, stronger, and visually bolder than they were before. In that way, they’ll represent the true spirit of America. And why not find an American architect to do the job? Surely those firms in London and Japan aren’t the only ones capable of designing a skyscraper.
I was born on July 4th 1985. I am one who believes strongly in Freedom and Independence. And, not to bow down before anyone who threatens you. Fight or Flight- I’d rather stand my ground and Fight. Then to bow down and let them take over. I want the Twin Towers rebuilt as they were before the attack. DON’T GIVE THE TERRORIST WHAT THEY WANT!!! Put the New York skyline back the way it was!
When someone knocks you down, it’s important, you get right back up!
The twin towers were so simple in design and yet so magestic and beautiful. They stood so proudly at the gateway to our country, declaring to the world that we are a nation of freedom and free enterprise and ingenuity. Saying to the world that we are a nation of workers. We love to work and we celebrate our accomplishments with our beautiful skylines. We need to declare to the world that we will not be defeated and we will never stop celebrating who we are.
I like everyone else want to see a great memorial to the victims of 9/11. What ever it takes to make that happenI will honor.Build the twin towers the way they were.Make the memory last. I support what ever you chose to do.
Right from the start, it’s always been my sentiment to rebuild the towers. Aside from any structural improvements, they should rise again in all their former magnificence and presence. Anything else will convey weakness on our part.
Rebuild the towers as before, tell the whole world we will not be deminished in any way. Our spirit and determination is stronger now than before 9/11.
SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE, AMERICA’S STRENGTH IS RELENTLESS!!!
I live in Georgia. In 1999 I visited cousins in Brooklyn for the 1st time. The towers were visible from their windows. An old friend took a day off to join me on the plaza. We took the tour of the rooftop, and later took photos of lower Manhattan from Liberty Island. We said goodbye at the subway under the towers as he headed back to New Jersey. Rebuilding the towers as they were, sends a clear message that America–and New York–will never tolerate acts of terrorism on our soil. Thank you.
I have always believed in rebuilding the Twin Towers adjacent to their original footprints.
I believe that the best way for our nation to heal – is to rebuild the towers that hate brought down. The terriost hate everything about America, we need to be stronger than we were that day and build the towers back in the memory of all those that were lost that day. Everyone that went into those buildings, loved them and felt so proud to have been a part of them. I truly hope that the buildings are built back.
I have heard no one who prefers the short, ugly buildings currently proposed. As a citizen of Oklahoma, I know what it is like to have a terrorist-attacked tower replaced by a useless, silly-looking outdoor memorial (with utmost respect to the Murrah building victims). Please, rebuild… one floor taller. The impact floors on each tower could be made into memorials, one educating and one solemn. Make me want to visit them, as I didn’t get to do before their destruction. 09 September 2006
I saw the towers come down when I was 14. and since then I’ve seen the empty NY skyline as absolutely shameful.
I most assuredly support no other action thank rebuilding the Twin Towers as they were before. I cannot tell you how simple movies like “Godzilla” and “Independence Day” move me whenever I see the Towers in them.
They were and are an essential piece of New York City, and no American will feel truly whole with out them.
Never in the history of this nation have we surrendered to another nation or enemy ON OUR SOIL! If the World Trade Center towers are not rebuilt, that is what we’d be doing, just as Spain caved to terrorists after the 3/11 train bombings.
Just add a Phalanx Close In Weapon System on the east and west corners of both buildings.
Make each lobby in the North and South towers a memorial for the people killed in the original of each tower. Aircrew, passengers, workers, and the Bravest and Finest.
We must deny our enemies any victory.
make this into a spot that will be useful but will be memorable to everyone who lost a loved one close to there heart in the 9/11 attack on the twin towers
I can think of no better way to show the world that while we may get knocked down, we will always get back up again.
I say to rebuild it back the way it was!!
We need to rebuild, giving us strength to move forward.
Why would you build anything else?????????????????
Re-build the towers the way they were out of RESPECT for all those who gave their lives FOR YOU!!!!!!!
Doing anything other than rebuilding the towers would be a crime.
I think we NEED to rebuild The Towers! If it were up to me, I’d add another 10 floors!!!!
Rebuild the towers, anything else signifies defeat.
New York City just isn’t New York City without the “twin towers.” Please put them back in their original form and make NYC and the rest of the country “whole” again! Let’s show the world that despite the tragedy that was unleashed upon us, we have the resolve to unite and withstand any and all transgressions against us. Let us send that message loud and clear!!!
New York City will never be the same without the Twin Towers. To make the biggest statement to the rest of the world would be to rebuild as they were. In Tulsa, my birth city, we have the BOK tower, designed by the same architect who designed the Twin Towers. Please rebuild New York City’s skyline.
Give us back our towers and build them even higher. Show the world that we can and will overcome.
Stand up, America.
Rebuild the towers, bigger and higher.
We must rebuild WTC like it was
We’re rebuilding New Orleans. Why not rebuild the towers?
Build the towers back the way they were, but one story taller and the facade in shimmering white or silver. Let the terrorists know they failed.
Rebuild it is the only correct thing to do.
New York needs the Twin Towers they must be rebuilt,
rebuilt in the same form, like the Trump plan.
If Athens, Greece was rebuilt sevral times why cant the
Twin Towers be rebuilt. Stop the bureaucracy and rebuild!
Put ’em back!!!
i think they should rebuilt to help all of us heal from what happened ……. i was raised there when i was young and i miss see the twin towers…….
I wished everyone can help rebuild the twin towers …. all needs to help just not what people they are … i just wish it would not have happen to the usa and it did … it is still sad to this day about what happen and my kids will know what happen on step 11 2001 and all others taht does not know needs t know .. it was just wrong for those people to do that and i hope one day they will be stoped and all they do to others
twin towers should be rebuilt as the same or better, america deserves only the very best for the new york skyline. anything less is a mockery to 9-11 & those that perished. may god bless america!!
Healing and closure begin when we fill the void in our skyline and our hearts with the restoration of one of the great symbols of this country, and memorialize and honor all who gave their lives on that fateful day.
my father taught me that when knocked down, you stand up and confront your aggressor. Let’s confront our aggressor by rebuilding the twin towers…
Let’s not let AMERICA down!!!
No greater homage or tribute can be paid to our fellow fallen americans, than the rebuilding and resurection of what the twin towers stood for. Not only for America,but for all those who called it home and for all the families who called it our bread, the towers must go up to show the world and the families of 911, that here again stands a symbol, a symbol of the spirit of America, a symbol which will prove again that America too as well as its citizens will not stay down in the face of adversit
We must do whatever is needed to make sure that the World Trade Center rises once again.
I remembered thinking in September 2001, where would we be in September 2006, would the pain be less? Would we have already rebuilt? and here it has come and gone, 5 years, and it still feels as it was yesterday. Anything but a new World Trade Center would be admitting defeat.
Please rebuild the Twin Towers, I miss them so much. I feel that nothing would be more effective as a memorial that a huge memorial in the lobby of both the towers. By making a small, low tone, memorial we are showing weakness in the eyes of the terrorists. I wish so much that more people felt like I do, again, please rebuild the twin towers, its what is right.
Put em back the way they were!
THERE WOULD BE NOTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL TO SEE THESE TOWERS BUILT ….IT WILL SHOW THAT NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO WE ARE STILL STANDING WITH OUR HEADS HIGH
To not rebuild the towers would be a form of surrender and a capitulation to evil.
Dont let the terrorists win! Show them that American can rebuild, and we are not afraid of them or their acts of cowardness! Rebuild the towers, and they will come!
I’m sorry for the families and not a day goes by that I don’t think about the ones who lost their lives that horrible day. I never thought I would live long enough to see an attack on U.S. soil, but I was so wrong. My American flag is proudly displayed every single day of the year.
We are Americans, the strongest in the world. We get knocked down, we get back up. The Towers were American, they got knocked down, why are we debating on putting them back up???? There should be no question about it. We need to show terrorist that we will stand again along with OUR Towers!!!!!!!!
I wrote a little piece on the subject, but it’s too long to fit here, so I will get it in a link:
m2bastards.free.fr/gardnerbelton.doc
The Twin Towers were an American symbol. Rebuilding them will fill in the hole 9/11 left. Rebuilding them will show America’s strength and looked towards the future. The Freedom towers is a step back. It dwells on 9/11 as it cowers down from the mighty Twin Towers.
Its the right thing, and it should be done
Nothing less!
It’s been too long, time to rebuild.
Let’s roll!
One foot highter!
We must do this.
Rebuild…BIGGER and BETTER.
The most fitting tribute and memorial is to re-build
I’d like to see 2 towers taller and grander than before, with a memorial of course.
The message we send needs to be clear: We are not afraid. When you deny the terrorists terror, than the only thing they have is their radical ideolodgy.
We must pray to become worthy of their sacrifice. We must remember them. We must avenge their murders through total, complete, utter VICTORY !
But, there can be no victory if there is no historical context, no cultural memory of why we are fighting Islamofascists, and without victory there can be no peace.
One mark of the totalitarian psyche is the need to air-brush historical contexts. We must not allow that to happen to 9/11/2001 and The Twin Towers.
Restore the pride. Rebuild the original with pride.
Although the final decision belongs by rights to the people of New York City, as a native of the state & relative of City residents, I feel a kinship with the City. To restore it to its former appearance is the ultimate act of confidence & pride. We are fine as we are. To restore the towers would also be an exquisite memorial to those who died in their fall. Their sheer physical dominance of the sky would assure that the tragedy & courage of that day will never be forgotten.
No better answer than to rebuild
Let’s rebuild the twin towers to show our nation and the world we will not back down. New York City will not be the same without them. God Bless America!
this alliance has got to be the absoulute BEST idea ever. I would like it more than anything to see once again the twin towers gleaming in the reflection of the water, standing tall and proud in New York. And i would also like to see the looks on terrorist faces when they see them, and know they cant bring them down! i want to join very much. God bless the souls that were lost on 9/11/2001
I want to live in an America that says, “We are going to build the tallest tower in the world. Hell, let’s build two!” This was the America of 40 years ago. Have we lost this kind of spirit? I think not.
Karl Holter
Anything less than a total rebuild o fthe towers is admitting defeat. The new towers should be bigger, better, taller, and represent the resilience of the american people and their beliefs.
I know that I am not alone when I say that I miss those glorious towers. I am sad everytime I drive down the NJ Turnpike or into NYC. Manhattan Island is just not the same without those towers.
Rebuild them the same as before.
The NEW Towers would fit into the adjacent spaces next to where the old Towers once stood. That way we could utilize the same space and include the memorials on the space the old Towers stood. Build the new Towers and show the world that America will not be terrorized, America will rebuild the Towers and lower Manhattan will once again be home to the great symbols of American ingenuity and now America’s Resolve.
BRING THEM BACK just as proud and magnificent as before.
Rebuild them bigger and better than ever!!!
Rebuild them just as they looked, but bigger and better
Although I am not from New York as a young child I visited the World Trade Center and the Twin Towers,it was the most awe inspiring sight i have ever saw. I wish the city of New York would rebuild the Twin Towers as they were, just taller and stronger. For me that would be the greatest FU to the sub-humans that brought them down. Thank you,for the chance to voice my thought and idea.
I heard Donald Trump say recently that the towers should be rebuilt one floor higher .. and I 100% agree with that idea– that it would be a statement that you can cause a blow to our spirit, but we’ll get back up even stronger than before.
Show the terrorists that we aren’t afraid of them and rebuild the towers!
I love the plans of MakeNYNYagain.com & Triroc.com/wtc.
They are clearly the very best I’ve seen so far. As for the LMDC plans, they SUCK so bad you’d think they’d came straight out of the mind of Osama Bin Laden or one of their appeasers. Then again…maybe they have…Good luck and God Bless you N.Y.C.
Worked as an independent contractor in 1 WTC during the mid 1990s. Missed the 1993 bomb by an hour in the PATH station. I MISS THE TWIN TOWERS – Chip
I would absolutely love to see the twin towers rebuilt. Ever since i was a little kid i’ve been fascinated by skyscrapers, and the twin towers were my favorite. When the tragedy of 9/11 occured, not only was i saddened by all of the people who lost their lives, and families who lost loved ones. I was extremely saddened to see my favorite skyscrapers collapse. I loved those buildings and really hope new and improved twin towers will be rebuilt. Let’s restore the NYC skyline to its original glory.
we all in our church would love to see something built on ground zero …. we need to show all we stand strong ……. so we all can heal………….
We must rebuild!
please pass the bill to rebuild the towers please … so all can heal
Never be so frightened that you are willing to relinquish freedom, this is the land of the free and the Home of the Brave.
we will rise again…
My family and I were there in 1976 and 1986 for the the 4th of July celebrations in our 18 foot boat. We watched the Tall Ships and the fireworks. We anchored near the Statue of Liberty.
I haven’t seen NYC since my wife and I flew to Newark on our way back to San Diego. My wife had never been to New York so I said, “Look out the window. There’s the Statue of Liberty and there’s the World Trade Towers.” That was September 2, 2001. I wouldn’t want to see anything else in Manhattan.
I think it would be disrespectful to America if they are not rebuilt.
The towers should be rebuilt, but stronger. It’s the best way to show that we are not afraid. Rebuild them!
This “freedom tower” BS has gone on long enough! It is time to do the right thing and by doing so to spit right in the eye of those who would see us cowed and beaten..
PUT EM BACK. ONE FLOOR HIGHER! And DO IT NOW!!
To those who died that day, may God hold you in the palm of His hand. To those left to carry on, may you find strength! for you all shall meet again. And to our Military, taking the fight to the bastards that did this..
Good luck…and.
GOOD HUNTING!!
LET’S DO WHAT’S RIGHT!!!
The men who still wage war on our country deserve a slap in the face, not a sigh of acceptance. Rebuild the World Trade Towers!
Build them 50′ higher, start with original plans and: make slight exterior improvements, improve structure and building systems, improve fire suppression, improve means of emergency egress, locate memorial in plaza, etc.
REBUILD THE TOWERS. ITS THE AMERICAN THING TO DO.
NEVER BOW DOWN TO COWARDS.
I agree that it should be re-built to show the world we stand strong.
Every since 9/11 I look for our Twin Towers in every movie I see that was filmed in the New York area. I would truely like to see the towers rebuilt exactly the way they were and with improvements if possible.
The Towers were beautiful and I truely believe they belonged to all of us.
Thank you and may our Lord bless us all.
We need to rebuild the towers, just as tall, just as big, if not higher.
The terrorists will not win.
God Bless our service men and women, and all those that helped and lost loved ones on that day.
If we don’t rebiuld,They win!
Build it and show the world what we can do when we come together….even in the face of tragedy.
Let’s do this!
I am a Patriot first and an American citizen before I am a member of any political party. The only way back to victory is rebuilding the towers even more magnificent then before, as well as safer architecterally!!! I used to think no one would be brave enough to work in the towers again, but in 5 years I feel differently. I think that better engineering would reassure most people to come back. In honor of the hallowed ground there werein our fellow Americans spirit’s were not destroyed but soar
Nothing would be better for the area than rebuilding the towers.
It would be a great thing for our entire country if the same style and size building could be built. I do not like the weird, pointy alternate designs at all. God bless NYC!
– Jack
if we rebuild the original towers, it will show our resolve as a country.
rebuild please
Richard Reeves
Let us not bow our heads and build a replacement complex that’s only a shadow the size and importance of the original World Trade Center.
Come and take it!
I was 8 on September 11, 2001. I did not know very much at the time. As the years passed, the twin towers kind of grew on me. Now, I’ve became a really big fan of them and wish that they were still standing… as a huge fan of the once glorious WTCs 1 and 2, rebuild them and not just that, make them higher, stronger, heck, make them the tallest buildings in the world, telling the terrorists ” Don’t screw with the twin towers.”
The Twin Towers was integral to the NY skyline. We should build what we want, not let terrorists determine our future.
Rebuilding them as they were sends a clear message, and its time to send that message.
It should never have been an option otherwise. And they should have been rebuilt in record time.
The way you discourage graffiti is to have it removed in the shortest amount of time possible!
Get them built.
hey, great! i used to read ayn rand quite a bit so this all makes perfect sense to me and not only that but its simply the truth. thanks for having this!
Ten Years Later – The plan to mark the 10th anniversary of the attack upon America.
The politicans of today are not going to pay any attention to what the people want, they are going to do what they want to do about all things except at election time, and I am speaking about both sides of the isle.
Build it back better and larger. Let Donald Trump do it and not some committee.
Nothing would give me more pleasure than to rebuild the towers exactly as they were and to show the world and the terrorists that no matter what they do they cannot destroy us. The more they attack us the harder we will come back.
It would leave a scar on ny to not have a the twin towers rebuilt.
If we are going to rebuild we need to do it right.
Thank goodness this has been started. All I ever thought should be built on the spot was a replacement but better than the first. Keep up the work.
Let us have none of this translucent icy glass garbage pilfer on our country’s streets. What was once can be again.
I am so glad to add my name here. I spent half my life in New Jersey and loved the towers, always taking family and friends to the observation area. Even though I now live in Idaho I say: Let’s put them up again!
I was fond of the Twin Towers from day 1 despite never being able to visit them. On 911, I was empty ever since, losing my favorite buildings to Osama (Laud) and his jihad goons! We should stop choosing sides over Israel and Palastine and deny them any trophy to choke off their recruits for this. The Pit in NYC makes me empty and is a trophy for Laud, and if the Twins are not returned, then Laud wins! The Iraq war only helps Laud to win further more support! IN YOUR FACE MR. LAUD! REBUILD!!!
Yes to re-building!!!
Restore the glory of the Twin Towers and show those who would impose their will upon us that WE, the people, will NEVER crumble. Even when our grand structures are toppled, WE stand tall and defiant.
God Bless America. May the Gospel of Christ spread to every heart and mind.
To not rebuild anew in the likeness of the old, is not a sign of patriotism, but rather of cowardice and apprehension. A proper memorial must pay tribute to the sheer grandeur that once was once a symbol of lower Manhattan, and that requires a construction worthy of positive comparison. For all the people who gave their lives on September 11, how can we possibly equate the Freedom Tower with hope and prosperity for the nation’s future?
The footprints of the fallen towers should be the memorial area, perhaps reflecting pools with a permanent beam of light aimed skyward at night. The opposite squares should used to build new and better towers, same footprint but opposite, and at least the same height as the originals.
My first time visiting New York City was in the summer of 2005. I never had the chance to experience the twin towers in person. I would love to be able to do that someday.
This is a great idea. I miss the Twin Towers. I’ve always wanted to go inside, all the way up to the top. May this effort succeed, and may the truth about 9/11 be revealed soon.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers would truly be the right thing to do!
rebuild the towers! it’s the right thing to do!
The Towers site does NOT belong to New York or any individual. Congress should take the land via Eminent Domain, and immediately stop all the political nonsense. If the President can make war, he can nationalize that site. Americans want a Belton-Gardner or similar rebuild. Even if the towers were re-built as empty shells, our need for healing would be met. It isn’t the office space that we care about. (I grew up in NJ, 5 miles from ground zero.) Dave Anthony
there would nothing more infuriating to the killers than to put the towers back up. I really do believe thats what it’s going to take to help heal new york, and america.
This is the only way to show these people that did this that they cannot disrupt our lives or diminish our resolve. I honestly believe that the NY skyline looks empty and this is the ONLY way to make it whole again. I say no to the freedom tower!
We need this back Do it now
Im doing a persuasive speech on this issue in my communications class..and imformation or anything i could use would be greatly appreciated!
TAKE IT BACK!!! REBUILD!!!
Rebuild it! One floor higher.
I am a little confused as to why there seems to be so much controversy over the design of the new World Trade Center, and why it is taking so long. I like all other Americans became a New Yorker on 9/11. I think we should rebuild the World Trade Center exactly as it once stood. What better way to shove our ability to produce whatever we want in the terrorist’s faces who took them down. Let’s rebuild the WTC as it once was. Tall, proud, and true!!!
Rebuild it just like it was! It would send message to Terrorists that We won’t be broken, We will come back stronger.
Rebuild The Towers Now!! God Bless America!!
You’re New Yorkers, act like it. Rebuild, with a giant middle finger pointing towards Mecca.
I can’t believe that we would even consider building anything but the twin towers. The currently proposed freedom tower is strictly for the PC crowd.
In WW II, when the enemy sank our aircraft carriers, we built new ones, and named them after the ones we lost. I don’t know if this was a matter of defiance, or to confuse the enemy, but it was a good idea. Rebuild the Towers.
I was a skyscraper fan since I was a little kid, on 9-11, I was in class when I heard that a plane had crashed into one of the towers, then into the other one. Never in my wildest immagination did I think the towers would collapse. When I saw the towers come down it was as if someone took a dagger and put it through my heart.
We, the people of America need to get together and put pressure on the politicans and Silverstein so they will do what’s right, what we all want.
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS
Re-Build the Twin Towers!!
Restore the urban symbols of peace
ok rebuild them stronger and better but not like if 9/11 didnt happen
I think one of the best ways to remind the people how great the towers were, is to let them know the story of the WTC Architect, Menuro Yamasaki. His story of struggle and ultimately success is one of the most prominent tales in our great American History and Culture. If people know his life, they will want the WTC back. And they would be proud that such a human being ever was born.
The audacity of anyone to even consider building anything else in that space is sickening. The only thing that should go there should be exact and matching towers of The World Trade Center, exactly as Minoru Yamasaki envisioned, designed and built them.
ANYTHING ELSE IS LESS. And THAT is NOT acceptable.
Screw these zealots and their jihad. REBUILD OUR TOWERS AS THEY WERE!
“I would give the greatest sunset in the world for one sight of New York’s skyline. The sky over New York and the will of man made visible. I feel that if a war came to threaten this, I would like to throw myself into space, over the city, and protect these buildings with my body.”
Ayn Rand
When the towers fell, I wondered how long it would be before bigger and stronger ones were rebuilt. It made me sick when I saw the cowardly replacement for the Twin Towers. My only suggestion is to put a giant “middle finger” one the new towers and make sure it is aimed towards the Middle East.
Thank you for your efforts.
Rebuilding the trade center as it was will be a Victory for America. The so called Freedom tower is Defeat!!! If the Libs won’t let us win in Iraq, at least let us win here at home.
The New York City skyline without our Twin Towers is like and old woman who is missing her front teeth. Every time I see a movie or TV show with the NYC skyline in it, I stop to look to see if I can get one more glimpse of the Twin Towers “before.” The post-9/11 programs make me feel empty seeing they are not there. I grieve and still do for the lost souls that day, for their families and friends, for their coworkers who survived. Rebuild our towers and you will restore more than just two buildings.
Rebuild them puppies!!!
Why did Osama’s ass cross the road?
Because we kicked it across!
They should look the same as before 9/11
We need to rebuild bigger and better!!!
The World Trade Center defined the NYC skyline in the same way the Empire State Building has for decades. We cannot allow the Bin Ladens of the world to change our nation, our cities, our homes.
Rebuild them as they were!!! They were, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful, austere structures ever built. I dont want a twisty, glassy tower built in place of cold, hard steel. Rebuild I say!!! God Bless!!!
I am probably the youngest person in this petition, but that does not matter. I did not loose anyone in the attacks, nor do I live in New York City but, the rebuilding of these great towers means a great deal to me. It is nearly impossible for me to explain my story or why I feel this way in 500 letters or less but I can say this……REBUILD!!!!! =)
1st alternative- Keep superblock. Should be a green complex. A new northbridge that has an outside like vesey street and an inside so if it’s a sunny day but if it’s cold or rainy you could be inside also.
2nd alternative- keep street grid but take out freedom tower and replace it with the twin towers on the old footprints.
I said this in an op-ed piece I wrote for The Norseman (West Valley College’s newspaper) right after the 9/11 attacks, and I will say it again: Rebuild the Towers! Anything less is giving in to the terrorists who destroyed the Towers on that day.
I do not particularly care if the towers are exactly the same height but I petition for their rebuilding.
Liberalism will kill you in the end. Keep The United States of America united and free.
Donald Trump agrees with this.
Rebuild the towers exactly as they were; with the same visual appearance and on the same footprints with the same surrounding buildings and Tobin Plaza. Memorials can be placed in the towers themselves…
I think that anything but rebuilding the towers would be giving into the terrorist who destroyed them in the first place. I think that any red-blooded American would agree. I think Corporate America is ruining America, the people today don’t use their voices anymore like they used to when our parents were fighting to make this country grow. To many people are afraid to say no, they just say yes, because they are afraid what someone else will say and want to be politically correct. I say to hell with political correctness speak your mind and be yourself. If we as Americans would just get together like our forefathers this would be a great country again with the respect from many others.
A very famous quote says:
” If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.”
I think we’ll all remember where we were the day the Towers went down. I hope I’ll remember the day when they go back up again.
We need the twin towers back! without it New York isn’t going to be the same and people who wanted to see it, but can’t cause of the terrorist attacks. WE WANT THE TWIN TOWERS AGAIN!!!!!!!
Rebuilding shows strength, pride and faith.
Restoring the original two towers, but building them a little taller, bolder, and stronger, would show all our enemies they cannot damage America in any permanent way. If nothing else, we need to prove to ourselves that we can do this, and that we have the will to put it back in their face, for the atrocity that was perpetrated.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers is the most ‘you-can’t-keep-a-good-man-down’ thing to do and, of any other plan, would have the greatest encouraging and healing power.
To send a clear message, the new Twin Towers should be just a bit taller than the first ones. For honor’s sake, they should also be somehow slightly different.
Nathanaël Winston – Brussels, Belgium.
PISS on the terrorists,BOMB us,POISON us
SEE YA IN HELL!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, the towers MUST be rebuilt! I never forgot how magnificent they looked when I saw them on a trip in 1989. Any other tower design would be a great icon of victory for those murderers. I can see them jumping around, cheering, shooting guns in the air (barbarians!), while holding pictures of terrorist leaders side by side with pictures of the pathetic “Freedom Tower” as a symbol of our defeat. I agree: The only proper way for NYC and America to heal is to rebuild our beloved TWIN TOWERS!
I’m sick of all the politics and being p.c. Yes, there should be a memorial. But let’s also show the terrorists that they cannot defeat us. REBUILD! Even taller, stronger, safer, and better than before. I really miss those beautiful twin towers.
I believe that rebuilding the Twin Towers excactly as they were on 9-10-2001, would be the best way to tell whoever did this,SCREW YOU. To preserve the memory of those who gave their lives simply going to work, the Towers should be rebuilt and the exact opposite footprints. I also think we should put a huge antenna on top that in the right light might look like a huge middle finger. Anything else would be foolish. It’s the only way to heal.
So much gone! I feel that the best way to commemorate the World Trade Center complex and the thousands of lives lost is to rebuild the site exactly as it was, only with a monument which honors those who died in the attacks. This would send a message that nothing has changed. It would say that, no matter what, we won’t waver and cannot be shaken. It will also allow future generations to see the towers as they once were. My biggest regret is that I never got to see them in person.
My parents went to the Twin Towers before I was born, and I would like to experience that as well.
I never saw the Twin Towers, but they look beautiful in photographs and I hope to be able to visit the top some day.
The Freedom Tower is nothing more than a monument honoring Osama bin Laden and the terrorists. Rebuild the Twin Towers to honor the people killed that day.
Absolutely!
I agree.
great Idea, rebuild them both exactly the same they were.
Build two towers not one. Build both of them at 1,776 feet. One tower is just not the same as two.
The Twin Towers should be rebuilt as they were originally, in all their glory. Anything less would be a victory for the enemy and a black mark on our great nation. We can not let them win, either by taking away great landmarks, our personal freedoms, or by altering our way of life in any way, shape, or form.
It is time!
The only way to show that terrorism is useless against America is to rebuild and erase the “physical” destruction of the attacks. Why would terrorism even occur if terrorist both American and foreign knew that their actions would be pointless because we would rebuild anything they thought they could take from us. A memorial is very appropriate but if we want to build these pools as a reminder of the towers then why not just rebuild the towers as a symbol of freedom and also as a tribute.
Rebuild the Towers. It’s the right thing to do.
rebuild them.
Build them back, even bigger than before. Make them the tallest buildings in the world to show that Americans can not be stopped, and if you try, we will only come back even stronger than before.
Build them bigger!
If we are afraid to restore the towers to anything less than their former size and grandeur the terrorists have already beaten us.
Make them the tallest buildings in the world.
Build them bigger and better.
I’m not a New Yorker but as an American I want the twin towers rebuilt! It’s a no brainer! Where are the good people of New York and why are you not demanding that the towers be restored for what they stood for? There would be no greater monument or tribute to the souls lost on 9-11 or to our military soldiers lost in battle and to the American people than to give us back the twin towers. Anything other than the twin towers is a victory for terrorism and a defeat to us Americans.
I never got the opportunity to see the Twin Towers in person, but I would love the chance. Rebuilding them proves our country can overcome, and is the only option to rebuild. We have to make the skyline look the same as it did for all those years.
We should fight to assure that a violent minority does not diminish the life, or skyline, that we’ve built.
Rebuilding the “Twin Towers” would prove to the rest of the world that ” You may knock us down, but we will always end up STANDING TALL!”
GOD Bless America,
Lonnie G Hopson
Henderson, Texas
Rebuilding our Towers is what we MUST do! GOD BLESS OUR BELOVED COUNTRY! GOD BLESS AMERICA!
My father grew up in New York City and I spent a lot of time there as a kid visiting my grandmother. I went to school in New Jersey, and went to the city on many occasions. I live in Maryland now, and we usually go to New York city every December for Christmas. I loved the Twin Towers, and feel it would be a major statement to these terrorist if we we rebuilt the towers, however long it took.
Joe B
We MUST rebuild the towers, stronger than before. I visited them in the 6th grade, back in the 70’s, and what a sight! Awesome towers, unlike anything I had ever seen. You could look down from the 107th floor, face against the glass, down on tiny ants that were cars. The people were so small they were specks. The proud towers were an everlasting symbol of America, which is why they were attacked. Rebuild to stick it to the terrorists and Socialists who hate America.
I strongly believe that the Twin Towers should be built again. Its what the people really want. I mean building the freedom tower is not the solution. That tower looks odd and its not new york type. I grew up admiring the two most beautiful towers in the world.
From the beginning the plan should have been rebuilding the Twin Towers.
I believe that we should rebuild the Towers the way they were, the way they will always be remembered.
I think we should rebuild the twin towers exactly as they were.
I couldn’t agree more – we need the Twin Towers rebuilt and even larger than before! The “Freedom Tower” simply does not measure up at all – look at the stats! The Twin Towers were 110 stories tall and encompassed 8.6 MILLION sq. ft. of floor area dedicated to the heart of our society, a strong & free capitalist economy leading the World – hence the name “WORLD TRADE CENTER”! The Freedom Tower? Only 102 floors and just 2.6 million sq. ft. of floor space.
To the decisionmakers of Manhattan: “Capture” is a theory developed by Nobel laureate economist George Stigler. Capture occurs when those charged to act in the public interest (namely, our elected officials) end up systematically acting in favor of vested interests (namely, the oligarchy of local businessmen).
This is an opportunity to prove that “capture” is the exception, not the rule. Please, for once, act in the public interest. It isn’t as hard as at seems; just listen to the people.
Put the towers back up the way they were but add a few floors. Show them we can come back bigger and stronger.
I couldn’t agree more!!! I went to the WTC in 1995!…they took us up to the top floor!…and then later…up to the roof!!! It was LITERALLY one of the most amazing experiences in my life!…and one of the most beautiful sights you will ever see! But now…this view no longer exists!…lets bring it back!!!
The best thing we as a nation can do, is to honor the people who lost their lives in that tragic event and our soldiers who continue to fight for our freedom – by rebuilding those twin towers bigger and stronger than ever before and to show the rest of those in this world who oppose us, that we will not be deterred by anything, or any act, to destroy what and who we are. Because we are the United States of America.
rebuild,
Aaron Urquhart.
Betling Fields
West Virginia, USA
show the world how GREAT the USA is now and forever
the freedom tower is laughable. it will be nothing more than a giant trophy in the sky to let the terrorists know that lower manhattan’s skyline looks the way it does because they have won. there is nothing unique, or even remotely creative about the freedom tower. sure, the twin towers were bland, gray boxes.. but they proved to be symbolic for everything big and bold about new york and the united states. the freedom tower will prove to be nothing more than a reminder of our pathetic weakness.
Rebuild. Everyone thought of them as ugly, giant, rectangles; but that’s what needs to be there. Not some gigantic glass tombstone.
The Freedom Tower is a blunder of ineptitude.
The Twin Towers should be rebuilt like they were. That is the only fitting memorial for all the lost ones.
Let the will of the people be heard!
What is being proposed to go up in place of the twin towers is a far cry from what once stood. Bring back the grandure that once defined New York City. Construct something that inspires great things and deeds among all men and women. Don’t put up something that is a constant reminder of everyting that went wrong that day.
Ive never been to new york and would like to go there one day and see the towers and think,Wow!I remember a time when that part of the sky was empty and the only way I could see those would be through an old picture.It makes me sad that I never got to see them as they were that I might go to New York this year and not see two massive symbols of liberty above the skyline.The freedom tower looks like something from 3000 and I think its too far ahead of its time to be enjoyed.We want 2 wtcs not 1!
As a retired military person and an American my belief is that those Towers need to be replaced exactly as they were and all persons involved that day are properly recognized.
Anything less would tell the terrorists they won and that they can do whatever they want to us because we are weak in their eyes. Not acceptable before 9/11 and definitely not acceptable now. We must NEVER forget this attack and we must let future generations know the full, complete story of what happened here.
I think the people that are against rebuilding for America and want to do nutsy liberal junk should be silenced after five years of dribble.
I do not think any one has the right to change the NY skyline but the people of NY so putting the towers back just as they were and even safer, bigger, taller and better sends a message that no one stops us and we’ll just keep putting them back up if anyone is lucky enough to illegally try to tear them down a 3rd time. I would trust my life no where better then there. It would be too much a scar of a sad reminder seeing some imposter building in its place but a proud feeling to see them back!
Yes I want the twin towers rebuilt.
No structure or structures can replace the original twin towers but a new set of twin towers exactly the same.
Anything other than rebuilding the twin towers denotes a distinct sense of defeat. Restore Manhattan’s skyline!
The only way to really remember those who where killed is by rebuilding and remembering
Freedom Tower?! Let Me Just Say, WTF? Rebuild The Twin Towers! The Only Person That Has The Right Idea About This Is Donald Trump. I First Saw The Towers On My Very First Visit To New York, And They Were Stunning! But Now, The Manhattan Skyline Looks Completely Different, In Fact, It Look Naked! Please Restore The Buildings We Know And Love.
I think that we need to rebuild the Twin Towers. Just because they want us to be scared doesn’t mean we have to submit to those who knocked the towers down!
I have had fond memories of the Twin Towers. I used to see them standing tall and proud as I played with my friends in a park. I went up in them on January 11th, 2001. My mom went up in them while they were being built. I want my children to look up to the skyline and see reborn Twin Towers standing tall for a new generation. There is nothing freedomy about the Freedom Tower. It should never have been thought up. The Twin Towers symbolized “standing together.” God Speed TTA.
Check out Belton and Gardner’s plans to rebuild the Twin Towers. http://www.triroc.com/wtc/ Donald Trump supports their plans. And their memorial is brilliant.
Do not let them win – we need our skyline back!
Susan Rodgers, Houston, TX
the towers should be rebuilt just to make a point that america will not backdown and that terrorists will not scare us in any manner! the towers symbolize everything that america stands for, the different ethnicities, as well as, different cultures.
rebuild the towers! enough already!
The peope who destroyed the World Trade Center were sub human. New York needs to show the strength of the American people and rebuild new, stronger, safer and talller twin towers.
Yes, build them to look the same but not with the obvious structural flaws. And, if they’re knocked down, we’ll build them the same again, again and again. Let them be a symbol to all our foes, “Don’t tread on me!”
It would be in honor and tribute to those who lost their lives as well as their families if the Towers were rebuilt in the same location as the previous ones.
Lets rebuild…..Lets show that America is strong and will come back stronger
GOD Bless America and our troops
NEVER FORGET 9-11-01
Living in Connecticut, I drive into or past Manhattan occasionally and, to this day, it still feels like a punch in the gut when I look at the NYC skyline without our beloved towers standing there. It brings a tear to my eyes every time. I can’t imagine why anyone would NOT want to rebuild and reclaim what was ours. Until our towers are back where they belong, there will always be a hole in our hearts.
In the War of 1812, the British burned down the White House. Did we leave a footprint there for perpetual mourning? No, we rebuilt the White House in defiance. We must resolve to rebuild the exact same Twin Towers. We can never let terrorists change the landscape of America.
NEVER FORGET!!!!!
As a teenager growing up in Jersey City, my friends and I would go to Manhattan, via PATH to WTC, and shop and eat.
Every time I return to NY/NJ my heart breaks again seeing the gap in the skyline. Not rebuilding the Towers sends a message “We are weak, you can bully us and our response will be meek”.
The Towers were lovely; we all loved them. Build them again, stronger than ever!
Rebuild! Win this war at all costs! We are not pansies.
Although I am not American I feel strongly that USA Should REBUILD. I have visited the Observation deck and can say honestly its the most beautiful sight in the world. UK Support this movement.
REBUILD!
NO CONTESTS, NO NEW DESIGNS, NO HAND WRINGING, NO NEED TO “UNDERSTAND” THE ENEMY THAT’S TRYING TO KILL US, NO WONDERING, NO DEBATE, NO POLLS, NO VOTING. THIS IS NOT A HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER…
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS AS THEY WERE!!!
BUSINESS AS USUAL!!!
END OF DISCUSSION!!!
I feel rebuilding the towers nearly as they were, will deliver the message to whoever was responisble, that we the people will prevail no matter whatever the trials they bring against us… and that truth, faith, charity, justice and liberty are not ideas of a forgotten nation.
Rebuild
Please do us all justice and rebuild the towers now. lets all be proud Americans again and show the world that we wont back down from this fight!!! thank you! DUANE IN DENVER
Rebuild as soon as possible. But make more substanial so as not to be as easy to knock down. I lived in Manhatten when they were building those towers and remember the sound of the builders tools. Make them stronger!! The Empire State would not have collapsed.
We need to rebuild the towers to show the terrorists they haven’t beaten us down.
I believe the Twin Towers should be rebuilt. We cannot give in to the terrorists.
Joanne Christie
E. Syracuse, NY
I walked through the scaffolding in the 1970s. I commuted via Path and the E train for 10 years. I shopped and hung at the bar up at Windows. It was a significant part of my working home town. I live elsewhere since 1998, but would return. Rebuilding and creating new businesses to thrive in the Towers would be the quintessential American thing to do, including a proper memorial within. No more wrangling over mediocre monuments – build real Towers.
I love NYC. And I love the NYC Skyline. But as beautiful as the skyline is, its not the same without the twin towers. God forbid, but had the Pentagon been totally destroyed on 9/11 they wouldn’t have built a HECTAGON in its place, would they? No! They would rebuild the entire building THE WAY IT WAS. The same goes if the Statue of Liberty were destroyed. They would rebuild it THE WAY IT WAS. That’s exactly why the WTC site must be rebuilt THE WAY IT WAS including rebuilding the Twin Towers!
The New York Skyline must be restored.
This is the best idea yet. Let’s show ourselves and the world how much courage we still have to be able to get up, dust the rubble off and rebuild!
Restore our Towers. It’s the American way!
We should rebuild the towers. We should dedicate them to all of the people who lost their life. I will never forget.
The Twin Towers were a signature part of the NYC skyline, and they are sorely missed. There can be no better way to show courage to our enemies than to replace them as they were or boldy taller.
We need to talk about this more. Don’t let them build the Freedom Tower! Show the terrorists that we won’t let them change our skyline! Rebuild EXACTLY, except mayebe taller and definitely stronger. I truly feel that this is what America wants. In time, the critics will be fine. Now, there just needs to be some strong leadership to get it done!
Trent
American
To the Elected Officials and Powers of New York,
Gentlemen, are you mad? Your hubris in pursuing the craven and unsightly “Freedom Tower” plan will be your undoing.
It seems that New Yorkers want their twin towers back – As public servants, you should submit to the will of the people in this matter. Any plan other than rebuilding the towers signals a submission to the will of our enemies.
Is that what you’d like to be remembered for?
Tsk,
Trevlin Utz
If you’re not going to rebuild the Twin Towers – the real WTC – then just don’t build anything at all, other than the memorial, of course. The Twin Towers are beloved by millions, and they’re the only buildings that belong there.
REBUILD THEM!
NYC looks naked without them and no artistic or symbolic gesture could ever outweigh the restoration of the site as it stood. If you must change anything, make them taller!
How many billions have we wasted on Iraq? We have the money. Rebuld the towers. Repair the damage. Heal our spirits. We can. Why don’t we?
Two towers, each 1 floor higher than before for good measure.
What are we saying to our enemies overseas? It’s been six years, and we still have a hole int the middle of Manhattan. The Towers must be rebuilt- build them stronger, but no farther than that.
Do not back down. Do not build a memorial. Build the towers again, preferably larger than before. Ours must be the culture of productive creation, theirs is the culture of destruction. Rebuilding the towers will send this message across the world.
Please make us Americans all happy & show our enemies how strong our God and nation can be, by putting the Twin Towers back where they belong. God bless America!!!
i like the freedom tower…… as long as there is another one exactly the same, right next to it.
I will never forget the day I heard on the radio that a plane had hit one of the towers. My first thought was my Dad (God rest his soul). I wish he were around at the time, to talk to him about it. I feel very sad that the Towers have not been rebuilt or started to rebuild.
I have a hard time believing that the people of the big apple would give up on this rebuilding effort.
Lets get it done people, and build it taller this time, with 2 of the largest U.S. flags ever on top of each tower.
As someone not from NY and when you thought of the city before Sept. 11th, your initial feeling would be that of excitement and wonderment of it’s vast skyline. Post 9/11 it’s difficult now to think the same way without an evoked feeling of sadness and a longing to once again see those massive twins as they once stood. Ask just about any other US citizen, even those that never visited NY and they too think the towers should be rebuilt just as they were. Listen to the masses..BRING THEM BACK!
I could not fathom the idea of building the tasteless Freedom Tower over the site of such a tragedy. The only way to truly pay homage to the victims and proclaim to the world “We are the American Spirit” is by building the World Trade Center Towers as they were. We owe it to the memory of those lost and to the future of the citizens of New York. REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!!!!
Rebuild the Twin Towers, maybe just a little taller than before.
Do it, and add another floor to each to further demonstrate the futility of their actions!
Rebuild the Twin Towers! Don’t allow this hallowed ground to become some social-climbing architect’s meaningless art project. Reinstate the former glory of the two sentinel towers, rebuild the world-renowned NYC skyline, and, above all, reinstate a sense of perseverance for the future.
New York, New York and all the rest of the United States of America and especially the “Towers” are real examples of abundant freedom, justice based democracy, and able intellect driven capitalism that is this constitutional republic…. Build the “Towers” and use better engineering than was used before…. Build the “Towers” and “the world will come.”
rebuild the twin towers so i can feel like we won something
REBUILD the twin towers exactly where they stood. Make the outside 100% identical to the originals. And use state-of-the-art architecture in engineering to prevent any chance of another disaster, if someone even ‘accidentally’ hits either tower with a plane.
REBUILD our center of commerce!
REBUILD our twin towers!
What better way of sticking it in the terrorists faces?
What better way to say “SCREW YOU COCKROACHES!”
It would say “you will never win against America”.
MAKE IT SO
It is absolutely imperative that we rebuild the towers in order to show reverence to the lost and perseverance to the living!
Rebuild the Twin Towers!
I’m from Brazil and my dream is know THAT TOWERS the TWIN TOWERS, not the FREEDOM TOWER!
THE US CAN’T LET IT HAPPEN.
YOU MUST SHOW THE POWER THAT ALL AMERICA HAVE!
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS RIGHT NOW!
i wish i could help some way
Billerica, MA loves NY
I fully support the plan to re-build the twin towers in their original glory. To do anything less would be an abomination. Send a strong and clear message that we will never be defeated!
We cannot let this happen– anything less than fully rebuilding is letting the terrorists change America, their victory.
i am extremely disapointed that there are no “twin towers” being looked at. how can you not rebuild them? they are a historic symbol of america, our pride and accomplishment, and you will let that get thrown away? i can understand a little redesigning but not just forgetting that they were there. that is exactly what “american haters” want, for us to just bow down and say, “ok, we’ll change because you have slapped us”. where is our american pride, our resiliance when hit to say “you didnt win because they still stand, and we are stronger now”. the towers were a symbol of new york that made all americans want to come and see the great city on the bay, even if they were not from there. they made new york a pillar of greatness above all other cities. a single building is nothing more than ordinary no matter what the design, dallas has buildings, but i dont care to drive and see them. people from all walks of life dream of seeing the twin towers up close, and hold that image of them as “the gates of freedom beyond the statue of liberty” to so many, they represent the greatness this country stands for, and it is unfair to rob our future generations of this awesome feeling they bring all because we dont stand tall and rebuild them stronger than before. i ask…i beg, preserve our pride, preserve our accomplishments……preserve our twin towers. rebuild, dont replace. thank you and god bless america!
I was born and raised in New York. I worked for 22 years at the American Stock Exchange. After being laid off from the exchange when Nasdaq took it over I moved to Florida with my family. The tragic news of 9/11 broke our hearts. The only way to defy the bastards that destroyed the WTC would be to rebuild it exactly as it was. It would be a double F-you to them.
Do what is right! Do the same people of America that stood together on the day of 9-11 deserve any less?! Let our soldiers have something beautiful and meaningful to come home to.
Let’s rebuild.
Rebuild the towers as they were, not a new design, but exactly as they stood before. Standing resolute in the New York skyline. My previous employer had a branch office in one of the towers, and were lucky enough to have all gotten out. Unfortunately, one of our agents, Marsh & McClennan wasn’t as lucky. We can never forget what was done to our citizens and who did it. NEVER FORGET
I’m a native New Yorker and I can’t imagine another building rising in the spot of the Twin Towers. I miss my Towers and all I can say is put them back! Nothing else will do! Whenever I come back to visit NY, I want to puke when I see that gap where the Towers once stood. Restore NY’s skyline to it’s greatness by putting the Towers back.
The ONLY thing to do to show them what we are all about is to rebuild…….just as they were before….only stronger. Maybe even one story higher. Show them they can NOT break our will. Never forget.
Rebuild the Twin Towers !
To honor our dead and the heroic efforts of the rescue personel, a simple “memorial” is not adequate. Only resurection can heal us. We must show our unwavering solidarity… and if the developers who stand to make millions erecting the archetectual “slaps-in-the-face” Freedom Tower donot submit to the public will, then they need to be removed by the government. They work for us. Not for their pocketbooks. Thank you!
REBUILDING SHOULD NOT EVEN BE A QUESTION….. IT SHOULD JUST BE DONE!!!
It should already have been started. We need to let the world know we cannot be knocked down for long!
Get-R-Done!
Rebuild the towers! Anything else built would be inferior to what was there before. To rebuild the towers would be the best memorial to those who died.
I worked in WTC 2 for a half-dozen years, witnessed the terror of the destruction. I would prefer to have the entire center restored to its originsl splendor. However, we must build it with adequate structural improvements, reverting to a more orthodox design such as used in the Empire State Bldg.,an extremely solid masonry structure, but NOW with an anti-aircraft/anti-missile defense installation on or near the site!!!
Accept nothing less than rebuilding the Twin Towers. Restore the beautiful NYC skyline!
I can not think of a better memorial than to rebuild the towers as they were before. If rebuilt the same way, they will ALWAYS be remembered and NY/NJ/USA will send a message to the world that we can not ever be beaten.
Let the word go forth to all the people on the Earth – the Lady in the Habor lifts her lamp to all who will cherish freedom – and let her light once again illuminate the Twin Towers that held so many loved ones, and in whose memory we will build them again – taller and stronger! May the towers reach up to the heavens above to those we love and will never forget!
Nothing will tell our enemies how fruitless their cause is, than to see those two towers rise again- ONE STORY HIGHER PERHAPS- so that the world can see that we can not be defeated!
Build them. Now.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers as they were, would send a message to all Americans and to the world. The Twin Towers were a symbol for all of us and aided
America in representing strength, courage and freedom. If you built the Twin Towers as they were, thousands of people will flock to see them. Should you decide to build the “Freedom Tower” it will fail because nothing belongs on that land except the Twin Towers. That land is sacred and symbolic to us Americans and the world.
No “Freedom Tower” TWIN TOWERS.
Give us back our skyline. Give our towers. New York City is the greatest city in the history of the world….including anciet Rome, and all that came after. Don’t let the dream of rebuilding die. On September 11, 2001 we all became New Yorkers.
Build the towers now.
Indeed, the Twin Towers were, and are iconic. In a lot of ways, they are part of America, our America, that will not soon be replaced, but will stand back up when knocked down. Let us not be ‘reborn’ as something different, but come back as something proud and proven, something more like the best nation in the world.
Soon it will have been six years since the jihadists struck the continental United States. The Freedom Tower design is a ridiculous abdication of our collective duty to honor the losses and sacrifices we saw on that clear September day. Rebuild the towers – each a foot taller. Every day that Ground Zero remains an empty, open wound is a day that the terrorists draw strength from our fecklessness. The time has come for us to remedy this. Rebuild the towers!
It’s outrageous that the Twin Towers are not being rebuilt! I personally prefer Donald Trump’s plan. The towers can be built on different footprints and with a suitable memorial to those that died on 9/11/2001, using the latest technology for safety and security. They can also each be built at least 1 story taller, to symbolize our triumph over terrorism. Politicians should ALWAYS be our servants, rather than our masters.
Putting the Twin Towers back exactly the way they were is the best way to show the world that we will not be defeated, we will not be intimidated and we always rise above our challenges.
Let’s re-build the towers along with a fitting memorial…Let’s show the world what America is made of! Alan Munro.Jax Fl
Rebuild the Towers and make them 19 floors higher than before!
Defy Islam and build the twin towers stronger and higher! Sorry Muslims, but there is only one passover lamb, Jesus Christ.
Rebuild them, only taller! Never give in to terrorism. Support and defend freedom at all cost. We had a president that believed that a few years aog…
Build them again, only taller.
As a former Weehauken Resident, I used to awake every morning to the site of the towers. I moved away in 2000 and have not been back because of the heartbreak of the signt of them not being there. Rebuild is the only option.
I want the towers back where they were originally.Better,stronger,faster,we HAVE the technology!Anything less or obfuscated means you AREN’T American.That is all!
WTC: There is no substitute.
God bless New York! Do what you know is right – rebuilt WTC!
There is sufficient room to put the new towers up while preserving the footprint of the old towers.
And place a Christian Cross pon the TOP.
Glass just doesn’t cut it. REBUILD the Twin Towers taller than before and in concrete to represent the strength of our nation.
ENOUGH WITH THE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS!!!!!!!!!!!! REBUILD THE TOWERS JUST AS THEY WERE, NOW!!!!!!!!!!!
I would like to see them rebuilt but it really don’t matter. In the end we will all face East and pray. We don’t have the guts to win the war!
The Statue of Liberty is the “Welcome” to our country, but the Twin Towers is the Inspiration. Rebuilding them is the ONLY WAY to show other countries that the USA is the best country in the world. Stop being stupid and rebuild them exactly the same.
Most sensible thing to do.
It would be a fitting memorial to those who died to rebuild exactly what was there before.
I support the rebuilding of the World Trade Center on the original grounds.
When I was a kid and got knocked down in a fight, every time I got back up again, the concern on the face of my opponent was clearly visible. Expecting to have won the fight, he became somewhat unnerved every time I got back up to look him in the eye. There were a few times when I got my butt kicked but I never lost a fight.
It’s time to send the same message to our opponents in this war. Knock us down and we will get right back up again to look you straight in the eye!
This is the only plan that shows what the U.S.A. is truly about.
Do what is right!
Do it.
Do it now!
Rebuild the towers how they were. That’s the strongest message.
The solution is simple…rebuild it, but add at least 2 additional stories, which could be used as a memorial. I would make it an excact replica except for the additional height. May God contimue to bless America, and may we continue to deserve it.
Rebuild them already! It should have been done three times over by now!
rebuild like trump suggested. stronger, better, and add some floors to make them bigger. end of story.
American memorials should be reinforced with a hearty measure of resolve. Rebulding the twin towers is the ONLY way to show that the fascist murderers who attacked us cannot change or destroy our way of life. Let’s put politics, money and investment arguments aside for once, especially for those who died on 9/11.
Do the right thing. Rebuild the twin towers.
There would be no better example of the resilience of the American people than to re-build the Twin Towers.
Build It!
What part of REBUILD don’t the politicians understand?
Although I don’t live there now, I was born and raised in New York and will always consider myself a New Yorker.
Rebuild the Twin Towers!
We got to stick up for what is right.
The Twin Towers is what America stands for.
Lets rebuild them the way they were.
A complete rebuild of the original twin towers sends a powerful message to the world that America will NOT be intimidated by terrorists and swayed by frightened, politically-correct politicians / policy makers having us believe that the towers should be replaced with an ugly twisted wreck of incongruent angles and call that a ‘freedom tower’.
If I were in charge the towers would be rebuilt identically with a few extra floors at the top – Americana…baby…
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS FOR ALL AMERICANS!!!!
The greatest nation must have the tallest towers. They’ve got to be taller, and let’s make sure we have the TWO tallest sky scrapers in the world – and the best, most honorable memorial money can buy.
They could have built 3 World Trade Centers in the time they’ve been messing around!
just rebuild them !
Rebuild the towers as they were OR TALLER!
Had not thought about it, but now that enough time has gone by, makes sense. Let’s give the enemy a black eye. BUILD THEM!
Just do it!
Please build an exact replica of the Twin Towers and devote some of the space to a memorial. Let it be a sign to all that we stand united against our enemies. How dare they try to undermine our way of life, freedom and our American dream.
Dear Sir or Madam,
I truly believe that we should rebuild the twin towers and to increase it’s size. The current planned Freedom Towers is not the right choice for that particular building site.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers would send a clear message to the rest of the world that we will not tolerate Terrorists who want to take our freedoms away from us.
I also Love the design of the Freedom Tower but not for that site.
Sincerely Yours,
Thomas LaPrade
defiance !!!
rebuild! dare we do anything but?
We can build the Twin Towers Better, stronger and faster.
Construction Technology, Steel Fabrication Have greatly improved since the Originals Twin Towers were built. We need to honor those who perished and get it done. NOW!
Build them again, make them white, and make them taller!
Rebuilding the Twin Towers will only take a brief time, and the staisfaction of doing the right thing will last a long, long time.
Now that the loser George Pataki is out, let’sdo it right, listen to Trump. Build the freakin towers back!!
It is the only right thing to do!!!!
Twin towers need to be rebuilt
take the power back
Spit in the bastards’ faces, both foriegn and domestic terrorists and all haters of Our God Blessed Republic. Build ’em back stronger, bigger, taller. The WTC Towers have become one of our symbols of Individual Freedom and Liberty! “We the People” must continue to show the world that government – in all its forms – is here to serve Our Will. Not the other way around!
Losing a huge powerful landmark like the WTC was devastating for everyone in this nation…even us here on the West Coast. It’s as if a huge molar had been extracted and the wound neglected. Islamic fascists are your enemy…don’t ever forget that. The Empire State Building was built in just over a year. We landed on the Moon with a balls and a Sliderule. We can and more importantly SHOULD rebuild the World Trade Center as it stood. NYC needs it’s core restored.
All Americans, especially the victims’ families, deserve to see the towers rebuilt.
Please rebuild the TWIN Towers!!!
Build the towers as they were.
Rebuild the Twin Towers. Americans will not be cowed by Radical Muslims.
There is nothing I can think of that would send so loud and clear a message to those who planned, executed, and celebrated the World Trade Center’s destruction. Rebuilding the towers would unequivocally say to them, “You did not succeed.”
Build ’em back up the way they were before. That will send a message to those Islamofascist bastards.
No other structures in the world conjure such a grand presence as the Twin Towers. I reject any design the timid and soft pc bureaucrats want to impose upon us the people. Only the Towers belong at this site, at least 150 stories each this time.
The morning they dropped, I turned to my wife and said the best possible thing we could do is rob the terrorists of the sensationalism of it all and rebuild the towers immediately!
If anything happens other than the towers being built back very close to the way they were, I will always feel like we lost.
Best idea – rebuild the same – but one storey taller to let the terrorists know how we REALLY feel!
Put it back up or the terrorists win….. Build it NOW!!!!!
The pride of freedom would insist on the rebuilding of the towers.
Rebuild the Towers in the Face of the Terrorists.
“Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!!”
The words of Patrick Henry still hold true today.
God Bless America!
Rob Mazzola
What greater tribute than to re-build the towers as they were when so many lost their lives. It would be the ultimate statement that we will not be defeated.
Bring back the towers!
Let us fight the terrorists on the battlefield, but let us fight them also with our will! There is no better way to strike back at the terrorists and show them that the more they push US, the more we press on!
Bring them back.
Bring them bigger.
Never smaller.
Bring their silhouette to the horizon.
They are the memorial.
Nothing more needed.
Build a bridge between the two.
Way on top.
Write the names of those who died.
Way on top.
Bring them back.
I hope it is not too late
Build them as they were and add one story.
I think we should rebuild the Twin Towers because it would restore the World famous New York Skyline. Bring the some comfort to the families and loved one of those that lost their lives that day on 9/11. It would show the world we will not be affraid of Terrorist and we will not bow to Terrorism. God Bless America and all americans and God Bless all those who have fallen in service of this country and through their unselfishness, bravery and courage.
They should be rebuilt only taller than before.
It is the sensible thing to do.
Bring them back, even bigger than before!
Nothing I can think of would restore America’s sense of pride and wholeness like rebuilding the Twin Towers exactly as they were.
It would be a statement to the world and to those who mean us harm, that we are the most resilient and courageous people on earth, and that we will NOT be cowed by the atrocities of madmen.
Rebuild the WTC towers as they were, except this time, add one more floor to each building as a memorial to those who perished on 9/11/.
Ron Bell
Garland, Texas
There is no better way to remember our fallen citizens and to show the world our unflappable resolve. Build those towers; bigger, better, and prouder!!!
We should rebuild them stronger and bigger than before with a memorial for the fallen inside the building.
IF IT’S NOT REBUILT THE SAME THEY WIN!
I think that everyone should close their eyes and picture the day that the towers would be restored. Imagine the sense of pride you would feel and see. Just having the towers up would be a great memorial to all that perished. PLEASE GET THE TOWERS REBUILT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was angry, upset and heartbroken when I watched the attack of the towers that morning on 9/11/2001. As soon as they collapsed I said that we should rebuild them exactly as they were. Anything less, and the terrorists have won. Even if we build a different structure on the site with less than two towers, the terrorists have won because they changed our behavior. We can use today’s architectural standards to make the buildings stronger to withstand another attack.
Rebuilding them would be a great testament to this nation and our strength. It would also be 2 giant middle fingers to the Islamist who would dare try to destroy our way of life.
We must not let the attacks upon our country keep our fighting spirit suppressed. The towers should be built at least as tall to show that we will not fear. There is no better memorial to those that fell on that day than to rebuild. New twin towers is the best memorial.
Rebuild the towers just as they were. It is a matter of national pride.
Rebuilding the towers is the only way to inform the terrorists that they cannot stop the USA.
I have never been to NYC. As an American, the events of September 11th weighed and continue to weigh heavy on my heart – just like my fellow citizens, I’m sure. A decent respect to the vicitims of that horrible day dictates we do what they ostensibly would want done – to live in Freedom, just as we did before, as we must do now – proudly, publicly, and in the Love of our Great Nation. There can be no finer memorial to those who lost their lives than to rebuild the towers. God Bless America!
Enough is enough,put the towers back where they belong.
this is America,not Patakiville.
Fight their foolish freedumb tower,it is disgraceful.
Robert $ Maria Eltus
Miami, Florida
Ex-New Yorker—Firefighter–Dade Cnty
Why wouldn’t we rebuild the towers? That is the true American way. We are not defeatist. We have never let another country or fanactic ideology dictate what we do. Those that would not rebuild the towers or offer something less are cowards.
In the late 80’s and early 90’s I rode trains in and out of the WTC on my way to and from work in the old Western Union Building. Nothing impressed me more about the NYC landscape than those two big towers and as I watched their destruction I knew the world had changed forever.
Rebuilding the “Towers” would be a fantastic “in your face” responce to all cowardly terrorist and their fellow traveler “America Haters”.
God have mercy on and bless America!!!!!!
Rebuild the towers!
Build them bigger and better than they were!
Rebuild them as they were but taller.
Rebuild the towers, don’t let the b_____ds win! Why give them the satisfaction of knowing that they can dictate the skyline of our cities?
I feel strongly that if we don’t rebuild the towers exactly as they were, our enemies will have won!
It breaks my heart to see our skyline so empty when need to rebuild our tours , they are the heart of new york , and it show that we can over come anything .
Rebuild them!
Allowing terrorists to alter the NYC skyline is a tragic mistake. Rebuild the towers, add a memorial and return the world’s greatest skyline to what it was on September 10th , 2001 to show any who would dare think they have the power to do so through terrorism they are wrong and cannot–and will never–succeed.
I was born and raised in Brooklyn and I could see the towers from where I lived. Let’s put them back for the people of America and also to send a message to those against our way of life that we are not afraid.
Rebuild the Towers! That would be a great memorial!
Rebuild the Twin Towers so they may pierce the sky again and signify our country’s resilience.
Once a New Yorker, ALWAYS a New Yorker. We need the skyline.
Anyone remember the old websites of WTC?
Maybe a reminder of who and what was there
by the people who created the websites would
bring back memories of how proud these twin buildings
were to the city.
In an effort to memorialize the old WTC, I collected most of the webpages from archives.
Hope this helps.
http://www.sasguy.net\wtc.html
May the towers rise again in honor of those whose lives were lost.
It makes perfect sense to rebuild the icons of freedom. Rebuild the towers….now !
REbuilding the twin towers would be a better stand then to build a monument…but two towers with a memorial would be something great.
Just do it!
Let’s not cringe and say, “what if they attack again?” Let’s stick it in their faces with new twin towers — even bigger and better than before.
Rebuild the towers. God Bless!!!
Rebuilding the Twin Towers seems to me to be the best “in your face” of which I can possibly think.
I have only been to New York once in my life and fortunately for me it was December 26, 1998. I saw the Twin Towers and then The Radio City Rockets that day. To this day I do not know which was the most inspiring.
as a former new yorker it is the right thing to do. Lets do it!
Rebuilding the Towers is the best way to show our enemies that, despite the destruction of 9/11, they’ve accomplished nothing. Bring ’em back!
I grew up near NYC, the city is incomplete without the towers.
Rebuild the towers, bigger, taller, stronger. Make sure the jihadis know that whatever they do, we will bounce back stronger every time. We can do this, we MUST do this so they know they didn’t win!
I loathe anyone who wants to do less than restore the towers.
The American Public pays the bills but is continually left out of the decision making process. Until the politicians remember who pays their salaries we must make our voices loud and clear: “If you want our money, pay attention to what we say! Rebuild the towers!!”
In the days after 911, I remember commenting that the OBVIOUS course of action was to rebuild the towers exactly as they were before (in appearance).
Anything else but rebuilding the towers and re-establishing the New York skyline would be capitulating and allowing terrorists to do our urban planning! Let’s rebuild the towers and, from their highest point, spit on all islamic terrorists!
If we don’t rebuild the WTC Towers, then the people that brought them down will have won. We are America and we need to show the world that we will not give in to terrorism. I believe with all of my heart that the WTC Towers should be rebuilt, to stand as examples of the American Spirit!
Rebuild-Recover-Rejoice! When the USS COLE was damaged by terrorist’s, the only choice was to repair the ship as she was the day of commissioning. The same should be for the TWIN TOWERS. Our enemy must understand our resolve. GOD Bless American, and GOD Bless New York.
Please,come together and get this done.Every day wasted is a day that the victims are not honored,and is a day of victory for the terroist/murderers.This is America…nobody does this to our people,and it is time we show the world that again.
I can’t think of a better way to re-energize Americans to defeat our enemies and the national pride that would be instilled by seeing the Towers rise again.
build the towers!
It has baffled me since day one why there was not an immediate groundswell to build them back, bigger and taller and prouder than before. Anything less will be an eternal dishonor.
We can show the world we can’t be beat.
AMEN!
Get it done!
It’s common sense, and should have been done already. China’s capital of Beijing is exploding in creativity and beautiful buildings, why cant NYC have something that is iconic again. Do it NYC.
Rebuild the towers and make them taller than the slain ones.
Rebuild the Two Towers. Make the NY skyline look as if their cowardly, demonic action had no effect whatsoever.
I grew up in NJ and the twin towers always represented NYC. When the towers came down, I remember driving down route 17 days after the attack occurred and seeing that gap on the horizon and cried, wondering when everything would ever be “right” again. Re-building the towers would be a start.
The towers must be rebuilt exactly like if not taller than the old ones! The present plans look like buildings in suburban Houston–where I’m from.
For many average Americans, the Twin Towers represented an indelible image of what makes America strong. Since 9/11 this image has been re-enforced and re-enforced. The Twin Towers now symbolize everything that terrorism around the world seeks to rob from freedom-loving peoples. Until we rebuild the towers, the healing of America’s wound will be only partial.
I’m a fire fighter and a fellow American, and I don’t believe that less is more. More is more, put them back and if you are going to change anything add a few stories.
The right thing to do is to re-build the twin towers. We as a country should stand strong in the face of muslim extremism and political correctness and not be intimidated. Re-build the twin towers to demonstrate the USA’s commitment to freedom for all people.
What better tribute to those who fight? What better memorial to those who died? What better message of hope to those who continue to struggle? What better warning to those who hate us? What worse message to send than doing nothing at all? Build it back. Build it better. Build it bigger. Let people here and around the world know that we will not break, that we will not yield, that our will is strong.
Build them 9’11” taller with a big sign “Come and Get’Em”
Native New Yorker
Rebuild the towers so they appear as they were, or even a little taller. Build them stronger with enhanced internal structure so they can never again be knocked down by any sort of cheap-shot, 9/11-style attack. Why is this not obvious to those in charge? Why are they still in charge? The “freedom tower” concept is hideous and the top of it looks like a pig’s penis.
The Twin Towers should have been rebuilt immediately following a study of the structural failures, and new technologies to correct that. Those technologies are here and the buildings must be rebuilt.Do you see that the PC idiocy is ruining every area of American life? Get your political garbage out of our way. The people just proved we
want certain things from Government, like doing what we elected you for..Too much to ask?
Build the Towers!!
I want to see the twin towers return to the NY skyline, not some other artistic, politically correct sculpture.
America as a whole suffered in the tragedy of 9/11 and we should all have a say as to what building returns there.
Nothing we do will tell the terrorists that we are unbowed and unbroken like rebuilding the twin towers. There are a few perfect symbols of NY and those towere became one of them.
I was living in New Jersey on 9/11. I know live in Florida. I can’t stand the was lower Manhattan looks. From day one I thought the Towers should be rebuilt taller and better than ever. We have the technology. I hope we have the will, too.
Just got back from NYC & visiting the WTC site. Yes! Rebuild. You already have the blueprints and did it before. Structural flaws?? Buildings don’t need to be designed expecting to have planes crash into them. Put an anti-aircraft missle launcher on top.
Rebuild the original. Let the world know who’s in charge!
We cannot allow defeatism. Rebuild the towers.
Rebuild them. Bring back the glory of the site. Do it right.
Rebuild the Twin Towers,a sign of American strength,power,and might.Have the courage to do the right thing.
I lived in northern NJ all of my life until 2002. I was in NYC that awfula day & still miss the beauty of those buildings. They deserve to grace the skyline and be an inpsiration of hope to all of us again. Please build them back up!
Bring ’em back!
We need to put them back up and show the world they can’t intimidate us!
Show courage America. Support the building of the towers. Let them raise up to face the challenge of who we are.
We should absolutely do the right thing.. bring them Back! Shame on all of us – it’s mid 2007 and they should have been back well by now! Bigger, stronger, glorious. Come on America, we can do this. Let’s collectively get something right. J. Hardy, NH
Rebuild them just as they were only use asbestos on the interior structure. If this had been done originally they may have made it through the September 11 attack. Lawyers
kept that from happening and lawyers are a big part of the delay in allowing the Twin
Towers to be rebuilt.
REBUILD THE TOWERS AS THE WERE ONLY MAKE THEM THE TALLEST BUILDINGs IN THE WORLD…
Rebuild them bigger, better, taller and more extragavant! If we don’t rebuild them (or if we don’t build something close to the original), then the terrorists have won. We cannot allow them to affect our decision making nor our daily lives.
Rebuild now.
Re-build Twin Towers as they were, but taller.
Rebuilding the twin towers is the right thing to do.
Rebuild the Twin Towers. This is the only option, you elitist do-gooders days are numbered.
Please build the Twin Towers the same as they were, but better constructed for attacks, so nothing like this ever happens again! Rebuilding the Twin Towers will give a strong statement to our enemies! AMERICA IS STRONG AND WE WILL NOT LET THE ENEMY BRING OUR COUNTRY DOWN!!!!!!!
I never understood why this wasn’t the plan from the beginning. What could be a better way to show we won’t be forced to change our way of living than to defiantly put the Towers back. Additionally, what could possibly be a better memorial to all those who tragically passed away in those buildings than to re-erect (sorry, not sure if that’s a word) the original structures. They don’t have to be on the “footprints” of the original Towers, I completely understand that that is hallowed ground
IF this were our grandparents generation, they would’ve been rebuilt in less than a year, probably even with a big target on them saying ‘bring it on’. But not today…
Rebuild the towers !
Get the suits out the way! Now your mayor is going put his attention towards the white house in running for Pres. ( God help us! ) So now New York will be w/o a mayor, sound like the perfect time to get something thru !
The towers are so beautiful. The new plan is both costly and the current design is ugly too modern and show a flowery approach when the concrete and steel is what we need.
rebuild the towers, dont build a 1776 foot tombstone.
I want the Twin Towers rebuilt and stronger than the previous ones. I want them to be 2 giant middle fingers to our enemies and all those rejoiced when it happened.
The WTC represented american, we should not allow this act to change america, Rebuild the Towers!
Frankly, it’s embarrassing to me as American they haven’t been rebuilt by now! It is so obvious this is the right thing to do, not just for NY and USA, but to show the rest of the world they can’t knock us down. The Towers, when rebuilt, would be more popular than ever and would restore the NY skyline.
Make them New and Improved! Same look, but Better with everything, energy efficiency, stability.
Bigger, taller, greater!
Just the right thing to do.
Stop this politically correct madness and rebuild the towers. Screw the elites and do what it right America!
Yes, rebuild
We cannot let the terrorists win! Build us back our guts!
Let the jihadists know that we will not go quietly into the night!
Rebuild the twin towers…new and improved…same exterior design…same height.
When someone sprays graffiti…the best solution is often to repaint as quick as possible so as to reduce the exposure for the vandal – minimize his perceived success. Our situation is no different…only the vandal is bigger and distruction bigger.
If we rebuild, it will show the “vandal” that his efforts where in the end worthless and that the strength and optimism of America is beyond his understandi
Why would we build something other than the Towers? I want the original skyline back, and I want to stick it in the eye of the radical muslims. We need to show strength, and putting those building back is the best way to do that.
Just build them, and when we catch OBL we can toss him off the top. Its crude, but we need to stop playing games and finish the job!!!!
rebuid the towers. New York has not been the same since they went down. Let the world know that no one can destroy this great nation.
Build them again! Higher! Stronger! Better than before!
Build them taller and with the spot beams on top.
this a no-brainer-REBUILD THEM!!!
The thing that I want to see would also be an ultimate insult to the people that brought them down. Rebuild them, right down to the last doorknob !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Notice how the Pentagon was completely restored before we even knew it, strange ….
RE-BUILD, RE-BUILD, RE-BUILD!!!!
The clearest symbol of our resolve and our resilience is to put the Towers back where they belong.
Rebuilding the towers will show the terrorists that all of their planning and efforts amounted to nothing.
I agree; do it.
It would be wonderful to see the twin towers soaring over the Manhattan skyline again. What a great way to say to the terrorists, “if you try to knock us down, we will always stand right back up again.”
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!! STOP THE POLITICALLY CORRECT BULL! THESE TOWERS SHOULD’VE ALREADY BEEN BUILT!
AMERICA WANTS THESE TOWERS TO BE RE-BUILT, JUST AS THEY WERE. BRING THEM BACK!! SHOW OUR ENIMIES THEY CANNOT STOP THE AMERICAN SPIRIT!!
BUILD THE TWIN TOWERS, NOW!! NO MORE STALLING!! WE LOVE THE TWIN TOWERS!!
End the politics. Build the Towers taller and stronger. Lead, follow, or get out of the way!!!
Rebuild them just as they were! Why would we do anything else?
I definitely think the Twin Towers should be rebuilt. I think the areas where the planes hit the towers should be made into a memorial. If we don’t rebuild them then we are letting Bin Laden win. He is basically dictating to us about building tall buildings. We can’t have that. We must rebuild the twin towers.
please rebuild…its our best and only option
Rebuilding the twin towers is absolutely the only thing to do. It’ll show the world America stands strong and restores NY’s skyline and image which the world recognizes instantly.
I love New York! Until the Twin Towers are rebuilt exactly the same way they were, I will NEVER be able to get by what happened. That day took a part of me, andwe can put that part back!
Rebuild the Towers and do it now!
Build it exactly the same way it was, with one more floor.
God Bless America!
Please build them again….
This simply needs to be done. Rebuild them exactly as before. What better way to tell the world we are America!
Rebuild the Twin Towers, please!
Build ’em just as they were, but stronger and throw in one extra “Freedom” floor as a “spit in their eye”!
What’s not to love about the Twin Towers? Bring ’em back! I can’t remember how many movies I’ve watched with them in the background, and then my mind says, “Oh yeah, they’re not there any more.” Let’s make those Islamic warmongers cry as much as they all rejoiced when they came down. Let’s make everyone who loves them, like me, shed a wistful tear of gratitude for the sacrifices made there, but only by seeing them restored to their original glory.
God Bless America! re-Build the Twin Towers to show the world Freedom still exists! “Live Free or Die Hard”!
They should be rebuilt as the were!!!
Absolutely…Rebuild them so they look the same, only this time higher and bigger than before. No wussy politically correct memorial monuments that only make us look weak, show them that when you attack America it only makes us stronger.
Rebuild them to look exactly as they were.
Rebuild them, without bickering or delay. SPIT IN THE FACE OF OUR ENEMIES!
Rebuild the towers now!!!!!!! Don’t let the arab terrorists win.
Please rebuild them exactly as they were! This will show the world. Let’s do this now!
Put the towers back the way they were.
Nothing in my mind looked better than seeing lower Manhattan flanked by these two grand buildings standing guard over the city. Bring them back!
The day they cut the ribbon on the new twin towers will a day not unlike the moon landing – an entire country unified in overwhelming pride and it’s sprit made whole again
We need to put Ground Zero back the way it should be. Let’s not let terrorists architect America! Bring back the Twin Towers!
If Americans are still flying. If AA and United are still in business. If the people still has a say in how we operate in this country. Then we should build the the towers again. Was there any argument about what to do in New Orleans after the “twin storms”? No! The only fitting monument to those who died, and those who defend our way of life is to build them as a tribute to our resolve, and their sacrifice.
whatever structure goes there, in that hallowed place, will send a statement……………..why not make it the correct statement? why not make the new structure even bigger and better than the towers were? why not make it look like the twin towers, just 5% bigger? this awful project that’s being discussed is wrong, my friends, just wrong. it’s a sell out to the concept of being PC. to be PC is the path to destruction, look at what has happened in Paris, in London, in Madrid, now Glascow
I agree as many Americans do, rebuild what we lost on 9/11. My future children deserve it. I would love to take them to NYC so they can see with their own eyes what America means. It would show a powerful message about growing through pain only makes us stronger. I am embarrassed by the slow growth of the construction process almost 5 years after 9/11. America could have rebuilt 3 sets of Freedom Towers by now. Please bring back the original Twin Towers! Matt from Kansas City.
let’s fight to win. at home and overseas. USA
Rebuild the towers and find out who was really responsible for their destruction and the other events of 9/11 We need an independent investigation! The 9/11 commission report is a bunch of lies.
I think it’s wrong that this process has taken so damned long. I’m sick of the politicalization.
The Twin Towers should be rebuilt exactly as they were…or perhaps even one story taller than before, as a subtle gesture of defiance. New structures of a different style would only be a constant reminder of that terrible day.
As the great General George Patton once said “Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a looser”. We loose if we don’t rebuild. We MUST rebuild as these buildings are a symbol of this country’s success and will to succeed. These buildings represent the awesome nature of this country, not just New York. Please bring back America’s Twin Towers.
The attacks made Americans stand a little taller and stronger. Put the towers back taller and stronger as well, not only as a memorial for those who were lost, but a symbol of our character and resolve aa Americans!
When I first saw the Twin Towers from the Empire State building I was struck by the beauty and sheer size of them. When the sun hit them just right they glimmered like fine silver. New Yorkers told me that they were a great landmark and they were very proud of them. To this day when I think of New York I think of those towers. They were in LOADS of movies from when I was a kid, granted I’m not very old. They came to be as American as apple pie to me and many in my generation.I want them back!
Rebuild the Towers…Just as they were girder for girder. That is a true monument to those that lost their lives on that terrible day. A defining statement that says “We will not go quietly into the night, we will not vanish without a fight!” Show the world we are not afraid
We are in the best country on Earth. We, the people, want the towers back. We hire public servants, aka the politicians, to do our bidding. Let’s not let them get in the way of doing our bidding.
Time for America to stand up and be the world leader instead of cowering and pandering to all the special interest groups of the world!!!!! If we offend you, TO BAD!!! It’s our right in this country. Rebuild them, bigger and better. If we don’t stand up soon we we will never be able to stand up again.
I whole heartily agree re-build the towers bigger and better. And let the world know that America is still the greatest country in the world and won’t be bullied by anybody!
Restoration of the twin towers should not be an option. Return to the country that which was taken.
I can’t think of any other monument that would be more appropriate than that which was stolen from us. There is no better way to honor those lives that were stolen.
Don’t let the political poltroons of NY’s high public offices decide what should stand in place the WTC. The twin towers were not just a study in architectural skill.
They were a bold statement of what could be accomplished in a free society.
It is an insult to dub the WTC replacement as the Freedom Tower, given the manner in which the decisions for its choosing were made.WITHOUT YOU!
Those who died in the attack on 9/11 deserve better. Rebuild the WTC like it was.
Resistance is not futile. It’s time for all Americans to realize the true nature of the threat we are under and begin to fight back as one nation, one voice. I propose the ‘301 Club’.
After seeing the film 300, I decided to become number 301 in the stand against the oppression and domination. I stand with the Greeks against a threat to freedom that is just as real today as it was in ancient times.
JOIN THE RESISTANCE!
Rebuild them exactly like they were. Simple. Why wouldn’t we do this? I am for this.
Yes, build them as they were. BUT, add ONE MORE FLOOR, and make that prt of our memorial to the victims. It’s time we stuck something in their eye for taking our towers. They laugh and plot against us with each passing day. Let’s give them somthing to look at each day.
I support re-building the Twin Towers to show the terrorists we will not be intimidated.
Donald Trump made this case a year or two ago. I agreed then and couldn’t agree more now. Rebuilding the Twin Towers would say to the world and to all terrorists, you cannot win.
AIA, Architect, Retired
Rebuilding them as they were would be the best memorial which could ever be built.
If the passengers of Flight 93 had failed in their heroic efforts to stop the terrorists, and that flight had reached the Capitol building or the White House, would they have been rebuilt? What about the Statue of Liberty or Independence Hall? Would we have let them be replaced by a Motel 6? Were the Towers anything less? Absolutely not! The Towers were attacked ONLY because the represented American ideals. Show that those ideals are worth standing up for; put the Towers back! NOW!
Nothing would speak to the futility of the “Ilsamo-facists” attack then to throw the towers right back up in the skyline. It’s as if we were knocked back for a second but here we stand,… united,… again.
The towers should be rebuilt, taller than before.
REBUILD ‘EM !!
The towers should be put back EXACTLY how they where. I have ALWAYS thought this.
It would be a big Forget You to the haters of freedom and democracy.
Mark Malatesta
President/Conservative Capital
San Clemente, CA
Rebuild the Twin Towers! Make them even taller this time.
Yes, absolutely rebuild the Twin Towers.
They were more than buildings. They were icons — symbols of America. They WTC needs to be bold and inspiring. Rebuild them the way they were.
Rebuild the twin towers, destroy terrorism worldwide; we win.
Greetings from Alabama the beautiful-no fake imitation. Bring back the real thing-the twin towers-nothing else will do.
Rebuilding the WTC is the strongest message we, the American people, could send to the islamic terrorists.
We will not lose faith in the USA.The People must stay United
Seems like rebuilding what was destroyed would be the best memorial.
Let New York City be proud and stand behind this project and get construction industry the boost it needs in the area. Do it now when it cheaper to build than later.
If we don’t rebuild the Twin Towers, it will send a message to the enemy that we don’t have resolve and are weak and scared… I for one AIN’T Scared!!
REBUILD!!
Just do it. Bigger and better than before.
Now is the time for Americans to realize that giving in to terror is never an acceptable path to follow! To heal, we must replace what was lost in order to maintain any self respect. Anything less is cowardly and a slap in the face to all who died on September 11, 2001. This is, stated simply, a watershed event in our history. Does America maintain its status as “the symbol of freedom and democracy” to the world or do we cower when confronted by pathetic fanatics?
I absolutely believe they should be rebuilt in an “in your face” bigger and better manner. I cannot think of a better, or for that matter another, way to honor those who lost lives and loved ones that day. Put whatever means necessary in the construction of the buildings to better protect them from threats in the future and get them back up, the sooner the better. Otherwise, the terrorists win!
Make ’em even TALLER this time! May God bless New York City.
Perry from Redondo Beach, CA
Rebuild the towers, then add another story on top. Let’s heal this ugly scar.
Building something else will signal that the Twins were a mistake in the first place and OBL helped us to correct it. Hence, rebuild the Twins! Made them taller and better!
Thank God there is someone organizing this effort! Why would we do anything but rebuild it the same way it was?
If your house burned down, would you allow the insurance company to hire an abstract artist to replace your traditional, 2-story home with an impressionist polygon? I think not! So, why replace what was lost with anything other than what was lost? Please, give us a break and do the right thing!
Show the world our resiliency, that we just keep on ticking.
Let’s show some pride again.
America’s #1 America’s #1 America’s #1 America’s #1
Rebuild them bigger, better, safer.
Rebuild the towers, I was living in New York when the towers were built. We need to show all countries that we are united.
We need to rebuild the Twin Towers.
So the world we are Proud and Tough.
We must Rebuild them
for our future!!
and build them better
and safer!!
We can do it!!
Re-build the twin tower, rebuild them taller!
Very symbolic. Building taller would symbolic of U.S strenth.
Rebuild them. Make them 1 floor taller than before and give them a gold finish.
Dennis, Captain Phila. Fire Dept. God Bless the FDNY & the 343.
This is what I have been saying since September 11, 2001. This would be the most profound way of saying “you did not beat us”!
I was in Manhattan this May for the first time since 9/11 and even though I was expecting it I was so saddened not to see the towers standing as sentinels. I went to the site and was appalled that so little had been done and although there were “plans” it still seems like there was too much uncertainty about how and especially when. I too agree that not rebuilding the towers is the only way to tell the terrorists that they will not beat this country!
These buildings need to be put back as they were. They should be halfway up by now. It is only the politicians that prevent this. They always seem to “know” what is best for us. If they don’t listen this time, they need to be voted out. The American people are capable of and can handle anything. It is our government, our eternal babysitter, that denies us the ability to reach. It is sad.
The first thing I thought when people were wondering what to do with the site was “rebuild the towers taller and stronger than before”. What is so hard to figure out?
From the moment the Towers fell on that horrible day, in my mind there never has been another option but that we should rebuild as they were, except even taller and better. Anything less is a victory for our enemies, and I can assure you that THEY see it that way. I’m sickened every time I see that empty skyline — oh and think how the terrorists rejoice! — and it needs to be restored; I honestly don’t believe there can be any true “healing” for New York City or the United States without it.
This is what the American people want and need, we won’t forget the “freedom tower” wasn’t free!
Nothing would be more inspirational to the American people than putting the towers back exactly like they were. Maybe adding one additional floor as a memorial to all of the Americans who lost their lives that day. It would also show the rest of th world who we are. You may hurt us, but we will remain the people that made this country great no matter what.
I believe that rebuilding the Towers is something that should be done. I think that the Towers being rebuilt would be a major ideological blow to anti-American terrorism worldwide.
The pentagon was rebuilt the same way, why not the towers?
I’m sure if anything else would have been too. The Towers represented America and the American way. Get them back in the skyline the way they were, and show the world.
YES>>>from the beginning I’ve advocated rebuilding the original towers. A memorial could be easily be included. Let’s stop all the B——T.
Thanks
If we don’t rebuild, the only thing we memorialize is our enemies ability to hurt us. Rebuild now!
What better way to show the islamic terrorist scum that they have not won anything than putting the towers back. Kill them wherever they are found and rebuild anything that they manage to blow up.
Yes, rebuild the towers Stronger, Safer, and with another Ten floors! America does not cower, we fight back even harder!
Bigger and Better! That is America! Be strong not weak!
We went to the moon sooner than was our goal why so long with this?
This has always been THE ONLY REAL SOLUTION. America must unite and stop the pandering wimps trying to turn this whole thing into a “Why it’s our fault the towers came down memorial”. We cannot allow these terrorists todo this to us. It they take them down again, rebuild them again. Defy the urge to give in tothese thugs.
There’s nothing more to be said. This site says it all aleady. Long live America!
Stand Strong, Stand Firm, Stay Proud and support this great country and cause with pride!
Bring closure, rebuild.
Rebuildem!
Do the right thing…rebuild the twin towers.
Build one story higher than original, but mostly identical. With technological improvements, and perhaps some sort of symbol at top: red, white and blue lit bands around top floors, or a giant lit image of a US flag, facing east.
Also, remember the flashing lit signs depicting a cartoon character with his middle finger extended, that caused an uproar in Boston and other cities? Lets put up a really big one on the side of the new North tower, facing east.
We have already taken far too long to start the rebuild. I for one think they should have been rebuilt no later than 2005.
Rebuild the towers, any other option allows the terrorists to change our country by their cowardly actions. To rebuild the exact same towers would show the b*stards that we are far more powerful and enduring than they are. Plus, when we finally capture Bin Laden, we can execute him by throwing him off the new towers and let him experience first-hand the horror he brought to his victims. Man, that would be some “must see tv”…
More than a cathartic experience, rebuilding the Towers demonstrates America’s resiliency. In no uncertain terms, our enemies must know that there is absolutely NOTHING they can do stop this great country and her citizenry from life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Rebuild proud, rebuild taller, rebuild now.
Just found your web site linked off Drudge Report. I happened to watch an old movie last night, Escape from New York. The old WTC had a major part in the movie. I was thinking again how stupid it is that they haven’t been rebuilt yet. I don’t understand it at all. Hope this helps.
The purpose of attacking this great nation was to force us to change, to change out way of life. If we let in to the propositions of government officials who are not interested in the voice of the American People, including survivors and families of those lost, then we are simply giving in to the wants of the terrorists who want us destroyed. We must protect our original way of life and rebuild the Towers just as they were so that it will always be a beacon of determinism and freedom in America.
Trump has said to build it one story higher, and I agree.
Rebuild the towers just the way they were, only this time with the ability to handle the intense heat of jet fuel and the ability of each floor to handle the weight of the entire structure, the same that was done with each piece of the St. Louis Gateway Arch. Make it an American treasure and a statement to the world that we can not be bullied or deterred!
GOD BLESS the U.S.A….do NOT tread on America!!!!!
Build ’em BIGGER and STRONGER with the BIGGEST American flags money can buy flying above each building! Show the world (in the words of Charlie Daniels) GOD BLESS AMERICA AGAIN!!!
The Twin Towers are a part of our country we can not ignore. We must rebuild them!
Rebuild them, don’t let the bastards win.
Defy the people who brought them down. Put them back, stronger than ever–like the USA!!
Rebuild. Rebuild. Rebuild. And make them one story HIGHER. God bless America!
As a tree grew in Brooklyn, the towers should grow again. Evil destroyed a beautiful, sunny fall morning, the morning of my birthday. Evil no more. Rebuilding the towers is the only reasonable option. Visiting “ground zero” shortly after, the mood of the city was sad, but strong. People acted differently to each other and that’s what can not be forgotten. With smoke still in the air, strangers bonded and hopefully that will never be lost. Towers for evermore.
Rebuild our towers. I don’t want to have to tell my kids about the buildings that used to be there.
Put the towers back the way they were. Bigger even. That would be one of the great stories in American history.
-The Davidsons
I would like to see the Towers re-built as a slap in the face of the terrorists would took so much away from us on 9/11. I think it would say to them we are back, bigger and better than before. You can not thwart the resilent spirit of the American People!
Damn the torpedos, full speed ahead!
It would seem that many of our elected leaders, both at the state and federal level, are vastly out of touch with the will of thier constituents. We Americans have overcome many horrific chapters in our history. And we will overcome the threats to peace in our time. The American spirit is unbeatable. Period. No cave dwelling barbarians in the Middle East will ever change that. REBUILD.
Put it back as it was. A Former Marine Vet
This would truely show the indominability of a free society. I would say that the new towers should be even taller!
Rebuild our towers.
Building freedom and an enlightened civilization is what Americans have done to improve the human condition, for over 200 years.
The destruction of freedom’s light and it’s promise of human progress is what the Islamists are avowed to accomplish.
Show them that they will never be successful in their cynical celebration of death and destruction.
Stand up for American values.
Rebuild our towers.
The Twin Towers should be rebuilt exactly as they were. It would be the best sign to the terrorists that no matter what they do, they can never win (as well as a big f-you to them). Rebuild them, and put a 9/11 memorial right on the top floor to go along with the panoramic New York view!
great idea
Rebuild the towers!!
Rebuild the Twin Towers , seems like a no-brainer
Rebuilding the twin towers exactly as they were is the best and only way to show our resolve in the face of our enemies. Some meak alternative only serves as a sign that we lack the resolve to stand against them.
The grand re-opening of the Twin Towers would be a great day in USA history. It would show the resolve of this country to anyone who wants to attack us.
There’s a hole in the skyline above New York City. The terrorists made that hole and would love to permanently alter that unique skyline. Only by rebuilding the twin towers do we deny them their permanent victory. Part of fighting back is making things right again. There would be no greater memorial to those who were killed and injured at WTC bombing in 1993 and the WTC attack in 2001 than to rebuild the towers. I’m sure somebody has the blueprints somewhere. Let’s stop wasting time!!!!
It’s time to be decisive. Rebuild the Towers.
Build them back up! The terrorists HATED those towers, they represented something that was despicable to the terrorists but beautiful to Americans…Freedom, democracy and capitalism. The terrorists celebrated when they fell, they laughed and congratulated themselves for their ingenuity. Show them what we are made of. Show them that no matter what they do, we can recover. We can make the towers rise again out of the rubble.
I have been saying since Sept. 12th 2001 that they should be rebuilt bigger and better. All the other ideas were simply stupid. REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!!!
1 story higher and stronger. Period.
I SAY BUILD IT BIGGER AND TALLER THAN BEFORE. THAT IS THE SIGN OF THE GREATNESS OF AMERICA
This has always seemed the most appropriate memorial to me– and to build them even taller than before. I am so glad the horrible Museum of Leftism and Hating America was rejected… and now that it is, perhaps we can go the rest of the way and unabashedly affirm our national pride.
The twin towers need to return, perhaps even taller and stronger as a symbol that America cannot be broken.
Rebuild both in New York, then build one in Afghanistan and another in Iraq. Good ideas should populate the globe.
Mark McMahan
Birmingham, Alabama
There is a hole in the NY skyline that can only be filled by rebuilding the Twin Towers. Anything less and the bad guys win.
Rebuild it. No greater statement could be made. Make it stronger and one story taller. Anything less would be weak and would not represent the spirit of America. May God bless this great nation. We are the last hope and should never forget that.
The Twin Towers being rebuilt would be the greatest memorial to those who lost their lives on 9/11. Donald Trump even has an excellent plan for the rebuild. We need to show that we are stronger than those who took those towers down!
Go Pat Go!
Rebuild, rebuild, rebuild!
Most nations are rebuilt after devastating wars and memorials are erected. Let’s do the same. Rebuild the Twin Towers as a testimate to our resolve that we will not wallow in self-pity about this terrible attack on our nation.
Chris Landreneau
the only way to show terrorism that we will not be shaken or disturbed by their actions is to rebuild what they have destroyed. make it taller, stronger, and bigger than before. A memorial will tell them they were successful. a rebuild will show our resolve.
AND NO 911 GEORGE SOROS MUSEUM. HOW DISGRACEFUL.
It’s past time to proceed with rebuilding this iconic landmark. ….If we fail to do so, we fail to continue the legacy of those Americans who died within its walls. And we perpetuate, instead, a legacy of enemy terrorism. Let’s roll!!
Rebuild the WTC Complex ESPECIALLY the Twin Towers EXACTLY as they were prior to 9/11. Well, of course this doesn’t mean minus extra saftey enhancements (ie No More of that spray on fire extinguishing Foam that blew off when the planes struck, and using more heavy duty steel trusses).
The Freedom Tower though, geeze what a joke. Some of the plans seem like they’ve been more along the lines of a 50 story building with a 60 story antenna/spire! What does that say about America?!?
Build them higher. Build them stronger. Build the Twin Towers.
I submit to you that these towers are a sign of defeat and we are defeated until we rebuild those towers. If we can build other American landmarks such as the Hoover Dam and the Golden Gate Bridge inrecord time, surely we can grow a couple of skyscrapers! It’s essential that we restore those land marks as a sign of victory. Unless of course we no longer care for victory, in that case save the money and build another park in NY. You have my opnion and recomendation. Don’t let America Down!!
The best slap up side the head to terrorists would be the rebuilding of the Twin Towers. It would show them they are a just a bump in the road, and after passing over the bump it’s “full speed ahead”. Anything less would support the terrorists. And let’s get after it!
There is no doubt in my mind that the only way America can completely heal from the 911 murders, is to rebuild those towers, not with a smaller version or with a memorial, but with a new soaring structure equal to or surpassing the originals. We are America and we symbolize the spirit of freedom and possibility to all the world. Let’s show everyone, and ourselves, that we can make this happen.
Is this what victory looks like?
A hole in the ground and lost memories?
Let’s rebuild them even higher and let the whole world see what liberty and democracy can accomplish!
I used to live in NY and had an office at 50 Broadway. The view out of my window was that of the Twin Towers. They were an impressive sight and should not be replaced with anything else. This may sould corny, but I would point to the towers and tell people, “Look at them. They are a testament to the cooperative efforts of man. No one man could have built that on his own.” It’s a shame that so many built them and it only took 19 to take them down. REBUILD!
If my house burns down, I will rebuild. If my crops fail, I will replant.
To not rebuild would be a point for the terrorists. We must rebuild bigger and better than before. God Bless the USA!
Let us not be defeated or live in fear
use the same blueprints
THe current plan is wimpy. Rebuild the twin towers stronger than ever. They were a symbol of NYC
Build two new twin towers, but bigger, better, and stronger. Contour and modernize them a bit to look less like lego blocks. Lets show the world we have a bit of creativity and passion for design.
Nearly 6 years have gone by and we have nothing yet to truely replace the twin towers which is a tragedy. Rebuild the towers with a different structure that better withstand another similar attack. Americans from previous generations whould have had the work done and dedicated 2 years ago while we still have to look at dirt. Lets put and end to weakness of the politicians and get some backbone and fulfill the will of the American people. I saw the Twin Towers twice and was awed by their sight.
I GREW UP IN NJ LOOKING AT THE TOPS OF THOSE TOWERS ABOVE THE HORIZON. THEY NEED TO GO BACK 10 STORIES TALLER. ALL THE POLITICALLY CORRECT IDIOTS CAN’T GET IT DONE. THE PEOPLE NEED TO DEMAND THE ORIGINAL PLAN WITH MODERN IMPROVEMENTS. NO MORE BS GERMAN ARCHITECT CRAP AND POLITICAL BS.
Make New York whole again. Rebuild the Twin Towers.
Dont erase our history…Rebuild the towers!
The Freedom Tower is a joke. All grace and no power. The Twin Towers were a symbol of freedom, power, inspiration and economic might. Please, stop this attempt to erect NY’s first wimpy skyscraper. God Bless America!
Carl B Johnston III
Oviedo, FL.
Please rebuild the towers! Do not let the barbaric 3rd worlders destroy our lives and our great country simply because they follow false teachings!
Those buildings dominated the NYC skyline. They were ripped away by madmen. I can’t believe any NY’er would let that stand.
im all for rebuilding the towers as they were. the recent proposal, while nice, doesnt reflect the true grandeur of the orginal wtc…and that would be an excellent smack in the face of those cowards hiding in the mountain caves in between pakistan and afghanistan.
The towers need to be rebuilt as they were. They were beautiful and awe inspiring then and will be again.
I have thought from the beginning that the Towers should be rebuilt to look exactly as they were. I think that would send the perfect message to the terrorists and any of our other enemies, to show them that we will not be deterred.
RE BUILD and top Hell with the Leftist socialist thugs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I live in NC and I get pissed off when I see the NY skyline w/o the twin towers. The only option is to rebuild the towers the way they were!!! Show the terrorist that the United States of America is and will remain strong.
I feel robbed never have seen the Twin Towers in person. I have been to ground zero since and want to see them rebuilt with a more robust structural design. Solid concrete interior if that is what it takes! Let’s just get ‘er done and stop bickering. The terriorist murderers have won until the TWIN TOWERS are rebuilt!!!!!!
Rebuild!
Build them. Now.
To show those that come after us that we ( Americans) don’t succumb to terrorists, despite what the spineless politicians and the drive-by media want you to believe.
Not only MUST these buildings be rebuilt, but if they aren’t, then we allow these terrorist monsters to win, because it shows we live in fear. Rebuild them one story taller, in memory of those who died. Rebuild them to let the terrorists know that we are not afraid. One hundred-eleven stories of New York, and American, GREATNESS.
Make a statement to the world and the terrorists that tried to break our spirits and rebuild the twin towers even higher.
Let the rebuild of the Twin Towers be a demonstrative action of America’s unwavering commitment to support the freedom on which this nation was built.
You know what the right thing to do is. Now do it.
Can you imagine the exhaltation as the towers rise again — to say nothing of the day of their re-opening ? The streets of New York and the hearts of the nation will swell to burtsting.
Twin Towers, 125 stories!
The choice is obvious! Do the right thing and put the towers back! The only change should be to add a monument to the brave people lost and to build a few feet TALLER than before to symbolize America will always come back!
By building the towers EXACTLY as they were we are defeating the attackers by reducing the consequences of their attacks. Anything else in that place will be a tribute to those people who destroyed them
Make them the world’s tallest buildings again. Inform Islam that, if the towers are attacked again, Mecca and Medina will be turned into huge pieces of art glass forthwith.
To not rebuild the Twin Towers is to admit DEFEAT in the war on terror, pure and simple.
We must re-build, to show the cowards who support terrorism we will not back down from them. To make New York City like it was, Thank you and god bless AMERICA!!!
It’s common sense that the Twin Towers should be rebuilt to look just as they did before, only this time their structural frame would of superior design. I think seeing the Twin Towers rise back into the skyline is just the boost Americans need. I always felt it was wrong to banish their image from mainstream media as if they were some form of taboo.
They need to rise from the ashes.
We don’t need another memorial to terror. Let’s rebuild these towers as a memorial to LIFE. Rebuild the towers!
Good Morning,
The best suggestion I have heard was to build THREE TOWERS w/ the center taller than the others…..ALL FACING EAST!!!!!!!
F.
PS My compliments to the author.
I grew up in New Jersey and visited the WTC on many class trips. I want the Twin Towers rebuilt so my heart can leap again whenever I see New York!
Rebuild the towers! Taller, stronger, with an excessive extravagance of ‘bigger is better’ born of the undefeated, unconquerable American spirit. Let them be beacons signaling to an envious world that we intend to fulfill our Manifest Destiny. Show them Iranian monkeys who restack the same 2,000 year old stones after each earthquake, how civilized people rebuild.
Bob Roth
Bryan, Texas
Yes! Rebuilding the towers IS the right thing to do. Anything less than a total restoration of two equally tall and functional buildings will be seen as a victory for the terrorists. We should NOT allow them to win.
This is a great idea… I truly thought I may be the only one thinking about this! I hope this works.
I agree with this idea completely. Resurrecting the Towers would inspire America and defy the sick losers who perpetrated and approved of the 9-11-01 attack.
Like most Americans I was devistated by what happened to the WTC and the Twin Towers. They were more than a landmark, they were a national symbol that represented the strength of our democracy. I can’t imagine going to New York with my family someday and seeing this so-called Freedom Tower. I haven’t liked this idea from the start and quite frankly never will like this plan for the WTC site. If a majority of Americans want the Twin Towers rebuilt then let’s do it.
Rebuild!!!
Some things stand eternal. That’s the way I and everyone I know feels about rebuilding the Towers just as they were, except one floor higher. I never understood the new design or what it was to represent, they were just buildings that looked like they were from a science fiction comic book. The only true way to honor those fallen and to reflect the resiliancy of the American people is to rebuild the Towers.
Bring back the Towers!
Bring back the towers. I volunteer to man the anti-aircraft missle battery on top for three eight hour stretches, once a week, every year for the rest of my productive life. Seriously.
Salt Lake City, Utah
I will sometimes watch old movies just because I know they show a scene that has the twin towers pre 9/11. Certainly rebuilding the World Trade Center’s twin towers as the world knows them will show the determination of the American people to not given in to terrorism. This would be the right thing to do to honor the thousands of people who went to work that September day and never went home. I have hoped that the owner/”powers that be” would get it right build them again better and higher
No memorial to 9/11 would be complete without the Twin Towers, rebuilt, resplendent, in tribute to the fallen heroes and rebuke to the terrorists.
Lets roll!
Are we going to let terrorists win?
Bigger and Better – That’s the American Way.
Let’s Roll.
I agree completely with the heart of this petition, but we should not rebuild the towers exactly as they were. We should make them bigger, better, stronger.
That said, the new WTC should recall the aesthetic of the original buildings. They will tell us how much we loved the old designs, what they meant to us as a nation, and how we plan to move forward in this century and the next, and the next.
Anytime I see the Manhattan Skyline in an old movie, it’s like a dagger through my heart.
Rebuild the towers and erase al Qaeda from the earth.
Restore our nations pride and proclaim from the tops of the new towers to all that would destroy us “you will fail”.
Rebuild them beam for beam and bolt for bolt.
Back in 2001, I was disappointed when hearing that the Towers wouldn’t be rebuilt…I wondered if there was something structurally unsound about the site… I had no idea it was a political unsound-ness. This is a great idea, they should be rebuilt, bigger and taller, and as soon as possible.
Bigger and better!!!
Why would we not rebuild this site as it stood before, as a statment to those who wish to destroy us. As Winston Churchill said in his Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat speech, You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory. Victory at all cost – Victory in spite of all terrors – Victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers would be “doing the right thing, at the right time, for the right reasons”.
Bill Burns
Army Civilian Employee
Baghdad, Iraq
As an American,I say let’s rebuild. Let’s show some backbone.
Dan in Texas
I strongly support the rebuilding of the Twin Towers. Anything less would be a victory for the terrorists.
The Twin Towers need to be rebuilt bigger and better than before to show the world that America will not be defeated.
someone attacked our land and really nothing has been done!!!!!
THE LEAST THEY COULD DO IS REBULID!!!!!!!!
I agree it is time to quit acting like wimps and get back to the business of being Americans.
Rebuild the towers, but
ONE FOOT HIGHER than before!
Rebuilding of the Twin Towers would be, in my opinion, the ULTIMATE memorial to those who died at the hands of those crazies from the sand box.
Dear NY: Please do the right thing and rebuild the Twin Towers for all Americans. Thank you, SMiles
Make New York New York again! Give us back our sky line and let the rest of the world know we can’t be defeated with a some box cutters and 767’s.
The true way to defeat the terrorists is to rebuild the towers. Show them that we will not back down. We will not retreat an inch.
Make the new buildings 50 – 100′ taller. I would put one of my company offices up there if I can afford it.
I worked on the North Tower while it was under construction, I still have a topping out souvenir. Good luck and God Bless
Put it back the way it was… This sends a clear signal to those who would attempt to tear apart this great Union. We will not be bullied!
Stop dragging this out – rebuild the towers and show the world America won’t succumb to the scare tactics of cowards who don’t fight fair!
Build them 120 stories tall this time, and maybe build three of them (replacing #7 also). What better to replace the twin towers than the tri-towers?
It warms my heart to see the New York skyline with those Twin Towers reappearing on the website animation. I will gladly add my signature to the petition.
This is the best, most common-sense decision. For all the right reasons, rebuild.
Rebuilding both towers makes a statement.
Let America Stand Tall Again! Roy
On 11Sep01 I watched the Pentagon burn and then I was able to watch over the next year as it was rebuilt. New York needs the same thing. The only change might be to add a floor. Otherwise, our enemies can always look at the New York skyline and smile.
let america stand tall again
Rebuild the Twin Towers.
Rebuild them the same outside only taller and stronger inside. Add an appropriate defensive system as well. Besides who are these politicians to act as if they have ANY say over someone else’s property? Realtors! Stand up with me now – let’s keep fighting to keep private property rights for our fellow Americans – we’re the first line of defense!
Drew, We appreciate your support and you have brought up a common misconception that we should clear up. The Twin Towers were built with public funds on publicly-owned property. The Towers were leased to Mr. Silverstein just before the attacks. Under the terms of the lease he has the legitmate right to comparable space in comparable buildings — nothing more or less. The terms of his lease actually made him responsible to replace the Towers if they were destroyed, which was overridden by Governor Pataki. In fact, the World Trade Center has always belonged to the people — even more so now that billions of dollars of taxpayer money have revitalized Lower Manhattan and future expenditures are contemplated. Those sixteen acres are property of the American Family.
It should not even be a question. We will make it better than it was before!
I believe in the rebuilding of the towers. even if it is just a replica structure and not functioning.it’s the image of the two buildings before,that reminded us of what is good with America. the inner workings such as offices and business are part of it. but everyone in the world remembers those two structures. to restore them would not bring closure, but a sense of symbolic pride as to their representation.
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REBUILD!!!
WE SHALL NEVER FORGET
WE SHALL NEVER FORGET!
Rebuild the towers and make them taller. That’s the best response to the terrorists, and it’s a response we still haven’t given yet. Let’s get on with it already!
Rebuild and put three huge crosses on their tops.
Add building-wide TV screens on the tops on all faces and let the world see that from their ashes the towers are back with more splendor, the splendor of a Nation under God.
I really was inspired when NYC put up those two beams of light shooting up into the skyline in remembrance. Can you imagine the Twin Towers rebuilt, say a foot higher, with those same two beams lighting on top of them? Now that would be a sight for sore eyes! Rebuild the Towers!
They took it down. We should put it back!!!
put it back
Let America stand tall again.
This is the biggest travesty in american history did we shut down pearl when the japs attacked it. NO! why not? because it would have been the wrong thing to do!!! the only reason the people in charge that includes the local state and federal governments have not allowed the towers to be rebuilt is because they haven`t done their job on securing the borders and keeping tabs on non citizens
They were one of a kind. I miss them. Rebuild them.
Our elected officials better remember that there are more than just the sound byte and “what entitlements will you give me?” voters out here in real America. You better get in touch with the rest of us or your days will be numbered. None of you have a clue of what the average American’s life is like and those of us who pay attention know that you couldn’t care less. Your day is coming.
I think that would be the ultimate symbol of healing for NYC and the US.
Changing the architecture of the twin towers would NOT make the new constuction the Twin Towers! It would be different and America needs to show terrorists that we will not change for them. Also, by building the Twin Towers as they were exactly would also motivate fellow Americans that we are a Still the land of the Free and the Home of the brave, and not hide behind some reconstructed towers that will be a constant reminder of the horrific day of Sept. 11. DON’T CHANGE IT! Elizabeth
It’s the only message we can really send to terrorists that says you didn’t win.
I lost my job after 9/11 and relocated to Iowa. The least they can do is rebuild it to the way it was.
From the moment they fell, I believed that they should be rebuilt just as before, or perhaps a few feet higher, just to poke the terrorists in the eye.
We are Americans. We went to the moon! We have a rover on Mars! We settled this continent, and built these great cities. All the plans other than just simply replacing the towers are ugly, stupid, insipid, and insulting to Americans.
REBUILD THE TOWERS!
I hope it’s not too late to correct our course. The simplest solution is often the best. Let’s finish the healing.
There is no good reason not to re-build the towers as they were…but let’s make them bigger.
sjm
There is no better way to defy the terrorists and deny them their victory than to rebuild. Come on, New York – be the Big Apple; be the centerpiece of American optimism and the embodiment of the can-do American spirit.
To not rebuild the towers in their original design is another way of rolling over, accepting the attack, and taking it again.
If you get knocked off the horse you get right back on. We want our city back the way it was!
I say build them bigger aand better on the same spot with making on them to signify the point of impact of the plances and our definace
Rebuild the Towers!
It’s time.
Don’t let them sissy out on us again. Put them back- but bigger.
I can’t imagine a more appropriate memorial to those people who lost their lives than The Twin Towers. When I thik of that place, I don’t imagine some whimsical, piece of functional art. I see the Twin Towers. They are a symbol of American optimism, love of country more than self and the American spirit of persistence and hard work in the face of unending opposition. Rebuild those great towers!
Rebuild the Twin Towers even taller than they were before. Constructing the Freedom Tower is a sign of weakness.
Rebuild exactly as they were!
Do it now!
Penn & Teller have the best plan. But either way it should be rebuilt as soon as possible.
Let’s stand tall and tell them that we will not alter the skyline of Manhatten! REBUILD THE TOWERS!
Nothing could be a bigger slap in the face to terrorism and those who commit it than to rebuild the towers even taller than before. We MUST send a message than we will never back down, and that anything they attempt to destroy, whether it be a physical structure or our unique American spirit of freedom, will return bigger and better than before. They must be sent the message that the spirit of America will prevail at all costs.
We rebuilt the Pentagon’s damage in a year. Donald Trump was right. Rebuild the Towers, add a floor, and show our enemies their attacks will never stop America!
PLEASE REBUILD AND MAKE IT ONE STORY TALLER.
Once, our enemies got in our face and knocked the towers down. Now, let us get in their face by putting them back up bigger and better than they were!
We must rebuild
The symbolism lost by the twin towers is dwindling every day a plan is not in place to rebuild them.
Rebuild them, and we will never forget.
Don’t be a coward, REBUILD THE TOWERS!!!!
Build it Even Bigger and Better, don’t let the terrorist win!!!
“You can knock us down but we will be bigger, better, and stronger than we were before!”
That should be the message and the towers should be built… bigger and better than before.
Build ’em back – higher. And put the memorial at the top – right next to the anti aircraft guns.
Inspiring and touching!
The only right thing to do is to build them exactly the way they were …plus… one foot higher!
I’m pleased and excited that there is a common-sense approach to the question of the WTC and it’s reconstruction. Why we need a new design escapes me. Just rebuild using the original plans. Now!
If we do not rebuild what the terrorist have destroyed, they win. The Americans killed in the tragic events of 9/11 would not want anything else, and they deserve nothing less. Put back the Twin Towers. Put back American pride and values.
As a former New Yorker, I have to say that it never made any sense to me why NYC would not rebuild the towers. Make them taller, stronger and in your face to Bin Laden. Make him see that we will not be cowtowed. Right now it looks like we are running away from the idea of offending any more idiots like him. Make it strong enough to withstand a nuclear missile strike, put Sidewinders on the roof, whatever it takes, but rebuild them!
Rebuild the towers exactly as they were only taller!
Rebuild them a foot taller.
Rebuild Them, Rebuild Them, Rebuild Them!
YES!!!
rebuild them one floor taller!
Could have been finished by now…
I never got to visit the towers before 9/11. Nothing would give me more satisfaction and pride than to one day make that visit to the rebuilt towers, as they were except maybe higher, say 125 stories each, and look out from the top floor to the east with a smile.
Yes, I think we should rebuild.
build them back!
I think it is time to show other countries that just because they knocked us down once we cannot rebuild and prove to them that we are one and we remember but they made us stronger. We need to build it in memorial of all the fallen men and women and show them that we remember them and always will. I think too many people have forgot what happened that day and if we rebuild them it will remind everyone everyday of what did happen.
Yes, rebuild them even taller. They will be the memorial.
From day one, I have been of the opinion that the best way to show the terrorists that they have failed is to rebuild the towers as they were, where they were. The floors where the planes hit can be reserved as memorial centers. Any skyline without the twin towers is something terrorist sympathizers can point to as a testament to their success for generations to come. When they see that we can rebuild anything they destroy, they will see the futility of their efforts.
Rebuild the Towers as they were. It would be a stunning slap in the face to all those who planned and cheered their destruction.
Why is is taking so long anyway, might as well build the originals.
This is the best idea I have seen. The original but better twin towers should be rebuilt as they were. Wonderful idea!
Please rebuild the Twin Towers. Doing anything less would leave a permanent scar on the face of New York and diminish a legendary city.
To rebuild is the American way!
To re-build shows we are not and will not be intimidated. Re-building is the best way to show our faith, resolve and determination. It would make a firm statement of our feelings about and belief in what our country was founded on. Definitely they need to be re-built, but add one floor to serve as the memorial area.
I cannot agree more with this petition. We are only cowering to the enemies by building a memorial, not to say a memorial for the families isn’t needed. We need to rebuild! That’s what America is all about!
GOD BLESS AMERICA and our beloved TWIN TOWERS!
We need them back. Period.
I agree that we need to rebuild the twin towers in New York to help with the healing and devistation that was brought to our country on 9-11. By rebuilding the same as the ones that stood tall I believe it would show we stand tall and are not afraid. God Bless America and all of our troops fighting & protecting our country. We will never forget the victims & heros of 9-11 and their families no matter what is built at ground zero.
I think we should re-build the Towers, I say use the 9th & 11th floor to display the names and pictures of everyone who lost their life, those who survived and were involved in anyway. That would be a great way to make sure no one is forgotten.
What can i say… The Twin Towers needs to be rebuilt, its a part of America and Americas history, I live in Australia and even i miss the Twin Towers, Like most of you have stated, building a memorial instead of rebuilding is just saying, hey, you won. Though a memorial is needed to honor those who’s lives were taken without a second thought. We can honor the fallen and rebuild the Twin Towers cant we?
They need to be replaced with a more modern ,taller and stronger set of twin towers. and it needs to happen now. not years from now.
I, as my brothers, both recent retirees of the Port Authority, believe that raising the WTC as it was before exemplies our statement of a true democracy: anything less is a ‘slap in the face’ to all true Americans and a victory for anti-Americans.
All politicians need to stop thinking of ‘compromise and political correctiveness’: they need to remember what our country was established on/for. Our ancestors came here and accepted the American culture. Those entering today must accept it too.
Don’t insult the legacy of the original Twin Towers with this weak, half-baked scheme that is being foisted on New York. Restore the skyline to the way it should have looked all along. Not restoring the Twin Towers shows our enemies that we can be cowed and manipulated and pushed towards defeatism. Don’t do it! Make NYC look like NYC again!
My first visit to NY was after 9/11 to visit MW, so I never had the privilage to see the city complete. Make New York New York again!
NOTHING less than re-building the towers is acceptable. Personally I believe that one more floor should be added to each tower as an appropriate gesture to those animals who did this. If I were able, I would have the antenna on the one tower actually be 5, with the middle one extended and facing Saudi Arabia. Please don’t allow this feeble tower to be built. It only validates the destruction of the towers in the eyes of those murderers.
I wholeheartedly agree with rebuilding the Twin Towers. Always have and always will.
I think it would be a great thing to rebuild them, it will definitly show outsiders our strength!
Change, wasn’t that the terrorists objective? We allow them to achieve that goal, by putting a different structure in one of America’s most symbolic places. Put back the original towers with a little more height, updated security structure and a little ole’ red/white/blue colors clearly seen from afar. There are many who have paid a hard price, even today, for true American principles. When you get kicked off the horse and should get right back on, no one said anything about changing the horse.
I visited the Towers twice. Once in ’97 and again in late August 2001. In August I attended a free concert held at he WTC and listened to the great music of John Gorka. The concert was held at the base of the North Tower and I will never forget that day. Rebuilding would be a real jab in the eye of people who dislike the United States of America. And now that they are gone, people really miss them.
At least I got the chance to get the view from the top for Christmas back in 1997.
New York just isn’t the same without the twins. Build back the towers!! Make New York whole once again!!!!!
To not rebuild the Towers only shows that we lost the “war on terror” on the morning of September 11, 2001. Those Towers were America, that’s why they were the targets of the attack. The money spent to allow more Americans to die in Iraq can better be spent on newer, stronger, prouder Towers. America’s strength is in her industry, rebuilding the Towers demonstrates that strength.
Rebuild America. Rebuild the Pride. Rebuild the Twins.
It would be an extremely wise political statement to the terrorists and the world to rebuild the twin towers. During World War II, the USS Yorktown was rebuilt in 4 DAYS! It was estimated that the rebuild would take 2 months, but thanks to the will of America, it was ready to fight the Japanese at the very next battle. It’s time for us to put those towers back in the air and show them we have only been shaken, but NOT defeated.
Rebuild. The Twin Towers were icons! They symbolized everything that was great about America.
The ‘Freedom Tower’ and surrounding buildings are pure abominations. They will appear as nonharmonious shattered silhouettes on the NYC skyline and are in stark hideous contrast to the twin pillars every American and foreigner alike admired and loved.
Ah, to take that ride up the 107 floors to the Top of the World again…feel the wind in my face…
Bigger & better (if that’s possible?)
The Statue of Liberty is better-known than the twin towers for New York State. However. the Twin Towers are still an icon and a lot went on in that building. Where are those jobs, now? Restore the buildings, and it restores that many jobs. Restore the buildings, and it restores a major landmark. Restore the buildings – this is our country, and we will show whoever that this is OUR country, and we CAN re-build ourselves over and over and over again.
New York just isn’t New York without the towers and I can’t believe we haven’t rebuilt them yet. The victims would want us to do this. I think we need to show terrorists that even though they took them away, we can put them right back up again, like an animal that can grow back whatever you cut off. Maybe someday they will give up, knowing that no matter what they do, we will always grow back.
Among all the great buildings within New York City and the island of Manhattan like the Chrysler Building, The Empire State, and Rockefeller Center the Twin Towers were needed to complete the signature skyline. We need them back. And it’s time to take action instead of sitting by idly waiting for the freedom tower to be constructed. It does not represent freedom, but fear. Times need to change. There’s nowhere to go but on.
The one comment I hear most arguing against rebuilding is the fact that they will become even larger targets than before. Lets get real folks…no matter what is built, whether large or small, single or double towers, it will be a target. We are FREE, they were a symbol of that freedom. If we allow ourselves to cower, and let those that took the towers and all our citizens from us that day have a tight grip of fear on us, they met their goal. DEFY them! REBUILD THE TOWERS!
Donald Trump is right. Please, rebuild the two towers a story taller. Nothing else makes sense. RK, California
REBUILD!!! We all know we can do it! Heck, rebuild and put the Burj Dubai to shame! After all, WE ARE AMERICA!!!
the twin towers need to be rebuilt, this “war on terror” will be won in symbolic actions such as these, what better way to send a clear message to the fundamentalist murderer that our finest American citizens will spring right back up, I love Trump’s idea to add another story, that’s just absolutely genius
I pray to the gods that we Americans get a new life of competency. Let’s take the first step and make this decision the right decision
Rebuild the Twin Towers. Most Americans desire it, demand it and as a nation, NEED it. Allowing anything other than the Twin Towers would be a disaster politically, spiritually and mentally to ALL Americans. Anything else in their place is a WIN for the terrorists. Politicians need to finally stand up and take responsibility. WE WANT OUR TOWERS BACK. Show the terrorists that we WILL come back, better than before. HOW UNAMERICAN to do anything else!
If we don’t rebuild the towers then the terrorists win!
The Twin Towers were a major symbol of our every day lives as an american. they should be rebuilt bigger and stronger. we want back our towers!
The only fitting memorial to all the innocent lives lost on 9-11 would be to rebuild the twin towers as they were – a bit stronger; a bit taller, sure, but, as they were on 9-10-01. And not, definatly not that so called winning design. Not only is that whole concept a very poor memorial – it’s just plain UGLY!!! The twin towers stood tall, proud and very beautiful
Rebuild the TwinTowers! Bigger & Better! Stronger & Safer! I can’t believe construction is not already on its way, or even completed by now! What’s NY waiting on!? The longer NY goes w/out towers, the more it appears weak. As if allowing the third-world finatics to have won with their evil. We need to build those towers back up bigger and brighter than ever before. They were (are) a symbol of not only NY but America’s might. Stop pussy-footing around! The victims would want us to rebuild!
The twin towers need to be rebuilt as they were. They were a symbol of American pride and capitalistic virtue. By rebuilding the towers exactly as they were, we are telling our enemies foreign and domestic that we will not cave in to the tyrannical forces that wish us harm. Our forefathers fought for this great country, will we?
If we don’t rebuild them better than they were, then the terrorists will have won. Why can’t we rebuild them without the achilles heal that the original stuctures had. Build them stonger to sway in the face of adversity!
Rebuild, stronger, and with the spirit the original towers were built with. Push them as high as technology can push. They were here my whole life. They stood as symbols for everything america is about. Don’t settle for mediocre. With the “Freedom Tower”, it feels like we are giving up on America.
If they weren’t destroyed, they’d still be there. And what better way to say, “In your face”, than to put them back up, better than ever.
It’s called the “Freedom Towerâ€, and its 1776 ft tall. That is pathetic; it’s like an emotional whimpering squeal of a desperate comeback. Furthermore, the Twin Towers stood more for our economic triumph than our freedom. It is a symbol that can only be replaced by none other than itself.Structures and what they stand for, are essentially immortal. It is ultimately our decision however, to resurrect it, or to let it be desecrated and vanquished by our enemies.
please rebuild the Twin Towers, elected officials listen to the people of America, that is what you are supposed to do,and you will realize that the majority of NewYorkers want the Twin Towers rebuilt the exact same way, why would you let the terrorists permanetly alter the beautiful Manhattan skyline??, obviously people loved the Twin Towers or else they would not have been built!!, so please consider rebuilding the Twin Towers or else you will dissapoint many Americans,rebuild the Twin Towers
Twin Towers are one of the top icons known around the world.Rebuild them,we show we are still here not frightened to rebuild again!The Freedom Tower design’s a disgraceful victory for Bin Laden and all terrorists. DO NOT BUILD FREEDOM TOWER but stronger n better technology Twin Towers!Rebuild WTC TwinTower! Terrorism is not supposed to be only USA’s responsibility to go after, but the world’s,let the United Nations deal with it! USA Govt should focus own soil,rebuilding NYC’s Twin Towers back!
I think we owe it to the people who lost their lives and their families to rebuild these towers. they should be built in memory of the victims and show that this nation will remain united and stronger than ever!! RIP 9/11 victims.
I’m sorry but…, the Freedom Tower & the other WTC buildings just don’t have the same physical & emotional presence that the Twin Towers of the WTC had.
I want the twin toweres rebuilt. I have never been there and i have always wanted to.
PLEASE rebuild the towers as they once were. We need their majesty! They were a symbol of our strength as Americans.
This is the only logical solution. Why should we run scared?
It saddens me that after 6 years we have not rebuilt the towers, still just a hole in the ground that only serves as tribute to the sucess of the terrorist act.
LET’S REBULD THEM AND MAYBE OUR PRIDE AS WELL!!
I lived in the NY area when the terrorist pigs did this. I say spit in their faces by rebuilding the towers even taller!
Rise Above Adversity !!!!
Let’s build them again. Just as tall, if not taller. Tallest in the world even. Two beacons of cold metal, masterfully raised into the sky, like iron flags whose broad skyward stripes and bright spire persevere through the bombs, planes and poisons some would bring against their fellow man.
And when they’re finished, I’ll climb to the top, by stairs if I have to, and whisper silently to the world. This is a symbol of a free people. There’s not a weapon in our world which can take that from us.
Everytime I see the Towers in the skyline of New York in an old movie or television program I get a lump in my throat. Everytime I see a new movie or television program without the Towers, I feel even worse. The only way to heal the wounds caused on 9/11 is to REBUILD THE TOWERS!
I dream of them still all the time and wishing to see the towers for myself. Truly magnificent buildings!
We need to rebuild them as they were, only better. We need to use asbestos to prevent what happened from happening again.
I am a new yorker living in boston i watched on tv like most new yorkers living out side of our home city the twin towers fall and like all new yorkers i died a little that day.i remember all the school trips to the towers
days i would take the train in from queens with my freinds
and we would put our face on the side of the buildings and look up the side of them it looked like they went on forever.
The towers must be rebuilt to restore New York to its orignal glory and magnificent skyline. I remember watching them go up as a child and I was in awe that every month they grew a little taller. Now I see fear at the emptiness of that location that has remained empty for the past 6 years. Restore the strength and pride of all New Yorkers and all Americans. To build a “Freedom Tower” is succumbing to political correctness and showing our fear. If we do not rebuild them, there is no freedom.
The Twin Towers are monuments that belong in New York, just like the Statue of Liberty. The Towers are world reknown and now are a symbol of Democracy, pride and courage! Rebuild them! Get the old drawings out and modify them with new building materials and rebuild them!!!
I implore that both towers be re-built in not only a respect to the original skyline that has become and still is a symbol of NY but also a famous piece of cinema history. Every pre 9/11 film with NY in it has at least one shot of the towers. I don’t give a flying ___ about whats “in the works” Rebuild them bigger and more defiant than ever. They should be rebuilt to one and a half times original size. If your chicken ___ of terrorists then re-route flyzones, or better yet mount a S.A.M. on top!
I agree Twin Towers Should Be Re-built!
Today Is 9/11 so yea its sad the 6th year it is today!
They hit them in 1993 and they were fixed and repaired and stood as a reminder to all who hate us that we will not fall. Rebuilding the original towers is only going to send the message to anyone who dares harm us that not only will you fail to break the resolve of the American people but we will always rise from the ashes stronger than ever before.
Its taken 6 years, and we still have one gigantic hole. Obviously, there’s a reason. Nothing other than rebuilding the original Twin Towers makes sense. Since the original fell, its been nothing but politics and arguing over which plan is better. I would rebuild the original and make them taller, more beautiful, so that the terrorists know we did not stand down, but stood right back up and showed them it made us even stronger, and we will NEVER back down to them, EVER. God Bless America!!!
I loved the Twin Towers rebuild them near where they once were and the ‘Freedom Tower’ somewhere else. the twin towers might not have been the prettiest of buildings, but find somebody that would rather not have them. Rebuild them to be like the Burj al Dubia which is now the world’s tallest it is residential, offices, and hotels. It would shove it the terriorists’ face to rebuild the Twin Towers not a a so called ‘freedom tower’ rising 1776 (the year the US was founded) feet. Build the real thing!
When I was 16, my aunt took me to the top of WTC. I remember how magnificent the towers were. Though I didn’t know any of the people who lost their lives on Sept. 11th, my heart goes out to their families and friends. I’ve heard so many people saying how we can’t let the terrorists win. I feel rebuilding the towers as they were, (but more structurally secure), would show them that they can’t knock us down, but they can’t keep us there. Give the twin towers back to the New Yorkers and to Americans.
I think if you were to ask all the people who was murdered on 9/11 how the would want the towers rebuilt they would say “build back as close to how they originally looked”. It would be a fitting tribute to the people who died that day to restore the New York skyline back to its original splendor & would be a great way to say “take that” to all the enemies of freedom. As a tribute just build the towers back to the floor level where the planes hit. Honor America, honor those who gave all.
Please, please, rebuild WTC 1 & 2 at least as they were, if not subtly modernized. If I had my way, a third tower would also be built where WTC 7 stood, similar in design but 30% taller and golden, a memorial tower. But if nothing else, rebuild 1 & 2.
The current design for the new WTC is maudlin and cheap looking, as if we wanted to build something tall but didn’t quite have it in us. If it gets built it will be a permanent bruise on the face of New York and the nation. Please don’t. Rebuild.
Nothing could be more glorious than to rebuild the towers. What an inspirtation they will be. Build them!
How could we not rebuild them?
Gitterdone!
No “Disneyland” replacement. Anything less than rebuilding is a victory for the terrorists.
Praise The Lord, yes we should rebuild the twin towers as a lasting memorial to the people who were lost in the destruction of the first instead of this freedom tower which would be a disgrace to New York and America.
There was nothing wrong with the original design. Better to maintain the memory with something very similar.
The time it takes to build the towers will be a time that in which america will grow closer together. We all need this.
TWO TOWERS, not one – TWO TOWERS, one to symbolize LIBERTY, the other FREEDOM.
That is how you defeat terrorism, not by misguided forays into non-involved Islamic countries, not by creating a police state big brother Dept. of Homeland Security but by PUTTING BACK THOSE TOWERS, BIGGER AND BETTER.
James Pannozzi
The enemy chose to destroy these towers as a statement. Therefore we have no choice but to rebuild the twin towers, if our response is to mean anything.
There is no BIGGER “middle finger” to ALL of our opponents past, present and future then to rebuild the towers and show them the kind of resilience we AMERICANS are truly capable of!!!
I believe that al-queda is winning right now because we have not rebuilt. It shows that we can be beaten and destroyed only to let the dust settle and move on. Is this what our country has come to? We have to rebuild otherwise they will keep blowing up buildings as soon as we let our gaurd down and why do they because they know that we will not rebuild. I say we MUST rebuild to show that we can not be beaten into the ground and that we are Strong and we are still AMERICA the land of the FREE!!
We should not let the terrorists win by depriving us of one of our most beautiful landmarks in this country, the Twin Towers. I believe we should rebuild the twin towers … one foot taller. Although the rendering of the Freedom Tower seems to be nice, it is clearly a duplicate of the Statue of Liberty which is already there! So it doesn’t make sense to me to make the new tower look exactly like a statue that stands right in front of the tower.
The structural design integrity of the recently rebuilt WTC #7 could be incorporated in the rebuilding of Twin Towers with identical outward appearance to the originals. These design features would make the new towers nearly impossible to “pancake”.
I just saw your site, and am glad that Im not the only one that thinks the towers should be put back just as they were. There is plenty of room in the 16 empty acres for a memorial. What better memorial could there be than to show that we will not let them leave a permanant scar. Build them again!!!
Red,White and Blue, stand tall – stand proud ,these colors don’t hide.
PLEASE rebuild the towers. They were not pretty, I used to live in NYC and I think they were kind of ugly…but they were OURS, and they were NYC. Simply put, put them back, and even bigger and we win. Do ANYTHING else, and they have won!
I now live in NC, but grew up in CT. Still have relatives in Queens and Brooklyn. PLEASE rebuild the towers. NYC is not the same without them. They are a symbol of America just like the Statue of Liberty and other great landmarks. We need to show our enemies that they cannot win. We need to stand tall, just like the towers.
Put them back!!!!!!
Rebuild the Towers in honor of those who lost their lives.
Well, it’s over SIX years now and we still have only a hole in the ground. They should have been rebuilt and occupied by now. We need a thorough cleaning out of the politicians and power brokers throughout the country and replace them with soccer moms, auto mechanics, truck drivers and grocery clerks. The regular Americans have more common sense than the corrupt government “representatives!”
Rebuild them as they were but taller!
The design you have now is hideous!
It looks like busted up buildings that were wrecked by Al Qaeda!
That architect is probably a Bin Ladin supporter and wants America to have a busted up, fractured appearance.
F#*k him and his ugly design!
Rebuild it as it was BUT TALLER!
And put 2 GIANT AMERICAN FLAGS ON TOP OF THEM TOO!
Building a memorial is surely the best way to admit DEFEAT! A memorial tells Americas enemies that we can be beat, that they have won and that we live in fear of them. Rebuilding the Twin Towers will send the message that America cannot be intimidated. What greater tribute to those innocent victims of 9/11 then to rebuild the Twin Towers. Give a voice to those victims, rebuild The Twin Towers and tell the cowardly, radical, religous extremists and the world that WE WILL NOT BE BEAT!
God Bless from Peoria, IL…Rebuild the Twin Towers!!
Just heard about this movement tonight and it makes perfect sense to me.
Our enemies sought to destory our country; what better way to show that they have failed?
Rebuild the original, only taller! That’s the way to show our enemies we will stand up against them!
I say rebuild!!!! Rebuild the twin towers, make them bigger, and put two huge American flags on the top. REBUILD!!!!
I agree to all ideals metioned on this site. The towers should be restored.
What an amazing story it would be to tell my children and grandchildren, as we look up at the new buildings, the story of how the Twin Towers had once collapsed. Let’s not make the World Trade Center a thing of the past. I think that rebuilding is a great idea.
Rebuild them even bigger for ALL the right reasons.
Rebuilding the Towers the way they were would be the best way of honoring everyone who was affected by the original towers’ destruction. The other designs have nothing to do with the original look of the New York skyline. I was born in Manhattan, grew up looking at and visiting the towers and I want them back-perhaps a floor higher than they were. Since we the taxpayers will be footing most of the 10-20 Billion it will cost, we should have some say in the matter.
Rebuilding the towers would be the ultimate symbol of American resolve. We need to show strength, no fear. Just as we need to show strength and no fear in our fight with radical islam. They started this, we will finish it!
PLEASE REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS AND ADD ONE STORY TO EACH. WE SURVIVED, WE MOVE FORWARD.
Although I no longer live in NY I have strong feelings about this; please do not use this opportunity for financial gain and make the most of the space that has been created – just rebuild what we lost, preferably taller!
I went to see The Twin Towers in the year 2000. They where one of the main reasons why I came with my parents to New York. And while we where heading home from the family party. We where stop in the city. Once I saw the Twin Towers, I fall in love with them & the city. I’ve never stopped loving the city of New York. Since that year I’ve wanted to live in NYC & I still do. We where planning to go back there in 2001. But we never did & that happened. My love for NYC is stronger now.
Thank you for restoring my faith that the PEOPLE matter more than the POLITICS.
These disgusting Evil leaders from around the world can’t wait to visit america and stand in our holy ground and SNICKER. Build these towers as fast as you can so they can go back to merely sneering.
Don’t leave those two holes in the ground! If you Rebuild the towers and you will rebuild our faith in ourselves.
I am a proud, educated American who is deeply saddened and upset that we are not rebuilding the Twin Towers as they once stood. 1.) I think the greatest way to memorialize the victims of 9/11 would be to restore the towers and the previous NYC skyline. 2.) When you get hit you stand up again, to restore America’s glory we must rebuild the towers as they were before.
Please, please, PLEASE rebuild the towers! NYC just isn’t the same without them.
The freedom tower is a joke! America needs to take a stand and rebuild these beautiful towers! How can you replace this American icon with that pathetic building called the freedom tower!
I feel by NOT rebuilding the towers we are admitting defeat. Lets rebuild please.
The towers were a symbol of Capitalism in the Western world and deserve to be rebuilt.
I traveled to NYC for the first time last March. What a wonderful city. As we were approaching the Newark airport I was struck by the ummistakeable gap in the skyline of lower Manhattan. We need these symbols of national pride restored. Allowing the animals that did this to change America’s skyline would be a crime.
The Freedom Bunker design is pedestrian at best. It is simply not representative of NYC, no matter how badly the political cronies want it to be.
Restore our Nation’s skyline!!!!!
I Want See Twin towers Once again i was 7 When it happened i want see them again riseing in the sky.
Rebuild the Twin Towers! We must not submit to terrorists and despots who would kill or enslave us!
Time is of the essence.
We can rebuild them + we must rebuild them, better than ever.
Absolutely. Do it. Build them back. Just like before, but bigger. With a giant American flag flying from the top.
The rebuilt towers will demonstrate America’s resolve. You may strike us, but you cannot break us. This is America’s skyline.
i am a 9 year old but everyday i cry to not have been able to see the twin towers we all must help to rebuild them better than ever and till that does not happend i will cry till the day i die we must rebuild it make it stronger because to me the twin towers were born and died and i want them to be reborn and never die because i have sorrow and hurt in my heart and will always remember the people that died and the fire fighters too.twin towers are my human kind and i will be happy when they are rebuilt.build.
I would love to have the towers back, not the eyesore “freedom tower”
Please rebuild them!
Rebuilding the Twin Towers as before would be the American/Awesome thing to do.
Let’s roll!!!…and rebuild those Twin Towers!!!
It’s the right and only thing to do……
Rebuild what everyone around the world wishes to see again…THE TWIN TOWERS…let them rise again!!
Rebuild The Twin Towers for all the generations to come…REBUILD NOW
Bring back what we lost…and LOVE. The towers should rise again so all Americans can look up and say…YES THIS IS GOOD.
Your plan has something the others lack: boldness.
To not rebuild the towers, is to surrender and give in to the enemy. We cannot let that happen, we cannot give the enemy the satisfaction!!!
This is one way to show the people who attacked us that they did nothing; that they proved nothing. Rebuilding the Twin Towers would show them that we will overcome anything they throw our way.
I grew up with an unobstructed view of our country’s symbol of freedom & power. I want nothing more than to show the rest of the world that if they knock us down we will get right back up. As long as the towers remain gone the enemy assumes victory & gains followers. Rebuilding the towers will restore patriotism & pride, two things many American’s have lost as we send soldiers to fight back. Show the world the strength of liberty & the power of a country that refuses to accept persecution.
Build them exactly as they were and say to them “In Your Face!!!” We will not go quietly and without a fight to the death.
Rebuild the Twin Towers and scrap the Freedom Towers idea. This new design does nothing but glorify fear and defeat. Raise up as Americans and petition.
I want to help the Twin Towers stand up again. Should they never stand up again is a sign of weakness and defeat.
I personally think that the twin towers is a sign of hope for us if it is to be rebuilt. It will show that we are proud and we can fix any damage that anyone will cause to the us, to have the twin towers rebuilt would be a great honor, and I really hope they get rebuilt!
Sissy Cavanagh
Rebuilding is the perfect way to show the people who destroyed the towers that they did not win. You can bomb the towers, you can hit them with planes and knock them down, but you can’t keep them down. It’s symbolic of the American spirit – perseverance, getting up and going on no matter how many times you get knocked down. To build anything else would just not be as powerful or as meaningful. Please reconsider that ‘freedom tower.’
By all means, rebuild it if we can.
Like a phoenix rising from the ashes rebuild the towers in place of the Freedom Tower design.
i think rebuilding the twin toweres would be a fantastic idea. new york isnt the same with out those beautiful buildings.
The Twin Towers are an icon of America. They represent the opportunity and prosperity that much of the world admires (or even envys.) Build the Towers back just as they were + 1 more floor! (as well as a memorial in the courtyard.)
I am a native born New Yorker living in Texas.When the towers went down it broke everyones hearts,the best way to stick it to the shit that cowardly attacked the symbol of american strength and ingenuity would be to build the towers only bigger.Anything else to me is a defeat plain and simple..
I agree with Dave Roset, rebuild them just as they were with one extra floor each. On those extra floors put an Army base with radar guided gatling guns. The Freedom Tower is perhaps the ugliest building I have ever seen.
Please rebuild
Rebuild the Twin Towers!!!!! People need jobs!!!
I think it is a great idea to rebuild the Twin Towers. If we rebuild the Towers then we are showing that we are trying to rebuild our country too. We are also proving to other countries that we will stop at nothing, I think if we rebuild the Towers would be completing our nation. Cause one of my dreams was to visit the Twin Towers one day, and I had that dream stolen from me, and i dont think thats fair. If nothing else then just rebuild it in the memory of all the people who lost their lives!!!!
I think that the US should rebuild the twin towers; for memorial purposes also. It will be a step foward for the US. We can say that we aren’t going to let this stop us.
We should rebuild the Twin Towers to show that we are strong and we will not crumble…no matter what…
I think we should build the twin towers. We need to rebuild it to show we have strength and to show respect to the people involved. It’ll be hard, but we can do it if we try.
rebuild them, one story taller than before. show the world how strong we are!
Emotional intensities aside (not to lessen the importance of personal expression) our integrity as a nation in the position we have in and to the world requires us to do everything we can to rebuild those towers. We are not a cowardly people.
It’s the “broken windows” principle on a large scale. We fixed the Pentagon pretty quickly, didn’t we.
Build them back as they were! That’s the best way to take a victory away from terrorists.
Please rebuild the Towers! Enough politicking and power-plays! Get it done, leaving that site empty and barren is a travesty to the memories of the dead. The best statement to the Islamist Terrorists is to REBUILD the TOWERS!
I always wanted to visit New York and see the Twin Towers. In fact, I always thought of the World Trade Center first and the Empire State Building second when it came to buildings in New York. 9/11 took this option from me and I’d love to have them back.
Larry promised us that he’d rebuild. He said it himself, and if I remember correctly, with the money he got from the attacks.
If he promised us to REBUILD, not REPLACE, then why are we replacing? Why are we helping Osama finish the attacks he planned almost 8 years ago?
What would Yamasaki do if he were still alive when 9/11 happened? Would he replace his Freedom Towers? No, he’d rebuild them, even taller than before.
Yamasaki is turning in his grave, and it’s up to us to let him R.I. P.
On September 11th 2001, New York had its two front teeth knocked out by terrorists. We cannot let New York remain toothless. We must rebuild, there is no other way to recover.
All of my life i have wanted to travel to NYC just to see the Twin Towers. They make the skyline for NYC. I think the freedom tower is ugly and ruins New York. We shouldnt be afraid of terrorists and only build one tower, lets fight and make two twin towers, and remember our past as well as look to the future.
The islamic murderers win if we don’t rebuild the towers exactly like they were before. Time to show some backbone!
Without the Twin Towers, it does not feel like New York City anymore….only the ghost of a great city that once was….
I think we should rebuild the twin towers because it would bring back a part of America that was lost
To rebuild is the only Honorable choice.
On a trip to New York in 2000, my father promised me that “next time” we would climb those great silver monoliths I saw in the distance. “Next time” was in 2004.
Please, Mr. President, Honourable Congressmen, developers and people of New York and the United States, do not make my father a liar.
-Sean
Show the world not only do we rebuild other countries with our own funds, we rebuild our own America! We bow to no country, we stand strong and TALL!
Please, let’s honor all of our fallen heroes.
I lived in New York in 1989-91 and The World Trade Center twin towers were amazing! This so called freedom tower is a big joke & looks extremely ugly! what a horrible waste of taxpayers money! it seems as if what the public wants is falling on deaf ears and is never reported in the media! PLEASE bring the twin towers back stronger & better than ever.
I support and encourage the rebuilding of the WTC as it was before; the best way to repair the scar in the NYC skyline is to replace the towers!
refill the void in the city
Rebuild the towers and rebuild America!
PLEASE rebuild the towers.I have always hated the freedom tower. this is our chance to shine as Americans. Do it Mr. Silverstein!!
I always hated the freedom tower. Building that horrible Tower where the once two greatest buildings in America use to be is untolorable. I don’t know how they could just fall back like that. We are Americans. We take a hit, we get right back up, dust ourselves off and keep on fighting. We are a free nation. We have the most advanced military in the world and some of the most greatest landmarks in the world. The WTC was a great landmark but by rebuilding (not replacing) we will never forget 9/11.
Heck YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FINALLY
They should rebuild the twin towers like they were.
Taller and stronger. The “freedom tower” is nothing less than a 1776 foot tall permanent monument-of-defeat our enemies will rally behind. I can’t stand to look at it.
The Twin Towers ARE a part of America’s history, achievements and iconic standing worldwide. I want my children to grow up knowing terrorism is indeed a real thing in the world today, but not to fear it. To be courageous enough to stand up for what is right and to know America is strong and will not falter.
I do agree, I would love to see this re-built. A native of Chicago, I have not been to NYC. But those towers represent strength, the kind that does not come from a monument. Those towers were not just Manhattan. They were the first sign of financial power from the Atlantic heading westward. A beautiful and unique stance for America as a whole. Let’s get them back up.
I think it’s a great idea to rebuild the Twin Towers.It might give more peace to the victims families and show how strong America really is.GOD BLESS THE USA… My heart breaks for the families… Just get it done…
I’ve never been to New York City but one of the sites at the top of my list of places to see was always the World Trade Center. The Freedom Tower and the other buildings that are supposed to replace the buildings lost to terrorism just don’t compare. Rebuilding with re-engineered Twin Towers is the most fitting memorial to all of the citizens of the world who were lost. Only then would the skyline say “THIS IS NEW YORK CITY.”. Watching any movie made between 1975 and 2001 will tell you that.
Build it better. Build it the same. Don’t change the skyline!
One of the most exiting moments in my visit to NY was overlooking the city from the observation deck. My grand daughter is 10 years old – she can not even imagine what that was like. I would like to see the towers rebuilt – for all the future generations from all over the globe to have that experience. When I watch movies filmed prior to the fall of the towers, it’s like watching movies of a family member that passed on. The skyline has a big hole in its heart without the towers. PLEASE rebuild them.
I fully agree that to build anything less than this plan for a reconstruction of the Twin Towers would only create a permanent scar on our country. Seriously… a 200′ windowless concrete bunker? How does that scream freedom? Nothing would show the resilience, pride, and freedom of the American people than honoring our will and defying our enemies by restoring what was lost. The memorial is also far superior than that proposed with the Freedom Tower. Rebuild the Twin Towers!
Rebuild! If They Would Rebuild The Towers, I would work in it.
If the towers are not rebuilt,it will be another case of our government failing us.Kneeling to the PC crowd,worried about how it will look or who it will offend.Who cares…rebuild and let the world know our strength…history will judge.
Born in NY, living in Dublin!
The towers need to be rebuilt to show the world that we will not be intimidated by anyone. They should also be a memorial to those who died there that terrible day so that we never forget. It would show those who want to destroy anything in this country that we will not be deterred from having what we want in our own land! Those towers did not fall down from neglect they fell because of a design flaw that no one would ever have thought would happen. We can and must correct it!!!!!
It’s nice to know that there are many Americans and people worldwide who believe as I do that the best way to honor those who tragically perished in the WTC on 911 and to pay tribute to their families, friends, and loved ones and to honor our great nation and all nations who are proponents of freedom and democracy is to rebuild the twin towers. Additionally (and less importantly), the future design of the so-called freedom towers is completely unoriginal and utterly hideous in appearence.
A building is beautiful because of what it is. Our ‘Twin Towers’ memorial shouldn’t be a useless reminder of the power that our nation’s enemies have over us. The only proper memorial would be buildings that would serve exactly the same purpose as the buildings that were destroyed, only better. Build them taller and stronger, if anything, but rebuild them as they were before.
Rebuild, not Retreat.
YES REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS !!! IF WE DO NOT WE ARE ADMITTING DEFEAT AND SHOW OUR WEAKNESS !!! WE ARE STRONG AS A WHOLE; LETS SHOW JUST HOW STRONG WE ARE BY PUTTING THEM BACK !!!
You used to be able to see the Towers from the high points of my hometown in NJ. I’d love to be able to see the Towers from there again someday!
Recently our band took a trip to New York City to perform at carnegie hall. When i was there i was truly amazed by New York City. It was beautiful and amazing! But something was missing when i was there,and it was the Twin Towers. When you search for pictures of New York City the first thing you see is the Trade Centers! They are a symbol of NYC. I strongly believe that there would be no better way to show our strenghth then to rebuild them. PLEASE Restore the New York City skyline!
Please rebuild the towers! they are a symbol of freedom and america! and the symbol of the greatest city in america New York! and it wouldnt be new york without them!
The Twin Towers were a major landmark in the world of today and it would be a shame to admit defeat and show the terrorists that we cannot repair what they thought they undid! Let us unite as people and americans and REBUIILD the Pride of America and New York City’s Skyline!!!
They are part of us, the united states. Rebuilding them again will be an inspiring and powerful move. They are beautiful and we need them again.
To rebuild the towers in their original outward design would be a more meaningful statement than a new design which would be a forever monument to the extremists of the 7th century religion.
At first I thought it would not be right, but NOW I believe that the terrorists would win if we don’t! Our elected reps. are cowards…
It would be phenomenal to see the towers back in their original spot, just as it should be.
We would love to support the efforts put forth by this great organization to rebuild the Twin Towers. We would love to pass out cards or brochures to help.
We are based in Phoenix, AZ and have our own grassroots efforts to try and help those who serve our country. We have rebuilt a Fire Truck in remembrance of 911. http://www.fireupfreedom.com. We let the communities know we have not forgotten about those who have suffered.
Please visit our website and let us know if we can help.
Michelle Boulos
Fire Up Freedom
The World Trade Center should be built in the original image and updated to beyond 21st Century Building Standards with the structural design to survive any type of disaster as was the original towers designed. (The original structure was designed to survive a collision of a 747.)
We must send a message to the World that we are united in our vision for World Trade and Peace as the original towers symbolized. The new towers should be as tall or taller than the original towers to show our resolve.
Our country is going down the drain lately. The economy is going, gas prices are killing us, and there’s more political corruption than ever. We need the towers to be rebuilt to symbolize that there is hope for our country. That freedom still reigns.
Having lived in New York from over 20 years and seeing the Twin Towers as I commuted around the city everyday, I am finding it totally unfathomable that we Americans would allow terrorists to destroy our country without rebuilding it at least the same if not larger.
Let’s show the savages that Man’s civilization goes on. Rebuild the towers.
The only clear message to our enemies is to REBUILD the towers and ADD about 10 floors to them. That is a clear “in your face” message that Americans understand.
The Twin Towers were AMAZING! The battered skyline is not acceptable. The politicians need to listen to us. I saw Ken Gardner’s plan and it is the proper way to honor those who were lost. and in my opinion nothing looked cooler than those Twin Towers in the Skyline at Night!
The WTC towers were one of the most awe inspiring achievements of modern day engineering the world has ever seen. As such it is unsurprising that they were targeted by the cowards of 9/11 in a very symbolic message meant to say that even our greatest minds were inadequate to defeat them and send a significant blow to the morale of the country. It is only continuing to aid the enemy by not rebuilding them as it can be said they see it as an acceptance of their message. Now is the time to do it.
Symbolism, in this case, has more value than we give it credit.
Bring them back, better than ever.
I miss home. Now that this occured makes me miss it even more than before. I think it is in the best favor of those direct affected families to see a bigger better NEW YORK!!!
I Loved the Twin Towers. They NEED to be rebuilt the currrent situation is obviously looking up for us. God be with ya’ll in getting this done. Plus I’ll need a job soon and what a better place to work then the amazing TT2?
Let’s roll.
The only appropriate design is to replace the Two Towers, and let the terrorists know we spit in their eyes. Get her done!
I visited the Twin Towers once. Its really weird them not being there anymore. I totally believe they should be rebuilt. Whenever ya’ll send out that booklet post it on your bulletins and let us know how its going im curious :)
Twin Towers Forever!
Silverstein should sue those bastards for holding his property in limbo. Build the Twin Towers and hang the politicians in the square.
RCL
There simply is no other fitting response to 9/11 than to rebuild the Twin Towers. Anything else will be viewed by most Americans and the world as capitulation to the terrorists, and all who oppose freedom. If I had been one to perish in the attack, the only memorial that would truly honor my death would be to rebuild the towers in defiance of the terrorists.
The only thing standing in the way is our bankrupt government, politicians and bureaucrats!
Rebuilding the Twin Towers should have begun the day after Ground Zero was cleared.
What a reasonable, logical, honest and architecturally fitting concept. I’m not from NYC, but those times I had travelled there prior to 9/11, The Towers were always that bit of welcome confirmation for those visitors that are navigationally challenged. I have a vast catalog of ‘mental jpegs’ with The Towers commanding prominence in many frames. They have been missed.
Duas Ortus Rursus – Two(Twins) Rising Again
Pardon my ‘attempt’ at Latin. Any correction appreciated.
I could think of no better way to honor the memory of the fallen and the best of the spirit of the United States than to return the towers to New York.
We need to show strength and determination in the face of our enemies. Rebuild!
This is the only solution that has felt right from the very beginning. We must reclaim what was taken from us that awful day. Rebuild the towers better and stronger and the whole world will know that NYC and the USA are still strong and courageous.
I grew up in NY and visited the Twin Towers several times, even danced and had dinner there. It was heart wrenching to see them come down on 9-11. Don’t allow the enemies to win, please rebuild the towers.
My son lives 1 mile north of the towers and was getting into a cab that morning to go to work in the Chrysler building. Noticed a plane way too low and proceeded to work. Word soon came that morning all was well with him and his (now) wife via blackberry message to my daughter in Boston.
Windows of the World was one of the first places he took me to show his town. Above the clouds!
I am glad to add my name to this list and think rebuilding the towers is exactly the message we should make.
A long time ago, I saw the fourth of July fireworks from the World Trade Center. It’s something I’ll never forget. I was in the city this past fourth of July and it’s just not the same without the twin towers dominating the skyline. Bringing the towers back would be the best tribute to all those who lost their lives on 9/11.
When I think of the hole that remains at Ground Zero nearly SEVEN YEARS after the terrorist atrocities of 9/11/2001…I wonder what country I live in.
In 1959, the United States was still 2 years away from putting a man in space. A single decade later, two of our citizens stood on the surface of another world.
Like the Towers themselves, Americans used to be a people who challenged the sky. If we still are, the Towers must be rebuilt. Better. And 9 feet 11 inches taller than before.
I agree. 100%.
Rebuilding the Towers Exactly the way they were will be the best F.U. to al Qaeda!
I think we should build them, but even taller, and maybe 4 of them. The double twins!
We need to show everyone we still have balls!
Rebuild the Towers, and let the world know we, the USA, will continue on. We are free and shall continue to be free.
Yes, rebuilding is the way to go. Much more inspiring and invigorating than a sad and solemn memorial. May God bless your efforts in this.
The twin towers of the World Trade Center were more than just buildings. They were proof of New York’s belief in itself. Built at a time when New York’s future seemed uncertain, the towers restored confidence and helped bring a halt to the decline of lower Manhattan. Brash, glitzy, and grand, they quickly became symbols of New York. I believe the same thing can happen again if they are rebuilt. I pray they are. Good Luck Guys!
What went up in smoke should go back up in steel.
For NYC and the nation’s pride and DIGNITY, the towers should rise again!! Every time we see almost any image of the NYC skyline made between 1973 and that horrid day in 2001, we will think of 9/11. Why not help the healing by putting them back? Also, what better way to say “f**k you” to the people who wish to see America destroyed? We can’t bring the victims back, but we can restore an image eternally linked with their memories. EVERYONE WINS(except our enemies)! Up the towers!!!!!!!!
I am in the strongest support of the Twin Towers II design. Stop Pataki now, and follow what the public opinion wants.
True American icons.
I was born and raised in New York. The Twin Towers and the Statue of Liberty have always stood for unity and love of my country! Let the towers rise as a phoneix from the ashes!! Excellent, Excellent idea!!
Every time I see a movie with scenes of the twin towers and every time I see a picture of New York post the destruction of the twin towers, I am reminded at what is missing in the New York skyline. The towers need to be rebuilt to help heal this nation. Anything else will only serve as a reminder of what’s missing.
Rebuild Now! Put the bureaucracy to rest! What a more fitting tribute to those who lost their lives, their families and this country than to have the Twin Towers II open on September 11, 2011? I can not think of any.
Please rebuild the original twin towers design(maybe sturdier)–nothing else will be adequate to tell our enemies that we will never ever give up. If they take it out again we’ll build it again and again forever. Surrender is not an option now or ever.
When I thought of the saying “United We Stand, Divided We Fall,” the Twin Towers came into my mind. Two towers standing for one purpose, yet they were divided. I never got to see them in person, and these could be so much sturdier and stronger than the glass sculpture (that’s what it looks like) that they call Freedom Tower. By not rebuilding those two towers, in my opinion, that saying above has no symbol.
There’s only one option and that’s to build them bigger than the last towers.
I really would enjoy seeing the Lower Manhattan skyline restored with the original two towers that everyone remembers. It shows a sign of courage and bravery that we all made it through the years and will continue to remember all those that risked their lives in saving others.
My son, who is 6 years old, understands the importance of rebuilding the Twin Towers as they stood or better. He wants to visit them, and show “the bad guys” that they “can’t beat the American Team”. I would like to see him have the opportunity to make that trip.
I believe that we should rebuild the twin towers. There is no doubt that the victims of Sept 11 loved working in the twin towers. I think that they would want us to rebuild (contrary to what some people believe). However, the only true “memorial” for Sept 11, would be the twin towers rebuilt.
Great idea. What better way to show the terroists than to rebuild the twin towers.
I hope the towers are rebuilt because New York just isn’t the same without them.
I had no idea that this plan existed until today. I grew up in NJ in the shadow of the towers and think this is the way to go! We need to restore the sky-line and remember what happened! This does both! Why is this so hard? It seems like a no-brainer. Lets get this done before it is too late!
NY just hasnt been the same since 9/11, rebuild the twin towers and make new york new york again
The world trade center was a symbol of the economic and social freedom for which our nation has fought. The towers were bold and iconic. If it be the will of those whose loved ones perished there on that horrible day, I would like to see the towers improved, strengthened, and rebuilt. No other gesture will restore the faith and freedom of our great country quite like this one. It says to the world that violence will not change the fabric of who we are. We do not fear. We prevail.
I support this 100%. Rebuild the Twin Towers!
I want the Twin Towers back. I’ll admit, I was in second grade at the time of 9/11 and I didn’t even know what the buildings meant to the world. But now I do know and I know NYC needs those buildings back, not a gay building that doesn’t show Freedom it shows Fear. I went to NYC July 2008 and seeing a hole in the ground that should be the WTC being rebuilt made me mad so I hope those buildings are rebuilt because they should not be replaced by a building that no one will want to look at!
Please rebuild OUR TOWERS!!
New York is not New York without the Twin Towers. Evil took away the originals. Hope and faith and good old-fashioned American ingenuity, perseverance & gumption will re-build them to their former glory. Bring back the Twin Towers!
California love goes out to you all!
I cannot think of a more important symbolic collective endeavor as a country than to rebuild the Twin Towers. The void we’re experiencing in our morale, dignity as well as the pain in our hearts will not have a chance to repair if they are not rebuilt. It is the only way. Let’s stop speaking of the great things our country has acheived in the past and show ourselves and our children what is still possible. To keep liberty a reality and not just a word – it takes courage and work.
Raising the towers anew, strengthened and proud before the world, is the ultimate expression and proof of American heart, resilience and rejection of surrender to evil.
we have to rebuild the twin towers because america isnt america without them
Please rebuild!!!!!
It is my ardent wish to see these 2 towers rebuilt to show the damned bastards that were in on this assault to the American psyche.
please rebuild the wtc both towers better and even taller than they were. i believe it would be a great step to healing the wound the 9/11 has caused. i hate the Freedom Tower it so ugly and it only one tower on top of that. yuck. I love the Twin Towers it was great symbol of my nation.
It’s because the Freedom Tower sucks.
And I never got to visit the towers in person.
Please rebuild the Twin Towers! Doing this would show the rest of the world that we can overcome even the darkest of times and it would also demonstrate America’s bravery and ability to stand as a united nation.
I’ve lived in south Mississippi all my life, but fell in love with the WTC when I saw King Kong as a child. I began learning about all of the engineering innovation that went into the construction of this amazing piece of American architecture. I had always planned to visit Manhattan one day specifically to go to the top of the World Trade Center. This plan would be the next best thing, not that Freedom Tower BS! Kudos to you guys, I hope all goes well. Looking forward to visiting!
I think they should be rebuilt the same way.
I support the rebuilding of the towers.
Show them that they can’t keep us down.
Lets put things back to the way they should be. The freedom tower should have never been given the OK. Put the towers back up!
I am not personally from NY. However, as a fellow-American living in North Carolina, I have been deeply affected by 9/11 from the very beginning. Every time I see a current picture of the NY skyline, be it on television or in photographs, I resent like hell what was done to our nation that day, and in particular, in regards to NY City, what was taken on that day. I have always had a desire to see the towers rebuilt. To me, it seems that to put the whole thing right again, nothing less will do.
I personally believe that rebuilding the Towers is one of the most important things we can do to examplfy how we wont be affected by attacks. I agree that we should have the Memorial Garden in the middle to rememeber the victims and to show that we are strong, we rebuild the Towers.
WE WANT OUR TOWERS BACK PLEASE REBUILD THE WORLD TRADE CENTER THAT WAY WE COULD SHOW THAT OUR COUNTRY IS STRONG AND THAT WE NEVER FAIL..
NEW YORK WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN WITHOUT THE TOWERS.
SO HEADS UP AND REBUILD THE TOWERS.
This vision is a much more effective statement than the current plan. Large numbers of people agree; don’t let the bleeding hearts take away a famous symbol of New York City!
My dad had the privilege to see the towers during his business trip to New York back in the 1980’s. It had always been a dream of mine to visit New York one day and witness the spectacular elegance of the Twin Towers standing in all their might and glory–until the day they crumbled to the ground. Not only does New York not feel the same without them; the entire nation feels the void as well. If rebuilding the towers is what THE PEOPLE want, then this is what we should get. REBUILD THE TOWERS!
Lets show the world that no matter what happens we will still stand strong and never back down!!! The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is one BIG family!! And that will never change.
put it back the way they were and the way it was meant to be!
Please rebuild– I agree that the best memorial would be a rebuild. We should not allow ourselves as Americans to be controlled by those who made the choice to destroy that which we as Americans held so dear. If we do not rebuild then “they” will continue to try and tear us down, and could very likely succeed. It wasn’t just Americans that were affected–it was the world. I implore you to rebuild to help heal the hole in all of our hearts. This has affected us all.
Michele
Having been to New York City before and after the towers collapsed I can say they are much more impressive than the freedom tower.
Ther is no better way to show the World what America is truly made of than to rebuild the Twin Towers! Honor those who were taken from us….Rebuild the Twin Towers!!
Now this is an American idea! I think this is what Americans would want to do if we all had a say.
Finally, a common sense approach, as to what to build at ground zero, is catching on. Rebuild the towers, bigger, better and stronger! God Bless America…
In “The Social Contract” Rousseau writes:” but [men can] only unite and direct existing ones [forces], they have no other means of preserving themselves than the formation, by aggregation, of a sum of forces great enough to overcome the resistance… This sum of forces can arise only where several persons come together: but, as the force and liberty.” Only united can we stand against a common foe; let the towers stand to remind us of those who fell, those who serve, and our commitment to liberty.
I appreciate this effort. The idea of the towers being rebuilt lifts my spirit. Thank you.
REBUILD the twin tower buildings! It would show the world that we are strong and can get through a tragedy like this.
I believe rebuilding the Twin Towers and WTC complex is a great way to show America’s strength and ability to over come. This in my opinion is better symbol of our freedom the Freedom Tower. Also, if acceptable to the families of the victims to this tragic event, the memorials planned on the footprints of the previous towers would be an honorable tribute. Memorials paying tribute to Americans who lost their lives in the name of freedom should not be required to charge a fee to cover costs.
When I joined the Navy one of the places Ive always wanted to go to was the Twin Towers. But thanks to the cowards that destroyed them Im SOL. I say rebuild them as they were before but a little bit taller. Now that Im stationed in VA on a carrier I hope to enjoy the site of NY with the twins.
the current “freedom” tower is a terrible stucture. it will only serve as a current reminder of our fear.
Many lost friends, family, or loved ones that day. As for those of us who were not struck with the same loss we still felt a great pain. It is a day that will always be remembered in my life and I am sure others’ as well. Rebuilding the Twin Towers would be an outstanding memorial and would stand for much more. Its a symbol of our unity, pain, and shows that we are not afraid. I support the rebuilding of these buildings that have a place in history and America’s heart.
There wouldn’t be a greater tribute to the victims or a better way to bring America back from tragedy than to rebuild the twin towers stronger and higher than they ever were before. It would show the world that we as a nation can triumph over tragedy and we will always move forward and rebuild. The new towers will send a clear message to the terrorists that America is strong and can’t be brought down. Please rebuild the twin towers!!
Please build them. They would be a glorious tribute to all who lost their lives on 9/11. Restore the skyline of New York City!
Restore the skyline of New York City!
i agree they should rebulid the twin towers to show everyone that we are better and stronger that they will not bring us down…..and to have the memorials so that everyone who visits pay tribute and their respect to those we have lost…..i grieve for those we have lost on that tragic day and they will be a part of my heart forever
We’ve got to put something worthy in the WTC site, and the Freedom Tower is anything but that.
Rebuild the twin towers! As I said 7 years ago on 9-11, lets build them 10 stories taller and better! One day I would love to take my kids to visit them as I did when I was a child. USA could have had those things up by now if we would have just rebuilt them.
PLEASE rebuild the twin towers! We need to show the world what the U.S. is made of and rebuild what we lost. The victims would want us to rebuild them as they were. We cannot bring back those lives we lost, however, we can rebuild the towers to show the world that we will not live in fear. It would be a nice “slap in the face” to those who enjoyed watching what happened on 9-11.
With all due respect to the Freedom Tower designers and those who organized that planning, the Freedom Tower is not New York. It is not a symbol just because it has ‘freedom’ in its name. Build a symbol; build two. Please rebuild the towers; the country will be behind that effort. Do the right thing.
Thank You
We must learn from the mistakes me made in the past and build a new World Trade Center. Making it stronger and able to withstand terrorist attacks.
The original Twin Towers were more than just buildings. They were a macrocosm of all that makes our country unique, and a symbol of the enduring American spirit. The Twin Towers need to be rebuilt to stand bigger and taller than ever before. Anything less is simply unacceptable.
Rebuild The Twin Towers! They don’t belong in history ! They belong in the Present! The New Twin Towers will show new generations of people in person what the original twin towers were once like.
The Freedom Tower, while a good idea, is unfortunately not of the same magnitude as what once stood there. Building it will ultimately show the terrorists they were successful in the attacks on our country, as the site will remain forever changed. Instead we must show everyone that while we may fall down, we will ALWAYS get back up again and stand stronger than ever. Rebuild the Twin Towers EXACTLY as they were, as they are a TRUE symbol of freedom in this great nation.
I would love to see the towers rebuilt as they were. I remember looking at them everyday from my grandmothers 16th floor apartment in Brooklyn. I’m no longer a New Yorker but I dream about seeing those Towers because I did everyday of my life for 20 years. We NEED our towers back… the Twins as they were.
we need to rebuild
DON’T LET THE TERRORISTS WIN! REBUILD THE TOWERS!
REBUILD EM
What would New York be without the “Twins”?
Rebuild. Accept No Subsitutes.
Rebuild and let our nation heal. I beg of you!
In America, when something goes wrong, we fix it. When something is destroyed we build it back up.
The World Trade Center Towers need to be restored! We need to let the world know that we are not afraid! We will rebuild those towers as if they were never gone! Please let the New York City skyline be what it was once again!
To rebuild anything less than a new set of Twins will be to state to all human-kind our collective loss of American spirit & fortitude & a symbolic show of defeat by all Americans.
No longer will pride be associated with that unmistakably beautiful skyline, rather just a bleak and empty pain. Forever.
I like the new WTC Twin Towers. They should stop construction of the Freedom Tower and cancel it so they can switch over to building WTC2 and start construction on that. That new plan is much better. Rebuild WTC the way it was with that new design. New York needs the Twin Towers to return!
For all reasons, they should be rebuilt
Rebuild them better than ever. We shouldn’t let terrorists shape the skyline of New York. The towers will forever be a part of the city. Why are people trying to fight that?
Commerce needs to be returned to New York City. We can’t allow the roaches of the world to destroy us economically. REBUILD! Take your pick of all our “friendly” muslim countries to send the bill to. Our politicians need to wake up and protect our interests! Its been 7 years and still nothing?!!! This is unacceptable.
hey if they do ever build them back they should put on a plaque on one of the towers saying ( when a phoenix dies it will rise again from its ashes) that would be a good idea . u know what someone needs to complain saying ” WE WANT THE TWIN TOWERS BACK, GIVE THE PPL WAT THEY WANT !” someone seriously needs to say something. i never got to see those towers, to see them up again would make my wish come true
freedom tower will be a mistake
i hope that the twin towers will be back.
i know we can do it lets show the world that we r strong.
They should not make the freedom tower because eva since i wuz little i wanted to see the twin towers and now that the twin towers are gone that cant happen if you build the freedom tower where the twin towers once was. U should follow what evry1 wants and that’s for the twin towers NOT the freedom tower. We need that hole in our hearts filled again…that could happen if you rebuild the twin towers!
Please rebuild the twin towers with an extra 13 stories each for spite.
Replacing the WTC with a similar design is the only truly American thing to do!!! The originals were more than just a group of buildings. They were known worldwide as the biggest landmark, of the greatest city, and nation, in the world! Lets show those terrorist chumps what we’re made of! Long live America!
While I don’t necessarily think the new design is abhorrent, it would make a terrific statement if the twin towers were rebuilt in all their glory. It says to those that mean us harm, “you knock us down, we get right back up!” In terms of healing, rebuilding the towers in the image of the originals will be a signal that those who died on 9/11 did not do so in vain, but rather, their passing was a moment that united the nation in a common goal of strength and courage in the face of evil.
The Twin Towers must stand again in honor of the spirit and preserverence of our heroes. Then the survivors, families, and the world can see our resolve.
Rebuild them
Please rebuild the twin towers. After visiting New York recently, the skyline just feels empty without them and not as magnificent.
I’m a 22 yr old college student majoring in History. The Freedom Tower is a symbolic defeat of our spirit. In 2000, I had the privilege to stand atop the Trade Center. It was a moment I cherish.
9/11 was a terrible attack upon our identity/values. For that attack to succeed, we must concede; WE MUST NOT!
As a resident of New Orleans,I understand destruction;it challenges our spirit. 9/11 changed us because WE LET IT! Stop the FEAR TOWER! We can’t allow them to win, REBUILD THOSE TOWERS! We MUST NOT BACK DOWN OR GIVE IN!
They took them away – courage, defiance and pride says “we’ll put them back up”
Thanks for your great work, and may God bless America.
Steve
I think we as americans should rebuild them towers and stick it to osama bin laden and say this to him, if you ain’t down with that i got two towers who say this to you osama bin laden and that is SUCK-IT!!!!!!
The “freedom” tower is anything but what its name suggests. With its horrific concrete base built out of FEAR, it shows America’s inability to return to its old state of mind.
What better way to show that we truly can return than to rebuild what we lost as a symbolic act to show we will both never forget, and that we will never submit to fear.
i would love for the twin towers to be re-built i would love to see them above evry other building.I was in the third grade when the towers were destroyed so i dont remember much, and never really paid attention to them or knew they exsited. i think it would be great if they were rebuilt to commemorate the old towers.
The twin towers were a new york icon! The city isn’t the same without them, and Freedom Tower doesn’t belong!!!! REBUILD THE TOWERS
I was in 12th grade when 9/11 happened and I always wondered whether these towers would be rebuilt. The plans for the Freedom Tower are an embarrassment. Its smaller then the original towers and now its far behind schedule and massively over budget. I believe rebuilding to Twin Towers, taller then before and much safer, would make America appear as a more determined people. “You can knock us down, but we will stand taller.”
New Twin Towers for the win. The Freedom Tower is stupid and an embarrassment
The Twin Towers stood as an expression of American Will. Now, other countries build bigger and better. If we are to be America, we must lead the world in not only justice, opportunity, and mercy, but also in our reaction to events like September 11, 2001. I visited the old towers three times in my 32 years. I was very sad when my favorite city decided to shirk the potencial for greatness for the calamity of the Freedom Tower. Nobody REALLY wants this piece of tripe! Rebuild! Rebuild those towers!
Bring back New York. The Freedom Tower means nothing to us. We want what we love. Rebuild the Twin Towers!
This is a great plan because we need to make New York New York again. Right now, the NYC skyline remains a victory for al – Queda. We need our buildings back. Taller, stronger, and safer, the new twin towers would defy terrorism against our nation. Donald Trump is right, the Freedom Tower is nothing compared to this. Do we really want something in our American city that does’nt even resemble New York, or do we want a legendary landmark to be born again? Bring our towers back!
Rebuild Please!
I am for the rebuilding of the World Trade Centers. I pray for you guys to get it done right and to fight till the end. God Bless from the Midwest. May the right decision be made!
I agree completely, rebuild the Towers as they were.
What’s the point of remembering them if they don’t even resemble what they once were.
I think you have a great idea, lets follow thru with this.
They tear down, we’ll build up.
Rebuild and Reload!!
I agree for the Twin Towers to be rebuild. They were and still should be part of our American History.
I’m from Seattle Wa. I strongly support rebuilding the Twin Towers. Building the Freedom Tower (or Fear Tower) is like surrendering to the terrorists. The Twin Towers were an asset to the New York skyline and many people came and admired the Twin Towers. To the Port Authority and Larry Silverstein, have the courage and the will to change course and do the right thing before it’s too late. As Franklin Deleno Roosevelt once said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”.
The Twin Towers represented New York and America. The most recognizable buildings in the world need to be rebuilt. Like Donald Trump said, “We can not let the terrorists win,” we need to take action to show the world America can not be defeated in any way.
These two towers were iconic to New York, and to America. They stood, rising above all else, to welcome and to represent. The towers may have fallen on that fateful day, September 11, 2001, but the spirit of what they represented is alive and well in all of us today. It is time to rebuild the towers. It’s time to bring back America.
I have loved these buildings for longer than I can remember. They were in my childhood books, the movies, and the magazines. They were the exclamation point at the end of a wonderful New York. There to welcome you when you arrived, and to bid you farewell when you left.
I was 10 when they were stolen from us. You cannot replace the lives lost in 2001, or in 1993. But you can still replace these magnificent buildings. What’s happening is a shame.
-Austin
GO AMERICA!!!!!!
We should rebuild the towers bigger and better than they were. I don’t know why this is even an issue.
Put them back where the are supposed to be. do it now! They should already be going up, just like the Pentagon.
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS AND POKE OSAMA BIN LADEN IN THE EYE.
The beauty and the majesty of the original Twin Towers will never be forgotten in my mind. My only regret is that I took those Iconic Towers for granted because I thought that they would always be there.They symbolised the strength and the power of our nation in a figurative and a literal manner.The Towers should be rebuilt bigger, better and stronger than before with memorials to respect the fallen victims of 9-11 to show they did not die in vain. Restore the NY skyline to its original stature.
I’m all for rebuilding the Twin Towers, bigger, better, and stronger, as a poke in the eye to the world for hating us, and as a truly befitting memorial for all those that died in such a cowardly attack.
Bigger, better, and defiant…typically American. At least, it used to be. C’mon people, this is *obvious*.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers is, in the opinion of many, the best way to honor those who perished on 9/11. It is also my belief that rebuilding the Twin Towers would illustrate to Americans and the world that we will not capitulate to crazy terrorists who seek our destruction. I personally loved the Twin Towers; they were unique and symbolic. Terrorists reconfigued the Manhattan skyline on 9/11; by rebuilding the Towers, we can change it back.
What better way to remember those we lost on 9/11 than to rebuild the towers, a few stories higher and with modern safety features. The people lost on 9/11 were contributing to our American way of life. I think they would’ve wanted us to send the message that America will not be bullied by cave-dwelling cowards. Also, when it comes to rebuilding the TV antenna on tower 1, borrow an idea from the cell phone companies: disguise it as a large flagpole with a massive American flag! USA!
Every day new Twin Towers are not there or are not under construction is like a knife in me. The Twins were the most powerful symbols to ever exist to me and thousands of others. The pain that resides in me because of their absence and the failure to rebuild is great. That is why you must succeed. I feel Gov. Paterson is the key. Get a booklet to him and press him and everyone else who you send it out too. Rebuilding the Twins is whether or not America is giving up. It’s THAT important.
If it is indeed time for change then stand for America and rebuild The World Trade Center to at least the same size if not taller!
Enough time and energy has been wasted in a plan that does not meet the country’s needs! The Twin Towers should be brought back for the sake of our freedom, honor and national integrity!
I have always wanted to see the towers rebuilt. they are an international symbol of America and what we stand for. Why would we let terrorists take this away from us? When Europe was bombed during WWII they rebuilt many of the buildings exactly as they were. they didnt come up with new designs, they rebuilt. We need to see these towers rise again! Americans everywhere feel the same. Our tax dollars are helping to fund the construction, what better memorial is there than to see the towers rise?
I’m so angry about what is happening there. I didn’t know about the towers until 9/11. i was only 6. i want them back. i pray that president-elect obama realizes it. i think he will. if anybody is reading this and hasn’t signed, sign the petition. take a stand. let america rise again!
The Twin Towers were always a big part of my family’s visits to NYC. They were absolutely amazing in their size and design.The new WTC plan is awful. It tries to please everyone and winds up making no one happy. The Freedom Tower is a pathetic compromise that will ruin the fabled Manhattan skyline. Please, DO NOT build it! The only solution is to bring back the Twin Towers, but taller and stronger than the originals. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is the only viable solution, in my opinion.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM STANDING TALL AGAIN
I Just read this comment on the NYTimes site on an page regarding the PA questioning saying-
“Remember the Saying Be careful for what you wish for because you just might get it? funny b/c i dont ever remember any 1 asking for the Freedom Tower and there getting it anyways?!New York has defied everything from its maze of under the city lines that keep the city alive to building when space is needed and expanding the shoreline and we cant rebuild 2 Towers?” We need a better response than the FT.
Wow I wish i knew about all this earlier! I think I will help by purchasing the bumper sticker that says “We are not stuck with the Freedom Tower” and sending it to Mr. Ward and say “I just thought you might wanna put this on your car” lol it could work.
No doubt the towers should be rebuilt ! Bigger, Better , And More beautiful than before…
When a hero gets knocked down, there is no whining or indecision. The hero gets back up and fights. Are we mice or men?
The greatest victory of terrorism is to see how America has given up freedom in the name of security. Rebuild the towers taller and stronger then dump the patriot act. No fear here.
This would send a clear message
We should not alter, change, diminish, or hide American pride. The twin towers need to stand again, taller; we are no longer victims.
The “Freedom Tower” (more like Surrender Tower) is a disgrace to everything America stands for. If we build it then we let the terroists know they got to us. We should build the WTC taller than before.
People should realize that the Freedom Tower is only being built because of other peoples greed. It isnt something that needs to be built at all. We need the Twin Towers back! They weren’t a target because of their height, they were a target because of what they stood for. They stood for the unity on the strength of America and thats something that the terrorists hated, and thats why they were destroyed. Not building the Twin Towers again means they won! Lets rebuild now!
We do not need to let these terrorists dictate on how we live our lives. We need to rebuild the towers to show the world for what we stand.
I support Rebuilding!
I’m really embarassed that the so-called “greatest nation on Earth” can’t erase this physical scar (the hole in the ground) and rebuild the site! How are we supposed to convey our strength and resilience if it’s taken this many years just to have a well-groomed hole in the ground? Enough! This is a lousy tribute to those who were taken away on that fateful day. If they’re not going to get their acts together and build something, then fill the hole and plant trees as a memorial.
For the sake of those who lost their lives, we can not allow terroists to scar that site. Rebuilding will show we cannot be stopped.
Not rebuilding the Twin Towers would be a sign of defeat. I’ve seen videos advertising the Freedom Tower and they flat out say that they took our twin towers so let’s build something smaller. I want New York to be New York again!
This is America where things are done BIG and BOLD! Freedom Tower is way too futuristic looking and does not blend in whatsoever with New York. In my personal opinion, Freedom Tower is a slap in the face to New York and America. Rebuild the twin towers and make them BIGGER than they every were.
The Twin Towers were not only two rectangular prisms at the tip of Manhattan, they were a symbol of strength and freedom for this country. What is the point of building a “junkyard” of closely accumulated buildings that have no symbolism towards the devastated of 9/11 or for the rest of us Americans? The people of New York City woke up every morning, expecting to see the pride and endurance of those two buildings taking up space, and they’re expecting the same in the years to come.
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I believe we should rebuild the towers and make them one floor taller to show the world and our enemies we will never give up and any attacks against us will make us stronger and fight harder. By not rebuilding them we are letting our enemies win. Let’s show the world what Americans are made of!!!!!!!!!!
If we do not rebuild, then the terrorists have won. No greater memorial would stand to those who died, than to have the twin towers rebuilt in their honor.
The Twin Towers must be rebuilt, this time even taller than the Sears Tower by at least 100′, to show everyone in the world that they can never beat us, to make New York, New York again, and to show that all those innocent people did not die in vain, like the soldiers in Vietnam! God bless their souls. If these Towers are not rebuilt, I and the rest of the nation will be ashamed to call ourselves Americans. You might as well give the terrorist the keys to the White House. NOW GET IT DONE!!!
When I see this Freedom Tower I only see another icon, but when I see the plans to rebuild the twin towers I see an icon that represents hope. The freedom tower plan has been a disaster. Completion dates constantly backed later and later, there are too many design issues, the cost to build it is unbelievable, it is smaller than the originals suggesting submission. The only true solution is to rebuild the Twin towers again, truly better in every way.
I remember coming to NYC in my early 20’s and whenever I would land at Newark and take the shuttle to the Port Authority, the excitement would always heighten when I caught a glimpse of the towers in the distance. It represented something larger than life and that you were a part of something really dynamic and special. They weren’t just buildings, they were a peice of iconagraphy representing success for Americans. I can think of no greater tribute, than to rebuild them as they were.
the twin towers should be rebuilt. I saw what happen that day on tv and we cant leave the skyline of manhattan to terrorists. we have to fight back. rebuild what they took. if the towers are rebuilt the families will be happier. they dont want the freedom tower. we want what we lost. freedom we cant lose. we have to rebuild so everbody we lost could rest in peace.
There is no question in my mind that rebuilding the towers is the appropriate thing to do. Add a memorial as well – but put those towers back up. That is the American spirit that many (hopefully most) of us would like to see displayed for the world – and especially the terrorists – to see.
We should rebuild the towers because if we dont do anything about terrorism, it will continue and america will perish.
I believe that building twin towers in the spirit of the World Trade Center would be a very strong symbolic message that in spite of the attack on our country and the murder of thousands of people by terrorists who have no regard for life they will in the end have only accomplished in making us stronger and more secure and we can show that we are not afraid, and we will not live in fear of them. Their destruction will only be temporary, only to see us rebuild, stronger and greater then before.
The Twin Towers are New York, no other building design could ever replace them. Rebuild the Twin Towers!
They displayed America’s success in prosperity, freedom and ambition. They should be rebuilt bigger and better than ever to show we will never be defeated.
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS, MAKE THEM A LITTLE BIGGER THAN USUAL. DONT LET TERRORISTS TAKE DOWN THE TOWERS WE KNOW AND LOVE. REBUILD THE TOWERS!
Let America stand tall and proud. Rebuild the towers.
My birthday is September 11th and it was a very sad day for all Americans to see those beautiful towers that were the heart and soul of New York City fall. This so called Freedom Tower is a Joke and I never liked It from the beginning. I say were Americans Dammit and not rebuilding the towers is a slap in the face. We need to have those skyscrapers touching the heavens again. By not Rebuilding them were telling Bin Laden that he has won and that we might as well we waving a white flag in surrender.
What ever happened to the unbelievable drive this Country of ours once had? Just 6 mos after Pearl Harbor, our Navy was victorius in the battle of Midway. Nowadays we don’t dare make a move on any subject without forming a “blue ribbon committee”, only to debate the subject for countless yrs and still come up empty. Hard to believe we made it to the moon, ahh, but then those were very different times. Towers yet to be rebuilt doesn’t surprise me in today’s America, and that is truly sad.
Please just rebuild them. I was so angry when I watched them fall, but the anger has subsided and I just want back what was once there; the greatness that was these towers. They were gorgeous buildings, I don’t believe anything could ever replace the originals, but rebuilding them will prove to those who brought them down that we are a proud nation. Don’t take that away from us with the ‘Freedom Tower’.
Bring back the towers and show everyone America is strong and can come back from a devastating tragedy.
I think the Freedom Tower sucks. It doesn’t give America the glory it deserves. I was eight when 9/11 happened and I always wanted to go on top of the Twin Towers. The Freedom Tower is taking that dream away from me. Plus, how many other generations have to grow up without the Twin Towers. It’s a disgrace. The new Twin Towers are better in every way and it would make America whole again. Also I don’t want to see a big hole in the ground at every 9/11 anniversary.
It needs to be built again! Please!!
It’s time to rebuild America starting with the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.
I would love us (America) to rebuild the towers bigger and taller so that the world could see that we will not fall.
What was taken away from us on 9/11 should be restored as a symbol of perseverence and pride. It should honor those who were lost, and inspire those who they left behind.
There is no other way to rebuild this site than rebuilding the towers as close as possible to the originals. Please keep hammering away at the effort to replace the towers.
It seems like a blow to the entire nation to lose our tallest building and then see third world countries go on to build their own taller buildings. They should build over the original site and simply include part of the orginal structure as a memorial in the basement. Build them taller than they were originally and use external bracing such as the Hancock building in Chicago has. This would put the strongest part of the building on the outside. Mild tapering would increase the strength.
I said that day that the RIGHT thing to do is re-build the towers. THAT sends the message!! I love the new design. I saw it today on MSNBC and it gave me an overwelming feeling of joy.
This is the right thing to do.
The Towers need to be rebuilt to deprive the terrorists and all other holders of their mindset of a tangible legacy of loss.
God will work with the human loss according to his plan, but it is up to the citizens of the United states; the target, to bring-about the myriad untold benifits that ‘complete’ rebuilding will bring.
Our country still owns the accomplishments of our past-realized dreams . Since this loss is one shared by living and dead alike, claiming that ownership is now our duty.
Please rebuild the Twin Towers, the Freedom tower is a hideous joke and a symbol of corrupt leadership.
The freedom tower does not do justness to America. The towers were internationally known symbols, and they shall remain so!
With all that we’ve been through in the last 8 years it’s time we, as Americans, do the right thing. Let’s rebuild the Twin Towers and not a replacement building.
Rebuild WTC!!
I am Mario Trotta and I’m from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We must rebuild the twin towers for a new rebirth of defiance and bold spirit that sends a message around the world. This is our chance. I can remember going to New York City and seeing them. The Freedom Tower does not represent our pride of the American Spirit. It is a disgrace to the American People and very disrespectful to many 9/11 families. Some officals are out of touch with America. Defend America and Rebuild the Towers!!
I am concerned, that “America” has lost something. Something that was there in the beginning of this great nation. Did we let it slip away, while chasing false dreams? We are Americans. I would not want to live in any other country but America. Let’s all find what we have lost, and bring it on with a Passion.
The first idea for rebuilding that’s made sense to me.
We should be rebuilding them each with at least 5 extra floors. However, it may be too late… what a shame!
I strongly feel that the Twin Towers should be re-built. I have never been to Manhattan but I know the towers were a strong symbol of America. You would see them in movies, magazines, etc. But now, nothing, and it looks so weird. All of the unfortunate victims that were taken from us that day would want the same. Build the towers, show your pride!!!!
The twin towers should be rebuilt to send a message to our enemies that we are not shaken or intimidated by their doctrine of hate. The towers are also symbols of New York and America, anything else would never look right in NYC.
It isn’t too late. we all know it. The freedom tower is nothing but a huge white flag, a symbol of defeat. Not to mention it’ll only make our economy worse. It’s so costly just to keep the current plan running, there would be an admission fee just to get into the mermorial! We don’t wanna pay for freedom do we? REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS! NOTHING ELSE WILL DO!
PLEASE REBUILD-WTC!!!!
From the beginning of the aftermath I have felt that the bravest thing, the greatest thing, would be to rebuild the towers exactly as they were in their iconic greatness — perhaps even a bit taller. Only now years later, saddened that nothing has happened, yet hopeful now that President Obama has taken office I went online to search for an organized effort to accomplish this. I hope this is something that gets serious consideration — and soon.
I really never heard of the twin towers until 9/11. I think it’s a GREAT idea to rebuild it. get as many people as you can!!!
As a proud American, and a future service member, it is a shame that we have not already rebuilt these symbols of freedom. These iconic towers stood in the New York skyline for 30 years. In essence we have let them win, they destroyed something that stood as a symbol of America, they destroyed them, and we’re too complacent to rebuild them. I believe Donald Trump has the best idea, rebuild them, but one floor taller.
I fully support this great effort to rebuild our country and restore american greatness. I can’t think of a more powerful and stoic symbol. Do not let this effort go silent!
We NEED to do this as a nation…
Rebuild darn it! These were two great buildings that deserve a rebirth!
Rebuilding is the perfect way to show the people who destroyed the towers that they did not win. You can bomb the towers, you can hit them with planes and knock them down, but you can’t keep them down. It’s symbolic of the American spirit — perseverance, getting up and going on no matter how many times you get knocked down. To build anything else would just not be as powerful or as meaningful. Please reconsider that ‘freedom tower.’
Although I think there should be a category For CT residents seeing were just as close as NJ I will include myself in “other Americans” At my work in Fairfield CT I could see the Twin Towers stand…I also had to see in horror the black clouds of their destruction… when we fall down we get back up on BOTH legs/feet… put BOTH legs back up on this site!!!… Rebuild the “TWIN” towers TALLER, STRONGER and Greener than before… What better sign of the America Lady Liberty stands for!!!
TTA Note: “All Other NY and NJ Residents” refers to the two Port Authority states. Someone who could see the Twin Towers from Connecticut belongs in Metro New Yorkers.
The Twin Towers have been iconic symbol for New York City for years and they deserve to be rebuilt to make New York original again. The Twin Towers should serve as an ever lasting reminder to all Americans that “We may have fallen but we have prevailed”.
After the shock wore off from seeing the coverage on that infamous day, I thought to myself, “They need to be rebuilt! Either one floor taller or one floor shorter. But either way, they have to be rebuilt.”
The one floor higher option would be in defiance to the terrorists and their ilk. The one floor shorter alternative would be in honor of those we lost, a symbolic bow in remembrance.
I like the 1776 feet & year reference in the Freedom Tower design, but there needs to be two tower
I think we need to show the world and the ones that tore down our buildings…We are americans, we are stronger, we are one nation under god and we will rebuild! They would see that they didn’t break us! All they did was make us stronger country!
Rebuild the towers. We need the pride!
Rebuild the Twin Towers! We are Americans! We want what was taken from us brought back!
I agree that the towers should be re-built as they were – to stand tall in the face of the people that took them down. It would send a very strong message to the world. The message would not be an antagonistic or negative portrayal of our attitude, but a message of hope and strength and resolve. And it would be a tribute to all Americans and all of the people of the world that believe in freedom.
Please rebuild the towers same design, get Donald Trump to help. He can get the job done!
i completely agree they should rebuild the twin towers instead of a weak looking freedom tower that terrorists are going to destroy.
YES! Rebuild both towers, not just one. Maybe even engrave the names of all those that perished in the Towers on that fateful day in the design of the buildings, on each floor. 2750/110=25 names per floor. As well as a rotating red, white and blue bright light on the very top of either one or both. This would act as a symbol to the rest of the world that we’re back, and were brighter than ever! Also a big lighted sign at night that reads 911 on one tower and 2001 on the other. Peace ya all.
The Freedom Tower is a slap in the face. If we really wanted to stand in defiance of freedom hating muslim extremists, we would rebuild the towers as they once were. That would really piss ’em off! Show ’em we’re not scared. That we’re not going to bow out or cry like a little school girl! Enough PC BS. Enough ‘we remember’ stuff. Show that you actually remember and put back what is rightfully theirs! Wouldn’t we rebuild the White House again? The Lincoln Memorial? The Pentagon? Of course we would!
Something worth while for the stimulus money. Creates jobs and sends a message. The right message.
There is only one way to end this matter now and it is to do it the American way: Rebuild the Twin Towers! What kind of message are we sending to our country and the world if we do not rebuild? We are saying what those in charge are thinking in their heads: The people’s voices do not matter. Those in charge would rather waste money on something that not only doesn’t fit NYC at all, but is disrespectful to those who died and bad for the economy. Where is the logic in that? Do not give up hope!
I could only wish to see the twin towers one day since i am only 24. Tney fell when i was 16 yrs. old. Lets make it happen!!!
Too long have we as AMERICANS failed to stand up for what is right. Now more than ever this is the chance to prove to the world that we have the guts to do something right. Sorry all of you cry babies out there but get a hold of yourselves and stand up and be counted. Let’s rebuild the TOWERS and show what America is made of.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers will do one thing and one thing only: Show the world that attacks on our country will do nothing but make us stronger. We are accepting defeat if we build the Freedom Tower. We are telling the world that the terrorists won. The Twin Towers need to be rebuilt taller and stronger. We must not accept anything less.
I am very supportive of the Twin Towers 2 design which is even higher than the original and still has a memorial. I like the fact that wtc 7 was built taller than it was and so should towers 1 & 2.
We need to not only give New York City and State and the Northeast Corridor its skyline back; or even America and the West. We need to give the world back its skyline because our hands are and always will be outstreched to those who seek a better life and wish to be one of with us.
I love the twin towers and hoped to see them when i went to NY in 2002 and i hope the freedom tower is canceled and they rebuild the trade center the way it was only way taller and stonger. Freedom tower is a good remembrance but it is not as good as a new twin towers can be. Rebuild THE TWIN TOWERS.
The twin towers, as they were, would do more to restore America’s spirit than any other single thing. Good public’s work project to help boost the economy too ;)
Like the phoenix let the towers rise from the ashes to show the world our strength!
The Twin Towers were arguably the greatest construction ever to grace the face of New York, the United States, and even the world. Rebuilding the Twin Towers is the only thing that can help us move on from this terrible disaster. Anything else will be a constant reminder of the horrors of 9/11.
If we don’t rebuild the twin towers, then the terrorists have won. I think the only way to really remember what the towers stood for and remember all the people that died on 9/11 is to rebuild those towers on the same exact spot that they once stood. Could we send a better message to the world? We are the United States of America, and no matter what you throw our way, we will not cower in fear and we will not let you destroy our spirit.
Rebuilding is a must, not a goofy spire but working offices, make them bigger, taller stronger and build them fast so we can shove’m down the terrorists’ throats.
I really think that New York should rebuild the Twin Towers!!!!
WE MUST REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS, BUT I ADVISE THE PERSON WHO OWNS THIS WEBSITE TO SUBMIT ALL THE SIGNATURES BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!
We want it back bigger and stronger. Donald J. Trump had it correct when he said to show we came back bigger and stronger. Build them back and add a few floors.
please rebuid the twin towers that will tell the nut that blew it up to screw off you can not beat the red white blue we dont run god bless the usa
Rebuild the Twin Towers – exactly the way they were. It’s the best tribute to those we lost.
I’ve been reading over the design of this new WTC and it SUCKS! I wish that the people’s voices had been respected because NYC truly does need its Twin Towers back. :( Hopefully it’s not too late.
Give Americans What Americans Want In America Its Our Country…..WE WANT THE TWIN TOWERS BACK SO GIVE US THE DAMN TWIN TOWERS!
Dear Twin Towers Alliance,
My Name is Matthew Young and I am writing to you from Bellflower, California. I believe that the Twin Towers must be rebuilt because they symbolize New York. I think President Obama should take charge of the rebuilding process because it is not a thing that should be left to the city or the state. They are afraid to rebuild the Twin Towers because they think another 9/11 will happen if we do. I pray that Obama has gotten the message so he can act as soon as possible.
Our current plans to “rebuild” the World Trade Center don’t rebuild them at all- they simply give us generic, paranoid buildings that seem to erase what happened on 9/11. If we truly want to create a memorial to that day, if we want to make a statement about our will and our abilities, we must rebuild the twin towers greater than ever before.
Rebuilding the towers would be akin to falling off the horse and climbing right back on. Times-a-wastin’. Let’s Git ‘Er Done!
Failure to rebuild the Twin Towers will mark the decline of America. It’s that simple.
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Anything less is a disgrace!
I would love to see the Twin Towers built back like they where. They are a symbol of NYC Skyline, I have been to NYC several times, and I can not imagine NYC without the Twin Towers. Thank you
Rebuilding is the only option to show the strength and determination that Americans will not stop.
The designers of the new WTC are trying to put in all of this historical symbolism when really the WTC isn’t about history — the WTC is about the pride of America. Rebuilding the towers would show that the same pride is still here and that it is stronger than ever. They would also in themselves be a memorial of that dreadful day and all the civilian souls that were lost to war. The towers would also tell the families of the victims that their loved ones wouldn’t die in vain.
Send a message to the World and rebuild the WTC Twin Towers!
We need to rebuild the twin towers as they were. Not to do so reflects our bowing to the fear that the terrorist want us to be enslaved to. America should only fear God. REBUILD THEM AS THEY WERE!
These buildings are the flag at Iwo Jima of our generation. Commercial interests should not be involved. Nationalize the project and kick these idiots off the job. At bare minimum build the same buildings, if not twice the size. And it should be build at full speed. Mr Obama could win a lot of hearts by announcing a bold vision for the project and hiring thousands of people with good paying jobs to build it. Until this is built, it is a national disgrace. Our enemies are laughing.
Did Charles Lindbergh settle for anything less than being the first to cross the Atlantic solo nonstop?
No.
Did Martin Luther King, Jr. settle for anything less than equal rights for all men?
No.
Did America settle for anything less than being the first to step on the moon?
No.
Did the Founding Fathers settle for anything less than being a nation free from tyranny?
Never.
I believe they should rebuild the twin towers we need them back but hey dont punish freedom tower why cant we have all 3
TTA Note: If it were a better building — instead of “a horse designed by a committee” — that might make sense, but no one wants to rent space in a windowless bunker, as the last four years in a boom market have demonstrated.
Rebuild the twin towers how they were, where they were!
Donald Trump recently said to either rebuild the twin towers or make a huge memorial part and that the Freedom Tower is a piece of junk. I agree.
Rebuild the twin towers to their former glory and restore the NYC skyline with these beautiful buildings.
I want to see the towers even higher and better than before. Just to show them that you can’t keep us down. We will just come back bigger and stronger than ever.
WE THE PEOPLE want the towers back better and stronger! There still should be a small memorabilia area but the towers need to be rebuilt!
I watched Mr. Smith Goes to Washington not too long ago and its disturbing to see the similarity in these circumstances. The political machine on the movie put a lock on the media. If the public is drowned in false news then the elitits can control what happens. Sounds like what Pataki and his cronies were doing. Hope to see the Twin Towers soon!!
I would love to see the Twin Towers rebuilt just as they existed before 9/11, aesthetically speaking. Sure, upgrade the internals and all that, but keep their external appearance exactly the same.
I never found the original towers attractive, but nothing–repeat: absolutely nothing–would be a bigger middle finger to all the scumbags of the world who planned or celebrated the originals’ demise. A carbon copy would show all those losers that they can’t win.
Let us be united, and show Al-Qaeda they will never win.
If on 9/11 the terrorists had brought down the Statue of Liberty, what would we do? Not put a worthless new vision of it, but rebuild it again. New York needs those towers back! Not only to heal the victim’s families but to define America as a country that will not stand for this. We need those towers rebuilt!!!
Nothing would show American drive and spirit more than rebuilding the towers. It would be a triumph, a victory, and a sign to the country and the world what we are all about.
Let’s do it!
Politicians seem to have no qualms spending money on everything else. This is important to us, and to the rest of the world as well.
Send a powerful message to the terrorists. Rebuild the twin towers!!!!
We sent men to the moon to honour President Kennedy, who was taken from us by an assassin.
How is it we are incapable, with better tech and more advanced materials, to replace the Twin Towers,which were taken from us by means equally foul??
We can’t bring back the lost people, but we CAN build d**n fine buildings to honour them, and our foreign friends are working on their own supertall structures.
Seriously what the h**l, fellow Yanks, this isn’t rocket science!!
A visual statement from all New Yorkers: after so many years, no construction. They will not let junk replace our Twin Towers. God Bless America.
It is time to rebuild, and revive America with the new Twin Towers! Let us bring the real United States of America back!
I was fortunate enough to visit the towers on a short vacation trip on June 30, 2001. It saddened me greatly to see them destroyed and the many lives lost. I have always believed that they should be rebuilt bigger and stronger than before. The current Freedom Tower plan is a wimpy alternative that would have nowhere near the visual and emotional impact of recreating the original structures. Why not do it the right way and create pride in our country?
Please do the right thing. If the Eiffel Tower were destroyed by a terrorist attack, I am quite positive the French would rebiuld it without hesitation! So it should it be with the Twin Towers for all that love America.
Rebuild the Twins. It can be done. It is not too late to stop this ridiculous “Freedom” propaganda based reconstruction… We as humans are not that stupid. We must Rebuild the World Trade Center in it’s updated incarnation. I would locate my New York Office of my protective services company there, regardless of cost. I live to see The Towers stand again, no greater memorial to those lost, nor to the unity (representation) New York is of all people of the world, could be built.
We all should be able to see the towers as they were I never saw the towers in person so I say Rebuild the towers now!!!!!!!!!!
I had read some where that the towers were completed in 1973, the year I was born. I have never known a day (until now) when the towers were NOT part of NEW YORK. I visit New York, I see them, I fly out of New York, I see them. Every time I traveled overseas, when I would return, I knew I was home when I seen them. We want our towers back.
I can remember the day that the cowards of Al-Qaeda brought these towers down. I was 8 years old and in 2nd grade. All I can remember is turning on the tv and seeing people jumping oout to save themselves from burning. It was the worse thing I have ever seen. Please bring the Twin Towers back. R.I.P. to all the people who lost their lives on the horrible day.
There is no other powerfull message than to show others how strong a country can be, and how they would hand-in-hand rebuild the towers. NYC would set a symbol for peace. As long the towers stood, there was peace, as they fell, there was War in Iraq, if they stood up again it will be a symbol for peace, a symbol for the whole world.
As a former resident of the NYC metro area, nothing would make me happier and satisfied than the rebuilding of the twin towers, taller and safer than the original design. May I suggest 124 floors of office space, and “Windows to the World” on the 125th Fl. Please use my bail-out dollars to rebuild the twin towers!!!
I think it would be a positive way to say that nothing can bring us down forever. We need to put them back up.
Rebuild identical towers only change might be just a bit higher. The longer the gap is there the longer the evil that destroyed them have a trophy on the skyline. Since September 11, 2001 I thought that anything less than restoration to the original would be a symbol of defeat for America and an insult to those who perished that day. To restore would be both an act of love and Patriotism. First consider this–II Chronicles 7:14.
Just the idea of rebuilding the towers lifts my spirits in ways other buildings on the site never will.
Rebuild.
I will never forget the day those planes crashed into the WTC and I can bet you I will never forget the days those towers stood again. We can do this!
I feel rebuilding on the site with anything less than two re-engineered Twin Towers is truly admitting defeat, that we are not resilient as a nation and as a people, and tells the terrorists that if you try hard enough you can beat us into submission. I can think of no better way to both memorialize the tragedy and collectively move-on as a nation than by rebuilding. Physically and architectural speaking, the most painful reminder of 9/11 is the absence of the Twin Towers.
The decision not to rebuild the Twin Towers was as big of a disaster as 9/11 itself. Other countries are raising amazing structures (Burj Dubai), and the United States of America, the greatest country on earth, cannot build a new set of Twin Towers. It’s a national disgrace. We must not show the world we are weak. When they are raised it will do something the freedom tower never would… Never Give Up, Never Surrender… God Bless America!
Rebuild the original version of the towers, they were beautiful, and were the best representation of New York City. No one should ever change this, ever!
I said it within days of 9/11 – They should rebuild the towers EXACTLY the way they looked pre 9/11. What better way can we show the resiliency of the American spirit by saying – terrorists can do what they want but we’ll put them right back. F— you bin Laden!
This so called “Freedom tower” will be a symbol of defeat, if it gets built the terrorists have won. REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!
Although I’ve never been to NYC and saw the WTC as it stood, I’ve come to associate NYC with those magnificent twin towers shining like a beacon over the city skyline. I like the idea of seeing the new concept of twin towers rather than what has been proposed – “The Freedom Tower?” I’ve seen those concept drawings and I just don’t think it’s an attractive building or the right way to go with redeveloping that site. So, come on people, let’s get twin towers built on that site again already.
Rebuild twin towers!!!!
REBUILD! Only the re-erection of the Twin Towers will bring healing and be a shout of: Yes we can! You could not beat us!
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS, BABY!!!!
REBUILD THE TOWERS!
Please rebuild them but this time with better support. So if this ever happens again there will be time for most People to get OUT. Next put little water fountains on top of the ceilings so if there’s a fire it will detect it and hopefully will put out the fire and the bars won’t melt and no buildings will fall. I Loved These Towers So Much.
REBUILD REBUILD REBUILD. :)
I am a resedent of PA but as a child I grew up twenty miles away from DC for eight years. Almost on a weekly basis getting to see the Capitol, Washington Monument, and every thing in downtown DC that I thought represented America. Until June of 1998 when Ii got a chance to spend a weekend in New York City. From the moment I crossed the George Washington Bridge my eyes were fixed on one part of the New York skyline and that was the TWIN TOWERS. I knew I had reached AMERICA! Bring them back to all of us!
The botched attempts to redevelop the ground zero site are a disgrace. Shopping and retail space, and a “Freedom Tower” that climbs to a height not much higher than the Citigroup building won’t memorialize those who died, or bring back the spirit of New York or the property that it lost on 9/11. The Ken Gardner plan should be followed to rebuild the twin towers, bigger, better, and stronger. Imagine the message that would be sent, with each floor being topped off, that America is back.
I’m only 19 years old. 9/11 is already stuck in my mind for the rest of my life. The LAST THING I want for the rest of my life is a building that I (and many others) don’t APPROVE OF.
Restore the skyline. Spit in the eyes of the terrorists.
TTA Note: …instead of in the eye of the American people.
Rebuild them!!!!!!!!!! this is AMERICA lets GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bigger,better,stronger like america is supposed to be
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I myself think its a better idea to rebuild the twin towers back and my reasons are that they make a symbol not only to america but the world also for their strength of humanity and it also makes the new york skyline. Even if the freedom tower is built something is still missing from the world trade center site. This is what the public is asking for I agree. If we rebuild the towers back hopefully we still can show our freedom and we will win. The twin towers and america will rise again.
I hate the Freedom Tower! Everything it stands for is corrupt! I know mayor bloomie did the summits in secret because he knew everyone else supported the Twin Towers II. Please Please Please don’t let these few politicians get away with the biggest crime in history. Robbing the American people of a 5 star skyline and diminishing their will to nothing.
I want to see the beautiful New York skyline returned to the way it was and should be again! I think this would be good for America.
I would like to see the Twin Towers built back with Freedom Tower next to them. I find that to be the best option out there.
I believe the Towers should be built back. It would be a symbol to the rest of the world that we will NEVER be broken!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!! rebuild the twin towers Dont let the one world trade center or freedom tower to win!
Please Please!!!!!
^-^ iam from Riverside , CA
Please re-build twin towers!
Only if economically feasible, of course.
The twin towers should be rebuilt. They were and still are a symbol of our strength, and should they be rebuilt, it will show that we will not go down for good.
Put the twin towers back exactly the way they were!
I had always hoped to have a chance to go to the top of one of those towers if and when my chance came to visit NYC. That was taken away from me. Around the time that happened, while chatting on IRC with other people from other countries, they also expressed dismay, even anger, over what had happened to the towers, and expressed sentiments similar to mine…as has been said, those towers represent everything great that this nation has ever been. Rebuild!
I’m only 17 and I miss those two towers.
Our 8th year anniversary is almost here and my heart is still broken and longs to see the towers raised to their feet again so the rest of our country can get back up as well. God Bless our great country.
Lower Manhattan doesn’t look right, and surely will not with some swooping fantasy that doesn’t even dare house residents in its upper floors. My family used the photograph of us on the outside observation deck of the South Tower in February 2001 for our Christmas card as we’d always planned. I went back for the light sculptures. I also saw the Pile when a cousin was married at St. Paul’s in December. Lord have mercy.
Lets Get it Done.
Can not think of a better way to show them we are not afraid, re-build those beautiful towers!!!
Rebuild the towers.
REBUILD! These was an important historical site and we need them back.
I was just looking at the design of the new rebuilt Twin Towers and like it much better than what they are building right now. It makes no sense building something totally different at the ground zero site. I think most Americans prefer to see stronger rebuilt Twin Towers added back to the New York City skyline. I found this website of the new redesigned Twin Towers 2 and its really a cool looking building which I don’t understand why they are building a freedom Tower that no one wants.
PUT THEM BACK!!! FILL THE VOID!!! The current proposed structures make NYC look like Disneyland… which NY AIN’T!!! They punctuated the City and said “HERE WE ARE! HERE IS NEW YORK!” like NO other structure EVER will. Consider all the PRIOR PROPER PLANNING that already went into the Twins, as well as all the historical innovation that was derived from their construction…
P L E A S E …. PUT THEM BACK ! ! !
Put back what was once there. I don’t live in New York but the skyline definitely has a void without the twin towers. The freedom tower is a dumb looking building.
I always wanted to visit New York City…why? The Twin Towers. After them evil forces destroyed them and murdered all those souls, my spirit cried out and my wishes waned. If the towers were rebuilt, which they should be, in the way that the scientists say they should have been infrastructurally speaking, they would sustain anything those forces would throw at them! I would also be one of the billions of visitors on grand re-opening of the rebirth of ‘our twin Phoenixes’!
The very best way slap terrorism in the face is to re-build the twin towers. The new towers should look like the old ones, but even taller and more modern. Two gigantic Americvan flages shoould top each tower, with “we will never forget” written on the lower part of each flag.
Sincerely, and with the highest respect,
Chris Skalski
Northern, VA (10 miles from the pentagon)
I am a fireman from Northern Virginia and I am a strong supporter of rebuilding the Twin Towers to show the world that no matter what they do or think we are strong. Also so that the lives that were MURDERED eight years ago today will not have been lost in vain. I lost 343 brothers that day and I would hate to think they paid the ultimate sacrifice, and then for america to back down and not rebuild a great symbol of this country.
I cannot believe that it has been 8 years and still no rebuilding has even started.
It is a national disgrace that politics has gotten in the way of rebuilding the twin towers.
The time is now.
PLEASE build the Twin Towers in the exact same way (with safety improvements of course).
We need to tell the terrorists “In your face buddy! No one messes with the USA!”
WTC is a historical Manument. Not just a building. It must be rebuilt to honor the city. ASK the voice of people. It is symbol of NY and USA. It must be honored by rebuilding the towers to “RESURRECT the SPIRIT within.”
I questioned the rebuilding of “The Towers”. I felt like we would be asking for trouble, asking for another strike. I feared for the lives of others in another assault. “Fear” is exactly what terror is about. I am sure the people who lived through “Pearl Harbor” had similar, if not worse thoughts. Still they moved forward & rebuilt. REBUILD THE TOWERS!!
I was in New York on September 8th through the 10th 2001 and always wanted to go to the World Trade Center. On the way home September 10th 2001 I looked back and said next time we come Im going to see the WTC. The next day they were gone. I don’t feel that the “Freedom Tower” is a sutiable replacement. We need to have an original design like the originals. I truly hope that this disign will be the one I go to see.
I think that the towers should be reconstucted as they were. Instead of 200 ft square make the 300 ft. And use all of the latest technology to make them as safe as possible. If the desire is to make them taller then so be it. It was a very sad day on 9-11 and my soul goes out to those who passed away on that day. I am from Arizona but I will never never forget what happened.
From the second they fell I’ve wanted them rebuilt the way the were. This is what we need. This is what we deserve. The Freedom Tower makes no sense.
8 years what has happened to us! This is the U.S.A ! WE rebuild, we overcome, we do not argue and drag our feet and get nothing done.. We must make our voices heard! In President Bush’s words the terrorists will hear from all of us soon. That is our victory!! Rebuild Our Towers!!
God bless America.
Rebuild them and do it now!
Penn & Teller’ B.S. (on Showtime) dedicated one of their episodes to the rebuilding of the twin towers, it was a good episode and it made me angry that the buearacrats can’t get ANYTHING done.
The new towers could be called the “Freedom Towers”, but I think naming them the “Phoenix Towers” would also be appropriate; they would have literally risen from the ashes.
Also: I like the idea of rebuilding the Towers exactly as they were (though maybe a little taller!). I believe that to do anything else would say to the terrorists: “You’ve given us the opportunity to create and build something different, something new.” I believe the first Towers are still something NEW.
As an American i would love to see to the beautiful towers that made New York beautiful that gave it more life, and not a tower that looks horrible compared to those towers that was brought down on that faithful day
I believe rebuilding the twin towers would show that we are not going to back down or change our ways because of the acts that were taken on 9-11
It’s past time to get these towers built. Procrastination is a slap in the survivor’s faces.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers stronger and safer is the more prudent thing to do.
it would be a travesty if the Twin Towers were not resurected. this would be the greatest symbol of freedom and patriotism the world has ever seen. bring them back!!!
The WTC Towers stood since the mid 60 to early 70s,been featured in many films and TV series. Which made them Historical,a staple in Manhattan. Make them a few stories taller and better,but same outer design.
Please rebuild the twin towers and show that we can stand strong as a nation. Heal the skyline!
Why are you building something different? This just tells people that we’ve been defeated. We aren’t defeated…Do you know why? BECAUSE WE’RE EFFING AMERICA! Put back what was once there? The people have spoken? so…..will barack obama Deliver?…or dissapoint?
This is more practical, and will show other nations that we will not just give up, we will replace what they destroy and stand strong!
RIP to all the people that died on that day.
God Bless America
412 Pittsburgh Pa
I remember that day this tragedy happened, and i think we should show these terroirsts that we the people will NOT stand down and we will do anything to protect our beautiful country by building the Twin Towers back.
Hello America, “ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER” sounds to me like the begining of a One World Government
I never noticed the twin towers before the tragedy of 9/11. However, seeing the city without them now, is tragic and I think rebuilding them stronger and taller than ever before would go a long way in healing the soul of New York and the entire country.
You can’t bring back the lives lost. But at least you can bring back the buildings.
Yes. Fill the hole in New York’s skyline with a living tribute to the spirit of our cherished victims.
The twin towers were symbollic of America’s might and prosperity. They were just as much a landmark as the statue of liberty, the empire state building the nation’s capitol.
Rebuilding the twin towers would be the greatest show of resilience, strength and patriotism the world has ever seen. Whatever meaning the towers had to them before, would be magnified a thousand times over when everyone sees them once again reach up into the sky, into the heavens. I don’t think any other brick and mortar building put there would ever be as adequate or significant.
Please rebuild the Twin Towers. I remember living in Westchester County 1970-1975 and visiting relatives in Brooklyn. Each time we would go to Brooklyn, we were amazed at the progress they were making and would bet each other to see which tower would be completed first. These were beautiful buildings and we need them to show that even in tragedy, we can stand tall. I’m sure with today’s technology, we can rebuild them stronger than ever. America needs this to help us heal.
What is up with this country??? We owe it to the victims and to our future to show our strength as the greatest country the free world has ever known! I cannot believe this issue seems to have been swept under a rug. REBUILD THE TOWERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If not, we have let the madmen win…
I was born and raised in NY. Early in my career, I worked in NYC. The Twin Towers not only symbolize NYC SKyline, but America…. New Yorkers and Americans Deserve to see the skyline restored as it was! The #11 sticking out to the sky! We need them back! Why are we making this decision a hard one?
On my last visit to New York, I can’t believe how emotional I felt viewing the empty space from Ellis Island. What a dramatic change to the Skyline of New York City. Bring back the twin towers in remembrance of the ones who gave their life to try to keep them.”REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS”.
This is the only suitable option – rebuild the Twin Towers!
i say rebuild the twin towers and show the world this is America and we will not cower from no one. To me this is a way of showing our defiance to terrorists. God Bless America.
REBUILD those magnificent TWIN TOWERS!!! Anything else will pale :(
The replacement of the towers is long overdue. Enough politics…build the towers!
Lets see… If terrorist took Mt. Rushmore, would we rebuild it? YES! If they took the Statue Of Liberty, would we rebuild it? YES! Why don’t we rebuild the towers but much more stronger?!? Look at these people! WE ALL WANT THE TOWERS BACK! I really hope the Freedumb Tower gets bulldozed!
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Had I been among the dead in the terrorist attacks, my wish would have been that the towers would be completely rebuilt. Forget this ridiculous sham called the “freedom tower.” Rebuild the towers taller and stronger, line them with gold, and arm them with missile defenses!!!
It’s true terrorists wanted to kill Americans. But, it’s also true that they flipped through pages of pictures of skyscrapers, and decided upon the World Trade Center in New York, because it showed the world just how arrogant America is. It wasn’t arrogant, we showed the world just what we can do when we work together! The World Trade Center was a symbol of strength, and economic power. The new one will now be a symbol of America’s poor, weak, and cowardly ways to the rest of the world! Good job showing the world how cowardly we are with the new smaller World Trade Center!
Thank you for letting me express my disdain for the new World Trade Center. I shouldn’t even call it that, it’s NOT the World Trade Center. It NEVER will be, without those two glorious towers!!
The Towers need to come back, it’s not too late. I agree with previous statements that if the Towers are not rebuilt then the terrorists have absolutely won! Shame on the people who are building “Freedom Tower” or whatever it is being called. Give America its identity back!
Please, fill the hole in the ground and get these buildings up soon!
The Twin Towers were one of the great icons of our nation. And now they are building this random piece of junk! They know we want the Twin Towers, so why are they going on with the Freedumb Tower? REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!!
I am absolutely positively begging you to rebuild the towers in the likeness of the original design that Ken Gardner is pushing to build. HIS design is the ONLY design that should ever be passed to replace the original WTC Twin Towers. We MUST rebuild those towers for the sake of the morale and self-esteem of the American people. The new design is exactly what America needs and the majority of those I know in my own hometown feel the same way. We want those towers rebuilt! PLEASE!
If my home burned down what would I do? Easy, rebuild it and even better than before. The ‘twin towers’ is no different. It was home to many. It is time to rebuild.
I would really really like to have the twin towers back. The events that day were devastating. This plan is great and will show the terrorists that we will not go down! I hope this plan comes through and that the towers will once again rise into the sky.
The towers were an amazing thing to see in New York City they should be re-built the same way as they were. This Country needs to put back what has been taken from us in its orignal way.
I think that they should rebuild the twin towers. If it was not for the vol. firefighter, police offiers and the amercian red cross and many another vol that helped out that day. I would love to see the twin towers be rebuilt.
The World Trade Center needs to be rebuilt, the Freedom Tower is a disgrace to all Americans. The twin towers represented or democracy and power to the world and needs to be rebuilt!!
This should have been the only way to deal with the site – rebuild.
I think what you are doing and trying to get accomplished is one of the greatest, most noble things I’ve ever seen, and I want to thank you for that, If we can all help get the Twin Towers rebuilt than that will truly show that America is the greatest and strongest country in the world and the terrorists will face defeat. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!
Sincerely,
Chuck Norton
TTA Note: Thank YOU…
I truly hope that the Twin Towers are rebuilt. I think it would be a great day in America when all Americans see the offical opening of the Twin Towers once again. I think it can be the greatest tribute to every person who lost their lives on 9/11 and to every person who helped to save lives on that unforgetable day. God Bless us all!
“911” Oh Yeah, that day will be etched in my mind forever. THE TOWERS, I was there once, the view, the majestic splendor, the reason why they stood as tall as they did. Not only for New Yorkers, they symbolized the strength of our great nation, the achievements, nations from all over the world came together and we accepted that. It is time to get back what was taken away in such an evil act. “TWIN TOWERS” taller, and more stately than before. Nothing short of that should be accepted, period.
We need to rebuild the twin towers. They need to be taller and more symbolic. The tallest buildings in the world.
TTA Note: Air restrictions over New York would prevent them from being the tallest buildings in the world in actual feet above sea level — but the power of their symbolism would certainly make them the tallest buildings in the hearts of people around the world.
To rebuild the Towers would be one of the single greatest things America has ever done. It would both honor those we have lost and give all Americans a reason to smile again. To stand up straight, to hold their heads higher than they were ever able to before. To be proud of being a Citizen of the United States of America. Still, The Greatest Country in the world. If the Towers were rebuilt we would have hope. You have my total support. Please do not Give Up.
Hi. My name is Erik and im 16 years old and comes from Sweden.
I admire your hard work to rebuild the twin towers. I think that you should go world wide with this suggestion, all the people in the world that watched the twintowers fall wants see them again. It’s not fair to the people who knew those who perished to build the Freedom towers. It doesen’t belong in Manhattan.
I just wanted you to know that you have my full support about this question. And don’t stop fighting for WTC 2.
Please rebuild these landmarks taller and stronger than before. They were and should remain a symbol of our freedom and country.
all we heard from our country’s leader after 9/11 is “we can’t let the terrorists win”; that is exactly what is happening now and will continue to happen as long as these new symbols of defeat stand where symbols of all that america was about used to be. we as a nation should have enuff respect for those who lost their lives on that day, and every day since in a war that isnt getting our history, patriotism, pride, family members, friends, civil servants, countrymen etc. back. we need our towers back.
The Freedom Tower is not American. It will only be considered an unwanted shell that stands next the most emotion-dwelling site in this nation. The Freedom tower design is space-like and has akward angles with a fourty story skeleton above its sixty story base. Bring back what Alkida tore down. DO NOT LET THEM WIN! Do not build the Freedom Tower. I am only fifteen years old, but I understand that we will lose our phsycalogical, and physical war, if we do not rebuild what they have taken away.
I started studying the 9/11 attacks a year ago when I was 14. I believe that the Freedom Tower is telling the terrorists that took our American landmark they won. If they build the Freedom Tower, we will never have our building back that they took from us. We need to bring back the World Trade Center, taller and stronger than ever. We need to let the terrorists know that we will come back with Twin Towers that were better than before. If we build the freedom towers, they won.
Alot of things don’t make sense to me in this crazy world we all live in, especially what they plan to build at ground zero in NYC, it literally makes me cry when i see pictures/videos of the former twin towers, then seeing a picture of world trade center 1 standing there, it just doesn’t seem right, please please don’t build world trade center 1 just REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS that i want to see and many many other AMERICANS want to see. I just want New York back.
In September of 2001, I wondered how long it would take to rebuild the Twin Towers. A year? Two years? Five? I never would have guessed we would go as long as 8 years with no progress. JUST REBUILD THEM.
please build the towers back the way they were
The twin towers were built in the 60’s, a time of upheaval and doubt in the American psyche. When they rose above New York it was a testament to the populace of the nation that their country still had the capacity to inspire them… to cradle them… to define them.
The times we live in today are closely paralleled with that decade. We all worry over the future of our nation. Building a single tower where there once were two is unfortunate, but bluntly fortifying it is a travesty.
Put back what once was ours to begin with. We do not want nor need half of a tower we want OUR Twin Towers back, that is all there is to it, we the people are supposed to tell you what to do, not you tell us. Remember that in November. aho.
Shove the terrorist message sent on September 11th, 2001 right back in their face. Rebuild our beloved Twin Towers, bigger and stronger than before. And show them that we will not show fear in the face terrorist thugs.
To build anything other than the Towers as they were sends a message to supporters and those responsible for the attacks that they have to power to change who and what were are in here America. It is no insult to those who died and their survivors! It says defiantly that we are stronger than terrorists. You can knock us (Americans) down but we will always rise up again and survive–better, resilient, and indomitable!
Build them. Build them again. Build them strong and tall and proud. Build them in honor of the fallen. It a question of national pride. Nothing can restore New York’s skyline unless the Towers are rebuilt.
We got to get going here the freedom tower complex is rising up faster and we cannot let that happen!
Love the idea of building the Towers again!! What is going on now is a disgrace!
Osama Bin Laden said it best when he stated that the foundation of all that is American died when the Twin Towers fell. Those towers are a symbol of America. By not building them back, we, as Americans are giving into the terrorist. Building them back taller and stronger only tells them that no matter what they do to us, we will come back stronger than ever…BRING BACK THE TWIN TOWERS!! PLEASE!!! Lets show those terrorist what America is made of!! God Bless AMERICA!!
This is by far the best design and best tribute/memorial that could be built. These towers were taken away from us and we need to rebuild them in their likeness. No tribute could be greater.
Just rebuild the damn towers already, bigger and better. That ought to be the best tribute and show of strength!
It has been over 8 years since that tragic day and we still don’t have anything done besides tower 7. I am all in for the rebuilding of the Twin Towers! Long Live Twin Towers II
Since the debate began on what to do with the WTC site, I have never been satisfied with the current proposal of the Freedom Tower. Why would we not re-build the twin towers? Give NYC its skyline back. Give America its towering symbols of freedom. God Bless America!
I and EVERYONE I know want the Twin Towers back, not the monstrosity that’s currently under construction. By rebuilding the new towers in the originals’ image it would be a symbol of America’s resolve and defiance to those who brought them down and to those who would plan another attack like this…
What better statement to those that support and perpetuate hatred against our country and way of life than to rebuild what was lost, and to do it more grand, bigger, and more beautiful than before.
Ever since I was a little boy, I’ve always wanted to visit New York because of the World Trade Center that once stood at the southern end of downtown Manhattan. Replacing that ground with the Freedom Tower is not only immoral but weak to our nation. We cannot allow the middle east their victory over us. Bring our towers back!
We need the towers back! its finally starting to hit home that they are gone, the originals. i miss gazing up in wonder at them or riding the elavators. they have to come back, its not the same without them. they symbolized the democratic free world.
what else can i do to help this cause
For those of us who have seen the movie Click, seeing two freedom towers built side by side made me feel pure inside. It felt right, and looked like a good memorial and triumph over 9/11. A true mark of victory is to add another mark of victory. Show the terrorist that they didn’t bring us down, but made us stronger.
I can’t believe this is even an issue. It should have been right from the start to re-build both towers bigger, safer, and as quickly as possible. I’m a New Yorker living in Fl now and it’s a sad to see the stumblin’ and bumblin’ that is going on. Build it right or don’t bother.
Rebuilding the twin towres is a great idea because it shows the strength of america. It shows that when we get knocked down we can get right back up.
I was 10 when the towers collapsed. I’m 19 now and the towers are only memories in movies, photos, and sadly, video of 9/11. Not rebuilding them means that we are still afraid. We are not. Rebuild them and show that we are strong just as many heroes were that day.
The Freedom Tower is nothing other then a victory trophy for Al Qaeda. I would love to see the towers built bigger and better than ever to show our defiance against terrorism. I was never able to visit those beautiful buildings, but someday I hope to visit the Twin Towers, not the freedom tower.
I was born in New Haven, Conn. in 1947, I’ve been in the Empire State Building a few times but never in either Twin Towers, but every time I went into New York City the first thing I saw was the Twin Towers, you can’t help it, it was the mascot, it was the Greeting to New York City.
Make these new Twin Towers even bigger and better!!!
William Ambrogio 3/25/2010
This plan is elegant and intelligent.
Without the Towers, Two pieces of my life will always be missing.
i want the people to restore the twin towers to remind the everyday people what happend and show the people that destroyed them cool towers. i cant picture new york or the united states without them. besides the ones they want to build is so unreminded about the tragedy. i really hope they rebuild the old towers and show how the us is strong.
i really like how it made new york look i want to see them again
Deroy Murdoch of the National Review said it best, the {freedom tower} is alienating and dull, and reflects a sense of fear rather than freedom, leading them to dub the project “the Fear Tower”.
Rebuild the towers, and get it done all ready! I hear word (Wikipedia) the entire project may not be completed until 2037! That’s BS. I was 16 years old 9/11.. that means I’d be 52 went everything is said and done. I hope it’s a lot, lot sooner. Let’s get to work, and rebuild!
The other day I was on a skyscraper forum. On the Freedom Tower thread someone asked why couldnt they have just rebuilt the Twin Towers. Some FT supporter told him “because people dont want to be reminded of 9/11 everytime they look out their window” It was the most outrageous comment ever! What happened to “Never Forget”? The New WTC complex is designed to do exactly what they want. Bury 9/11 under the crashing of their waterfalls in the pathetic memorial. Our country cant afford to forget.
Rebuild them both, one story higher than the originals! (aka: the Trump plan)
Lets rebuild them taller and stronger! Let’s show whoever was behind 9/11 that America will return with these towers, and that we will not let them be taken away! Americas back baby!
The World Trade Centers deserve to be rebuilt, families of 9/11 even agree. The present design including the Feedom Tower will not even be recognized as World Trade Plaza. The Freedom Tower is only occupied on half of it’s floors, wasting steel and creating a tall eyesore. When the WTC was taken from us, we chose to remain strong, and strong we will.
Its too late to rebuild the WTC. And I would like it as much as everyone else. There is no where else to build it. Most of America and the world would like to have the WTC no america had to have it there way. I am outraged that the citizens had choice. You know how it was decided? A contest. That just sounds stupid. I mean it sounds like someone made a drawing and they put little ribbons on it. It just sounds childish. I mean how was this country formed was there a contest? NO! We voted on our freedoms (that may be wrong) but still.
Please rebuild the Twin Towers.
From the moment I moved into rage at the monstrous cancers who attacked us that day, I wanted the towers back — one floor taller. Taller. Defiant. Bold. Unbowed, uncowed.
I am literally ashamed that whoever is stealing our money in Lower Manhattan might actually be American. They should turn over their passports and be shipped to the Sahara. Right now.
No offense to Mr Libeskind, but the Freedom Tower concept always, always left me cold. It seemed more like a personal affirmation of someone’s fantasy of how not to be thought of as angry.
Enough.
This is what eminent domain should be used for. For us to take back the property, hand it over to the hard hats who built the original and who helped clear The 16 Acres.
Then stand back.
America, please, get angry and do not stop being angry until the Towers are back and then some.
TTA Note: That’s what is so foul — we don’t have to take it back by eminent domain — the World Trade Center site already belongs to the people of New York and New Jersey. But it certainly isn’t being handled as if it belongs to us… Why is there so much disinformation floating around, regarding such an intrinsically important issue?
Ever since that tragic day I hoped and prayed that the towers would be rebuilt, in my opinion it’s the best way to honor those who were taken from us. The reconstruction would not just rebuild the towers but more importantly make our great country whole once again.
If the Lincoln Memorial were destroyed, we wouldn’t rebuild an empty chair.
Our enemies committed a dastardly act to deny America of our beloved Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. It is unconscionable to concede this denial by replacing our towers with lesser structures to hope to appease the terrorists.
We MUST rebuild our towers…not with mere duplicates of the original, but with twin towers that SURPASS the originals in size and stature, based on the original design, to demonstrate that AMERICANS WILL NOT BE DENIED!
I’m from New York, and I was only 6 when the towers collapsed, back then, I didn’t know how bad that day really was. Now, I know how bad it really was, and I would like those towers to be rebuilt. Even though the other design is still going to rebuild the World Trade Center, the Twin Towers won’t be with that new design. I personally think America won’t be the same without those towers, so I, and many other Americans, hope that the Twin Towers will be rebuilt like the way it should be.
Rebuild the Twin Towers!!!! those freedom towers do not resemble freedom they resemble ugliness lets all vote the Freedom Towers gone and Vote the Twin Towers II Under construction….The Freedom Tower and the other buildings are ugly when the Twin Towers II are the original design and pretty to lower manhattan…WE ALL WANT THE TWIN TOWERS II LISTEN TO AMERICA LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE!!!
If the Twin Towers are not rebuilt then the Terrorists have won! The Governor of NY and the Mayor of NYC must be receiving a lot of bribe money to stick with the trashy looking Freedom Tower design because they sure are not listening to the American people!
Although I was 5 years old when this happened and even though I live o the other side of the country I want the towers rebuilt!!!! I AM AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, WHO WILL ONE DAY BE LIVING IN NEW YORK I WANT TO SEE THE TOWERS THERE STRONGER AND TALLER THAN BEFORE!!!!! When I went to NY last spring what I saw was horrible!! a pile of dirt and a structure of 6 floors being built of the new hidious freedom tower. “WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES…” not “WE THE POLITICIANS WHO DECIDE EVERYTHING.”
The current design being built is bland and forgettable. The twin towers were once bold and distinct – Bring them back.
I think it’s absurd that the Twin Towers are not being rebuilt in their original glory. The concept of the “Freedom Tower”, while admirable, is a concession at best and possibly criminal at its worst.
For God’s sake — we are Americans!!!! You may knock us down, but we’ll rise up again, stronger than ever.
Rebuild the Twin Towers!
They should be rebuilt the exact same way just one floor higher. The terrorists need to know you may have gotten to us but we have and will continue to be stronger than ever.
Rebuilding shows recovery, resilience, and strength. It shows we won’t be knocked down. We are America. Knock us down and we are going to brush ourselves off and stand right back up to you. It is symbolic. We can’t let them win by showing we are so damaged we can’t recover in some way. In addition to that all those that sacrificed their lives should have a legacy, a landmark, and a memorial. It should be rebuilt bigger and better with a memorial for the fallen.
I think we should rebuild the towers but in a unique way. They can’t take it away from us.
Although I’m only 12 years old, I think that the World Trade Center Twin Towers must be rebuilt to help make America what it’s supposed to be. The Twin Towers play an emotional part in my life. I never go a day without thinking about them. I’m hoping one day i won’t have to remember them in sadness. Instead I’ll remember the great time I had visiting them (which I hope will come soon). Those beautiful towers standing in lower Manhattan rising above NYC were just amazing. With the Freedom Tower in their place, America is not what it’s supposed to be. With the memorial to all those who died on 9/11 and the remains of the original north tower facade, the Twin Towers are the only right answer. Rebuild the Twin Towers!
I am 16 years old at the time I sign this petition. I was 8 when the terrorists knocked down our buildings, killed almost 3000 Americans, and tried to bring us to our knees. It is great that we are pushing them back, defeating and dispersing them, however, the damage done to America’s being has not been fixed. The scar will always remain, but we must heal the wound. To heal that wound, we must rebuild the Twin Towers.
Thank you.
i hope to see the towers rebuilt because i want to be able to look up and smile not look up and see nothing rebuilding them may not change what happened but it helps heal the wounds
Please rebuild so Twin Towers II are the only thing that can be seen from the new Cordoba mosque!
Please rebuild the Twin Towers. They were a symbol of America’s prosperity and uniqueness. They were a symbol to the world of our status and national pride. There is no better memorial and testiment to the brave souls lost there than to rebuild the towers.
I went to NYC before 9/11 but I don’t think I’ll ever go again if the Towers aren’t rebuilt. It’s Paris without the Eiffel Tower: not Paris. Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad if what they were building instead wasn’t horrible, but… it is and will just ruin the skyline. I’d rather them leave it a gaping hole than build the “Freedom Tower.”
9/11 is a is a huge disaster in American history, my grandmother was on the twins towers. (25/06/2001). I’m not from America, but I know what symbol are twins for America.I think that the relatives of the witness would reather see re-built twin towers as an urban skyscrape.
R.I.P. all victims in 9.11.
Hello America,On 9/11 our amazing country and the people and buindings which we love so much and truly miss were attacked by evil cowereds. I believe I speak for most that the Twin Towers were not just buildings where business was done. They represented everything America stands for which is strength, rising above anything that is bad and standing side by side together with pride. We where hit hard on that day but we we sure the hell where not broken and non-rebuildiable. Love You all God Bless!!!
Yes! Bring back the Twin Towers! This will help the U.S.A. feel at home. With out them I feel like something is missing. I never got to see the Twin Towers in person before. This would be a great chance to see them!
9 yrs ago we were attacked by cold blooded mass murderers w/no regard for people, the world or God representing the worst of humanity. Some are afraid to rebuild it as it was out of fear. If we let this happen the enemy wins! The WTC was incredibly striking by its sheer size! Only in New York could it have worked so perfectly. It’s a symbol, one that MUST be restored to its previous glory. What happened to the commitment to rebuild quickly? Stop debating, thinking & GET IT DONE NOW & as the WTC!
We will show people like Osama bin laden that we will rise from the ashes of September 11 stronger than before!
As a veteran, I am one AMERICAN who will never forget 911. My outrage is still palpable. The dismissive attitude of Obama and his administration of Marxists is unforgivable!!
TTA Note: One thing that stands out loud and clear when it comes to the World Trade Center is that the right-wing politicians and left-wing politicians are equally disinterested in what the people think or want. All they seem to care about is how to consolidate their own power. As noted below, this petition is not a bulletin board. We will not sanitize controversial remarks if the comments are primarily in support of the petition’s purpose. But off-topic remarks are subject to removal on a case-by-case basis to keep the focus where it belongs.
Even California wants the towers back! What’s the hold up?
I was in 4th grade on 9/11. Before that day I had no idea what the World Trade Center was. To me, the Twin Towers were a symbol not only to Americans but the entire world. A symbol of prosperity and hope. One World Trade Center does not symbolize that. It symbolizes fear. By rebuilding the Twin Towers taller and stronger than before, we send a clear message to the world that we have truly overcome. If we don’t, the terrorists will have succeeded in their goal of instilling fear in Americans.
THERE IS NO OTHER SOLUTION BUT TO REBUILD THE TOWERS. BIGGER AND BETTER! THAT’S IT THERE IS NOTHING MORE TO SAY!
most americans and even other countries want the twin towers. That would teach the terrorists they have not defeated us but made us stronger.
Please bring the twin towers back they deserve to be rebuilt and to be put back where they belong.
I was in 3rd grade on 9/11, and was one of the few people in my class who knew what the Twin Towers were. Without them, New York City is like a puzzle missing a piece. We said we would “never forget”, but by building the Freedom Tower, it’s like this country has amnesia. It’s also letting the terrorists win. The only way to honor those who perished, while simultaneously sticking it to the terrorists, is to rebuild the World Trade Center as it was, and as it was meant to be.
What’s the best way to stop the building of the Victory Mosque? Show them that we have NOT been defeated and rebuild the WTC! Even if the spineless officials in NY allow the building of the Victory Mosque, it will NOT look down on Ground Zero, Ground Zero will look down on the Mosque! Hell, we could even put a big hand on top of one of the towers with the middle finger extended towards the Mosque. :D
TTA Note: The “Ground Zero Mosque” controversy is not off-topic for a number of reasons that we will comment on soon.
This is America, do we cave and cower, or do we rebuild?
What better memorial could there possibly be?
Hello, I am from the UK and the Towers have effected me more than most people from the UK who were just 5 when the attacks happened. I remember coming in and switching the TV on and there was the North tower, Bellowing with smoke. I thought it was an accident and went out again I came back in and my mum told me they had collapsed. I believe it is a waste of good resources to tear down the Freedom Tower, They should complete the F-tower and put up the twin towers next to it, Its the cheapest way.
TTA Note: If the Freedom Tower were just a skyscraper, it might make sense to complete it and build Twin Towers in place of WTC 2, 3, and 4. But it is an obelisk and, whether it is recognized or not, putting up the same form seen in cemeteries throughout the world is ghoulish. That is a simple fact. Images register in our individual and collective subconcious. It is irresponsible and destructive to put a giant tombstone at the World Trade Center. It sends the wrong message. It should be capped and preserved as an example of what happens when out-of-control politicians ignore the people.
Don’t let the enemy get this Country Down! We are bigger and better and God is on our side. It would be Wrong! Very wrong! Not to Re-build the towers however many times they destroy it. Give them somethimg to strive for. Give Us a central Target to capture and destroy the enemy. It is Time to re-build and to re-claim a better and more secure tomorrow for Our Country. New York Could Use a stimulus Package. Mr. President cut them and the American Public a Break like you Did the Banks! Ask the People!
I HAVE SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS IN SERVICE AND SEVERAL FRIENDS.THESE TOWERS WERE PRECIOUS AND EVEN MORE NOW..WE NEED TO DO THINGS THE AMERICAN WAY”PUT A BOOT IN THEIR A–“THERE WERE ALOT OF LIVES LOST IN THESE BUILDINGS,IF NOTHING ELSE BE REBUILT FOR THOSE FAMILIES…WE AS AMERICANS DO NOT NEED ANY OUTSIDERS PUTTING A BUILDING IN THIS LOCATION…I AM VERY PROUD OF ALL OF OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN..ITS TIME AS AMERICANS WE STAND TALL AND PROUD..
i cant think of a better way to remenber the people that were lost that day than to rebuild the towers and show the world americas pride and dedication. REBUILD!!
Greetings all:
Until today I believed I was the only one who felt that The Twin Towers should have been rebuilt just the way they were as soon as possible after 9/11 and that leaving this hole in America was only part of fear mongering and political games leaving us a weaker rather than stronger nation. No matter how long it takes, I feel that the towers should be put back the way they were.
Thank you.
I’ve always wanted to go to the twin towers ever since I first saw Home Alone II and just stand on the observation deck. The freedom tower doesn’t represent freedom, but rather tyranny. Bring back the twins!!
I believe that we need our twin towers back and stronger and taller then ever.
A few reasons why the Twin Towers should be rebuilt:
1. They rebuilt the damaged section of The Pentagon!
2. They rebuilt 7 World Trade Center!
3. The Freedom Tower is the most ugliest, most ridiculous building I’ve ever seen and does not represent freedom!
4. 93% of us want the Twin Towers (our TRUE freedom towers) back!
5. If the Statue of Liberty got destroyed, you don’t replace it with the Eiffel Tower!
6. More!
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS, BUT TALLER, STRONGER AND SAFER!
If the ugly piece of trash Freedom Tower is built, the terrorists win, because they’re letting us alter our skyline. Do we want that? No! If we rebuild the beautiful Twin Towers, but taller and stronger, we win, because we’re showing the stupid terrorists that if they try to defeat us, we will just rise up stronger! We want that!
I only got to go in the Twin Towers once, and want to go in them again. If the Freedom Tower is built, I will never go to New York City again!
REBUILD THE TOWERS!
Re-Build the Twin Towers: Bigger, stronger, more beautiful than ever. That’s how the Towers should be rebuilt; that’s how America was and God willing will continue to be built. Americans don’t want to cower behind the “freedom” tower! The same type of “public servant” that is behind the “freedom” tower design has stuffed the “crescent of embrace” down our throats in Pennsylvania. Check it out: [link moved to name above].
I love New York!
I get a feeling of emptiness inside when I see a movie or watch the news with the New York skyline.To not replace them would say the terrorist won.They destoried America’s symbol of POWER.We need to make the Twin Towers BIGGER and STRONGER.And to build a terrorist Temple near ground zero.I better stop writing because I am getting madder by the minute.
I think that they should rebuild the twin towers.
Rebulid the towers and show the world, you knock us down but we get right back up!!!!!
We do NOT deal with terrorists and we do not bow to their whims.
The Freedom Tower design is disgusting. Rebuild the iconic Twin Towers!
IN A FEW WORDS LETS STOP THINKING ABOUT THE PAST, LETS MOVE ON, THE TWIN TOWERS MUST COME BACK! BIGGER TALLER STRONGER, WE NEED TO SHOW THE ENTIRE WORLD WHO’S THE BEST, WE NEED TO BUILD A HIGH END TECHNOLOGICAL SKY SCRAPER THAT WILL ENVY THE ENTIRE WORLD. I HAVE ENOGH WITH ALL THE BLA BLA BLA GOING ON WITH GROUND “Oâ€.
I would love to see the towers rebuilt stronger and more beautiful if that’s possible. I NEVER got to see the towers. If we don’t rebuild it’s like saying we’re defeated.
I will always remember that beautiful, alive, arrogant, and overwhelming structure. How it changed colors and moods, moved in the wind, and was always a reference point. I would hope that the WTC2 would be built with atleast the same glory and grandeur as the original, maybe even taller. WTC was for years the tallest structure built by man, please get the point!
If the Obama administration wants to spend all this money we don’t have and force the federal government on everything, why not at least do something good with it? Take over the WTC site and use that money to rebuild the towers!
Then, once they’re rebuilt, take the criminals behind the attacks up to the roof and push them off – kill them in the same way that they killed thousands of innocent Americans. If they want to meet their dammed heathen god, I’m happy to oblige.
Is it even a *question* that the towers should be rebuilt? Come on, it’d like two huge middle fingers to terrorism as a whole. I say build them back, ON THE ORIGINAL SPOTS (not moved back several hundred feet), structurally more durable, aesthetically identical, and one story taller. Anyone who does not support rebuilding the original WTCs can get the hell out of and stay the hell out of America.
Amen… I’ve been saying this since a week after they fell. Just like Trump says: Exactly as they were, and even a little taller.
Do the right thing and rebuild the towers.
I honestly think anything less would be a disgrace. New York is the greatest city in the world and the Twin Towers were part of that. Why anyone would not want them back is beyond me. We want them. We need them.
I say rebuild them stronger and safer. I believe it shows that us Americans are still strong after having fallen. I don’t like the new Freedom Tower. Ever since I was little, I’ve dreamed of visiting the Twin Towers before 9/11 and I still dream of it up to this day. The Freedom Tower to me is worth nothing compared to the Twin Towers.
I cant belive they are still going through with their current plans despite such public outcry that it is NOT what the people want! Evey poll shows that the people, even those who lost loved ones in the towers want them rebuilt…
Do the right thing officials!!!
The ‘Freedom Tower’ idea is nothing but a wimpy little cop out, a poor excuse for a consolation symbol of respect and remembrance, taking the chump’s easy way out, and just plain stupid. These buildings were quite simply spiritually iconic. Nothing will substitute for going all the way and replacing the Towers, and anything less will be a permanent and sad eternal mistake, thereby cheating all future generations of their majestic power and presence upon the Earth for eons to come. The End.
It’s a pretty simple decision. To me, no other decision makes sense. Put the Twin Towers back and symbolize that America is back, and better than ever.
To come together and re-build is who we are as Americans.
I think it would be more meaningful if we rebuilt it the way it was before we were attacked!!
While I support the building of Freedom Tower, I think rebuilding the Twin Towers would be a giant middle finger to the terrorists. Plus I’m too young to remember the real Twin Towers, and I really want to see thier beauty in person.
The terrorists thought the destruction of the twin towers would crush America & that we would never rebuild them. We’re proving them right! We’re showing our weakness as a nation by not rebuilding the twin towers taller, stronger & safer than ever. America was not asked what we wanted. If we were, almost everyone would’ve voted to rebuild the TWIN TOWERS! Honor those who lost their lives on 9/11! If I’d died on 9/11, I’d be rolling over in my grave at the sight of the freedom tower!
Don’t build on ground zero rebuild!
Let’s do it.
The current plan is the worst possible way to remember those who died on 911 and even when port authority said they are scrapping new plans to built a new version of a windows on the world type restaurant and even then when they was going to put the restaurant back they did not even call it windows on the world they called it skyline restaurant.Then they are not using the glass for the lobby on the freedom tower and even then they are not using the outdoor observation deck instead of getting rid of the stuff inside the tower can’t they get rid of the tower completly and rebuild new twin towers from ken gardners design from 2005 or even if they don’t accept that can they just put back a restaurant and call it windows on the world and pay t
I have always wanted the original Twin Towers to be rebuilt; stronger and safer than before. I, and everyone I talk to about it, want to see those towers there in their rightful place once again. And of course with a fitting and prominent memorial to all those that died there on that horrible day. We will think of them and remember them everytime any of us see or visit the New World Trade Center. The plans that I have seen look wonderful. I hope it’s not too late.
hey, keep up the good work hoping to see those awesome towers. god bless.
Don’t biuld the Freedom Tower! It is ugly!
May the Twin Towers rise up once again. I will never forget my first year in America and visit to New York. I started my walk in the morning, at Columbus Circle. Destination: those two legendary buildings all the way on the other side of town. Well, I made it there, went up to the observation deck, and then managed to squeeze in the last ferry to the Statue of Liberty. I will never forget.
I support to rebuild the Twin Towers. Make them safer, stronger, secure.
I can’t think of anything that we do in this country that we wouldn’t at least try to restore to its original glory if taken away from us. The new “Freedom Tower” complex is a cop out.
The feds didn’t just leave a hole in the Pentagon all these years, and then decide on a whim to smooth out the edges and rename the building the “Circle,” did they? Why should this effectively be done to New York?
Rebuild the Twin Towers!
I cant think of a better memorial to those who lost their lives or a better statement to the world that American is a nation of fighters and are builders than two brand new majestic buildings towering over the New York skyline.
When are going to take our country back? When are we going to fight and stand up for our country? By not re-building the twin towers, we have surrendered! Also think about it…Americans need more JOBS and re-building the twin towers will give people JOBS! I thought the United States is supposedly the most powerful in the world – we need to show it to them!!
Rebuild them, i really want to see them standing once again!
I was born in 1992, and during most of my childhood I wasn’t fully aware of the existence of the Twin Towers. But deep down, it feels like I got this nostalgia for the America that had the Towers up in our lovely skyline. I remember that back in September 26, 2003 I went to New York for the first time. It was an amazing experience! It would have been even more spectacular if the good old World Trade Center was still around. And while although the Twin Towers may no longer physically be there in NYC, America should know that the are still up there in spirit. Let’s Rebuild!!! For America!!! Now!!!
How dare we stop at half way! Since when does America complete half the job and quit?! Rebuilding one tower at WTC, no matter how aesthetically pleasing, will always be considered only half way completed. Of course rebuilding in NYC would be ideal but construction has already begun, but if worst comes to worst, we could always build the exact WTC complex twin towers in another city. Before you balk at the idea, look up WTC twin towers along other cities skylines! It could be a good way to stick it to the Port Authority for dismissing 90% of America’s strong opinion and wishes. Rebuild!!
TTA Note: Thank you for signing the petition and for your excellent comment. “Twin Towers II†is a fully designed, reengineered plan to restore what is quite possibly the most celebrated skyline in the world. As it happens there is already interest in building the plan in another city, but we will pass your idea of generating images with the Twin Towers rising in other skylines along to the man who designed the plan because it is a terrific idea. As for the Twin Towers Alliance, since we read the same media reports as everyone else, we appreciate why people would think it is too late, but it is not. Please see the Bulletins page later today for more information.
We are Americans. If a we are attacked by terrorists, we shouldn’t have to let that scar from the attacks stay there for 9 years. We should rebuild, taller and better because that’s what Americans do. We aren’t a small helpless country! I’m sure the people who lost their lives on that day would choose the Twin Towers over that Freedom Tower piece of crap. USA!
There could be no greater symbol of our strength in the face of so much hate than rebuilding the Twin Towers. We need this for New York, for the families who lost their loved ones, and for our country that is struggling to find its way.
Until they stand again, exactly the way they were on 9/10, the terrorists stand victorious as they have changed the way we are.
Enough has been said already! Just REBUILD the Twins! The new buildings are just plain TACKY!
I’ve supported this for years. Most people I know don’t care enough to support it. What can I do? Clearly, petition signing won’t be nearly enough.
JUST DO IT!!! SHOW AMERICA STRONG!!!!!
Americans will NEVER forget the loved ones lost and even the survivors of this disaster. Each and every person as well as family, friend and rescuer will forever be in our hearts! Show the rest of the world that America is still strong and WILL rise above this and bring back our towers so that they will forever be a symbol of hope, strength and unity as a GREAT nation!
We need these towers back, this “freedom tower” design is ugly and pitiful. REBUILD WTC
I visited NYC for the first time last week. I went to the WTC site and it was incredibly disheartening. There wasn’t anything to see, nine years later. There was one new building, in progress, and a few cranes. But it’s still a gaping wound. The Twin Towers should be rebuilt.
We need to win this! All other americans need to know about this petition! Spread the word! That is what Im doing! I live in Chicago and I truly believe we need to bring the Twin Towers back instead of this current junk they’re building! Spread the word!
THE TWIN TOWERS HAVE TO BE REBUILT!!!!!!!! PLEASE LET’S BRING THE TOWERS BACK!!
1 person says no. 13 billion say yes rebuild the towers!!!!!!!!!
Rebuilding the Twin Towers as they looked before would truly show the strength of the American Spirit. Our forefathers faced overwhelming odds to gain our freedom, and they succeeded. In rebuilding the Twin Towers, we would show both our allies and our enemies that no matter what you may throw at us, we will strike back, we will rebuild, and we will never give up. What has kept this nation great for over two hundred years is our unwavering courage and determination. We began as an unimportant land, but we showed the world what we were and now we are the most powerful nation.
Rebuild them. Peroid.
I believe the best way to honor the lives lost on 9/11/2001 and to make the strongest stand against terrorism is to rebuild the twin towers.
I agree with a lot of what I see here. The twin towers were a symbol of democratic strength, thought, and leadership. By rebuilding them, we are rejuvenating and improving that icon and bringing back what people who find glee in destruction rather than progress took away. By building a memorial, we are building what someone described here as the stumps of what was. I don’t want to look down from the new WTC and be forever reminded of a sick past. I want to look forward and continue to build. Leaders, rethink this decision and don’t lose on this opportunity to bring NYC forward.
Rebuild the towers as they were or greater. That is how it should be.
Please rebuild the WTC
We need our Towers Back!!!!
My heart was broken on September 11th 2001 and it will not be pieced together untill the Twin Towers are standing tall in the Manhattan skyline once again.
Ever since I was 3, back in 2000, I dreamed about going to the magnificent towers. When they got destroyed, I had to go to therapy to sort out depression, seeing these towers rebuilt would mean alot to everyone in america.
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The official new trade center is going to be significantly smaller than the original ones. What is that crap? This is America. When someone destroys our buildings, do we say “okay, we will just rebuild it smaller next time”? No, that is not America. That is sad.
Also, the new trade center’s appearance does not match the aesthetics of NYC at all.
If we could just rebuild them like they were before, it sets the strongest example — that we can’t be broken.
I lived on Governor’s Island from 1987-1990 as a young child. After using Google maps to explore Governor’s Island and parts of NYC, I realize that my childhood from ages 5-7 has been desecrated. To know that an event like 9/11 happened so close to where I used to live. Everyday when I am not thinking about anything else, the images of two planes ramming into the buildings haunts my mind.
While I liked the idea of the Freedom Tower, I now feel that rebuilding the Twin Towers would be what needs to happen to best heal the wounds of 9/11.
We cannot [settle] for a second rate World Trade Center. We must cap the so called Freedom Tower and replace the stumps where towers 2 and 3 are planned with new, stronger Twin Towers. We need to restore New York’s skyline with a World Trade Center that America and the world can be proud of. Without the Twin Towers, New York is not New York.
The twin towers were an iconic symbol of new york’s economic might. The new towers don’t even match the floor area of the old towers, bring back the twins!
The current design for the new tower is simply ridiculous. The original twins represented power and strength. This angular, glittering piece of trash will only serve as a mockery to the U.S. By not putting back what we have lost, America is admitting defeat to the 2001 attack. Put back the twins, reestablish that once mighty N.Y. skyline, and confirm to the rest of the world that America cannot and will not be debilitated from foreign threats. We are a resilient people – something the Twin Towers undauntedly showcased. This insult of a design is far from reaching the glory that the twins had.
I believe that if the beautiful Twin Towers are not rebuilt, we are, as a nation, failing. Not reconstructing these buildings is admitting defeat, and succumbing to the enemy, and it is a DAMN shame. Please rebuild the Twin Towers of the USA!
I seen those towers go down on 9/11 and I will not stand for this horrible looking freedom tower, I and all of america dont want that tower we want the twin towers and we will fight till the end until we get what america needs in its skyline.
I believe what this site believes. Rebuilding the World Trade Center TALLER AND STRONGER THAN BEFORE is the only good solution in my opinion. Rebuilding the towers would show the terrorists and the countries that harbor them of the United States’ resiliance. Building the Freedom Tower will show them that the US would rather replace than rebuild. NAY I SAY!
It has been 10 years since the attacks on our country. Honestly I think that the only right and true memorial is to rebuild the Twin Towers. Without the Twin Towers the skyline looks empty. The Twin Towers were the most famous landmarks in the world. The Twin Towers were very iconic. They have appeared in alot of movies and television shows. This is how iconic the Twin Towers were. We need our Twin Towers back. This will honor the victims of 9/11. Rebuild the Twin Towers.
Hello. My name is Jake. I am 13 years old. I live near new york city. I was only 3 when the attacks happen. My parents said when I was real young, I was taken to the top of the world traid center. Oviousily I don’t remember. I want to view “The top of the world.” I would like to see these wonderfull towers rebuilt and perhaps make them 20 stories taller. Ihe freedom towers don’t belong in the New York city skyline. They belong in hong kong, Not new york city. So yes Rebuild Replace Remember. Take these words. God bless the people who died.
I hope somehow and some way by some miracle the twin towers can be rebuilt, in spite of the current ongoing construction on the “tombstone” tower. I share the sentiments of many Americans that the only right way to honor the memory of those who were lost on 9/11 and send a clear message of our strength, unity, and resolve as Americans to the world and our enemies is to rebuild the twin towers even higher and stronger than they were before. Nothing else will bring the healing this country needs.
God bless the people of New York, God bless our troops, and God bless America!
This should be up to the people of New York to decide. Politicians have done enough with approving this nasty freedom tower. I may not live in New York but I will in a few years. New York is like the capital of the world and is known for the twin towers at the World Trade Center. Bring them back. The terrorists will not win!
This is a big crime going on here in the United States. The Freedom Tower is not going to have the Windows On The World Restaurant. They just scrapped the Windows On The World Restaurant which is a disgrace. Plus there is no outdoor observation. What is happening at ground zero is a rank of abuse and must be dealt with. The Twin Towers must be rebuilt if we want to take our country back!
I hate that they are gone. But that doesn’t mean that it has to stay that way.
The only part that I like about the “Freedom Tower” complex is the museum. Rebuild the REAL World Trade Center!!
Freedom tower my ass.
The Twin Towers must be rebuilt back to its original form. The Freedom Tower does not properly respect the victims of 9/11. I just found out that the famous Windows On The World restaurant was scrapped and will not be a part of the new complex. Plus there is no outdoor observation deck. This is very bad for New York. The politicians are corrupt and selfish. The new project is being built on a lie and we cannot continue living in lies. We must rebuild the Twin Towers. Rebuild the Twin Towers!!
The Twin Towers should be rebuilt taller and stronger. If we don’t, the terrorists win, I am sure that Mohammed Atta and Marwan AlShehhi are smiling with the freedom tower rising, they want it to be built, because they know that it is a sign of their victory. Let’s do the thing right, and show that we can be America again.
The people in those buildings were an irreplaceable fixture of humanity. They were people going to work. In a wonderful structure that was a beacon of promise rising to the sky. I cannot begin to tell you how much I oppose this new structure with unwelcoming hollow doors surrounded by cold concrete. I don’t want to be reminded of the ugliness, I don’t want to be reminded of the shuttering uncomfortable changes that have followed. These memories will not help me, they won’t help the city of New York, and they won’t help the families. No to the death shrine, we need to get back to work.
Now that Osama Bin Laden is dead and gone, we can still get the Twin Towers rebuilt but stronger and better and with a good memorial. The Twin Towers is our only way to healing and a hope of a better future for our next generation. Don’t let the terrorists change our skyline and ruin a skyline that we were all familiar with before 9/11. Let us build back those icons but stronger and better. The Twin Towers need to be rebuilt.
I think re-building them is the most important thing we can do. It will also show, al qaeda did NOT defeat us, we can stand right back up.
–These new Freedom Towers and the other 6, you’d be thinking, WHO is in charge of our country?? I mean seriously, that’s saying we don’t care about America we got a new one and try and take down this one.
>:( That’s not my country.
If we do anything other then rebuilding the towers then Osama won. If someone burns your house down, your REBUILD IT. You don’t put a commemorative plaque on the ashes.
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!
I agree that the only way to show the evil terrorists that we can not be swayed in out freedoms and our country is to rebuild the twin towers. Maybe higher, or bigger. Certainly test the steel and materials so that no amount of the hottest fire could bring them down. Replacing 2 towers of that size with one the same size as tower 1 to me is kinda like an admitting of “yeah you got us once”. How about we either place bricks with all the names of the fallen in the foundation or somehow carve their names into the foundation.
As a life-long resident of Oklahoma City, I too live in a city that experienced the horrors of terrorism. National pride dictates that when we get knocked down we get up again. REBUILD THE TOWERS! It’s the only solution that doesn’t reek of catering to financial interests. It’s the only solution that gives the metaphorical finger to those who would attempt to destroy us. It’s the only solution capable of representing the best that NYC and America have to offer!
I love the WTC twin towers. They made America great. Unlike a lot of people, I love the idea of the freedom tower. It’s what America is all about. It even looks great as it’s being built. What I can’t stand are the structures they’re calling WTC 2 and 3. Talk about awful! You don’t even have the funding to build them past ground level. SO why not do all Americans and all the victoms of 9/11 a favor. Scrap them and rebuild the twin towers, bigger and better than ever on the locations of WTC 2 and 3. Why insult everyone when you don’t even have the money to build these disgraceful buildings that don’t even look like they belong in NYC. I say build the new towers 1776 feet from ground to roof. Bring back the twin towers and let freedom
What? They are building a new tower? It is going to be just the one? It is going to be 1,776 feet tall?…
This new building has nobody excited. It’s not news. No one’s talking about it. No one seems to care. We need something more bold. We need two towers. Give us two Freedom Towers, I don’t care, but bring us back our towers. The new Freedom Tower will I’m sure be great, and most of us will eventually appreciate it, but we’ll miss our two towers we could have had back!
Please re-build those glorious towers in memory of all those innocent souls who died that terrible day.
Having just returned from a trip to New York City, I was reminded just how much I will never be used to seeing New York without the Twin Towers. I hope one day I won’t have to anymore.
I think to rebuild the Towers would be a great idea. The Twin Towers reconstructed will show terrorists that they may be able to destroy America’s buildings, but they cannot destroy America, its freedom, or its hope for the future. Let them know, WE ARE PROUD TO BE AMERICANS!!!
Always loved the look of the twin towers and it hurts every time I look at the New York City skyline and don’t see them. I believe there could even be a compromise here, still build the freedom tower, but also bring the towers back. I truly hope this pulls through cause the Twin Towers made New York City complete.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE TWIN TOWERS IN THE SKYLINE OF NEW YORK AGAIN.
WHEN I WAS IN BERLIN YEARS AGO AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM DESIGNED BY DANIEL LIBESKIND, I WAS SO EXCITED AT THE MODEL I SAW EXHIBITED OF HIS AWARD WINNING VISION OF HIS NEW BUILDING AT THE NEW WORLD TRADE CENTER. IT WAS SLEEK AND ASCENDANT AND I FELT GOOD ABOUT THAT.
THEN ALL THIS POLITICAL PARALYSIS TOOK PLACE WITH THAT OTHER ARCHITECT.
WHAT IS BEING BUILT THERE NOW IS BULKY,GROSS AND A LOOK TO IT THAT SITS LIKE A LUMP.
GIVE ME BACK THE TWIN TOWERS NOW!!!
I want the Twin Towers rebuilt just as they were before, period.
I remember visiting the Twin Towers when I was a little boy back in 1995 when I was living in New York City. I remember going to the outdoor observation deck of the South Tower and it was breath taking seeing the view of New York City. That is what made me fall in love with the Twin Towers. For some reason the Twin Towers are far different from any skyscraper that I have ever known. There is something about the Twin Towers that make them so different from other skyscrapers. I want the Twin Towers to be rebuilt. Rebuild the Twin Towers.
Bring back the twin towers and restore lower manhattan to the way it was!
The towers were a symbol of the United States, let’s rebuild that symbol!
The Twin Towers was what was right in America. Like the Statue of Liberty was to Freedom, the Twin Towers was to Finance. And yet both intertwine with the Freedom and Liberty that made America great, and shall be again. Yes, rebuild the Twin Towers!
The Twin Towers should be rebuilt exactly as they stood before 9/11. Our statement to the world should be we are strong and we will rebuild. Honor all the men and women taken from us that day, rebuild their final resting place as it was on their final day. A complete list of all (including their status) who perished should be listed on a memorial plaque next to the WTC Orb (ball) that needs to be brought back to its home. We should NEVER forget what happened that day nor try to erase it from history…
I think that the twin towers should be rebuilt. If for nothing else but to honor those who have lost their lives fighting this war on terrorism. Americans may find peace and closure if they were to be rebuilt. We have built this country on a sturdy foundation and therefore the twin towers should be ressurected so that the entire world can once again see how tall we stand.
The people were never given a choice as to how the WTC would be rebuilt. We want NY to look like it did before, only better. That mess thats being built right now is a bunch of disconnected buildings that look like they were assembled by small children without any senses of simple style as we had before. MAKE NEW YORK LOOK LIKE IT SHOULD. TWIN TOWERS BIGGER BETTER, STRONGER LIKE THE USA.
“I thought it was impossible, so let’s start working” – Philippe Petit, the man who walked between the Twin Towers on a tightrope.
Those words came from an interview when he was describing his first visit to the WTC where he analyzed how he would set up his stunt.
People in charge of rebuilding the WTC need to take a page out of Petit’s book when they say that rebuilding the Twin Towers is impossible. If they had the attitude Petit did, the Twin Towers would be on their way long ago. Even now, when rebuilding the Twins seems “impossible”, one can still take on the attitude “… so let’s start working”.
rebuilding the Twin Towers is the one and only way to make New York, New York again
I would rather the old design than the new design:
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wtc_arial_march2001.jpg
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Freedom_Tower_New.jpg
I was just 3 when the attacks happened. A couple of years ago i learned of the WTC. I was amazed at how something so simple in design could be so amazingly beautiful then it killed me inside when i learned of the attacks. The WTC has inspired me to pursue a career in architecture. REBUILD THE WORLD TRADE CENTER!!!
Even though it’s 2011 and they are working on building the freedom tower as I type this I could care less and I still hope and believe that we can rebuild the twin towers that we lost. Personally I don’t like the government and what they are doing is destroying our country the country we use to call America. If they build this so called glass piece of sh*t the terrorists win. I liked New York’s Skyline the way it was and how symbolic it was to our nation and I’d like to see it that way again and when I visit it someday and I’d like to visit the new twin towers and stand on top of them. I’m 19 and and have never seen or been to the towers in person but I would have liked to and I really wish they’d rebuild them so I could get that chance.
The towers need to be rebuilt. Right now in the middle east they build towers larger and grander than ours and we decide to not make buildings bigger because it will not be safe or will attract terrorists. So does that mean everything we did to make USA safer did not work at all? Why can’t we do anything in this country anymore with some risk and big dreams? What was our last big dream? The twin towers themselves seems like it.
I’ve always desired that the Twin Towers be rebuilt exactly as they were, with modern material/safety updates of course. The redevelopment efforts for Ground Zero have, from the very start, been thoroughly corrupted by personal and political agendas, and self-indulgent artistic license. The events of 9/11 changed much beyond our control. Why must we willingly allow what IS in our control to also be permanently altered? Of course, let there be a grand memorial. On that most can agree. But anything less than rebuilding the Twin Towers exactly as they were, on the exact same sites, is a slap to America’s face and a dishonor to the fallen.
Restore what was taken from us. Render the futility of destruction as real as the lives that were lost. Rebuild the Twin Towers.
I can’t think of a better way to show the world that we will not be shaken. The footprint where the twin towers once stood is a scar on on our nation and provides a permanent monument for the terrorists.
The World Trade Centers were not apart of the New York City skyline, they WERE the skyline. Ever since there were knocked down NYC skyline has never looked the same and the Freedom Tower will only make it worse. People will look at the Freedom as WHAT WAS THERE than WHAT IS THERE. So there’s no point in building the Freedom Tower but it’s not too late! we can make our voice be heard. Ask your friends and family to sign this petition. Send emails to every body involved at ground zero. And can some body make a facebook page for this? That’s GREAT way to help make this petition spread!
TTA Note: An official TTA Facebook page is going to be launched before Labor Day.
PLEASE REBUILD THE TOWERS! IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE NEW YORK ANYMORE WITHOUT THEM!
I like the looks of the new Tower 1 as there now calling it inplace of freedom tower, Hower to go with this new Tower I think it would be best to have North & South Tower back or better known as the Twin Towers of the world Trade Center. Meaning we’d have iconic 2 towers plus the new Tower 1..
This time building the 2 new World trade towers pretty much as they were but maybe this time with alittle more safety features like wider stairways & lighted stairways incase power goes out. Other wise build the twin towers as they once were.. Bring back the Twin Trade Towers to go with Tower 1..
So now there would be the new Tower 1, then New North & South Towers to go with the new tower 1. I think its right to rebuild the Twin Towers.
We must rebuild the twin towers!! If we don’t we have been defeated in all ways. We must put them back in the sky to show that we can get back up after a blow to the face. Put them back up for all who were lost and for the friends and family of anyone who was involved that day. Americans don’t want some generic version of the towers up! What is that? Those towers were a big part of what America is and was and they need to be put back bigger and better to show that America cannot be defeated. BRING THE TWIN TOWERS BACK!!!
PLEASE re-build the Twin Towers! The current plan with the “Freedom Tower” and ugly surrounding buildings is a disgrace, not to mention the morbid and depressing waterfall memorial that sends exactly the WRONG message of defeat to the world. Re-building these towers stronger and higher than before would be a triumph of good over evil and a shining symbol of American determination for the rest of the world. There really is no other legitimate option. Anything less sends a message of defeat – that the terrorists won this battle. We cannot – we MUST NOT fail to resurrect the towers and properly honor those who lost their lives and pay tribute to the uniquely American spirit.
The Twin Towers were so simple and beautiful. I never got to see the original twin towers but I hope that the new ones will be built. The Freedom Tower is ugly and could never replace the Twin Towers.
I said this the day after the towers fell. We should have rebuilt as soon as possible to show our strength and resiliency.
The greatest thing we could do to honor the memory of those lost on 9/11, and to send a message to those who wish us harm, is to replace what was already there, modernized, bigger and better, but preserving the integrity of the image that made the twin towers icons the world over. The fact that this isn’t happening is hard to fathom. What is being built now is disappointing to the extent that it is an insult to what was. If the wishes of most Americans were taken into account, we would be building a new set of twin towers, while rightfully and tastefully taking into account the hallowed ground that they are built on.
REBUILD, REBUILD, REBUILD to show the world, AMERICA can come back from anything bigger and stronger than ever!!!
We need to rebuild to show the world America’s brothers and sisters can overcome anything and so our future generations will never forget.
i have read many comments from everyone regarding the rebuilding of the twin towers. I AGREE, REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS! it would help the american soul to once again feel whole. NY needs to listen to all these people that lost loved ones…..their heart still grieves with pain, this would help them to feel like they take a stand against those horrible men that brought them down. their american pride would stand taller than ever before….this would help bring healing to those wounded hearts…..NY, please rebuild the TWIN TOWERS….make them stronger, bigger, and taller….with the biggest American Flag that has ever been made to fly high and free on both the TWIN TOWERS, telling everyone against AMERICA…we stand proud! with honor! with li
1 World Trade Center, and the memorial(s) are very nice and beautiful lasting tributes, but by all means not all that is needed. What is needed is to kick sand in the face of adversity, to say we will never forget, we will never surrender! To say those things, to show the world and ourselves that we mean business, we need new Twin Towers. Twins of the originals to be sure, but taller, and better in every way. It’s like the flag flying at McHenry that inspired the Star Spangled Banner. Our flag was still there, in your face you cowards!
It makes me sad to know that the terrorists “win” with the current solution. Not rebuilding is a huge huge mistake. Unfortunately slimy politics gets in the way of what is RIGHT and should be done!
I was 9 when I took my first trip to NYC. Coming from Dallas I was greatly impressed by the sights and sounds of Manhattan. Going up to the World Trade was just the icing on the cake and I feel lucky I was able to visit them.
REBUILD THEM!
USA is # 1!!!!
Let’s arise like a phoenix.
STOP!! STOP!! STOP!! Rebuild the Twin Towers! Show the world that we as Americans are strong and resilient! Rebuild them Stronger and Larger!! To do anything less is WEAK and POINTLESS!!
I don’t care if you have to make some changes I just want them rebuilt they are a part of the American people so don’t let them morons win we are strong people so lets show and lets do it for all the people that were killed on the planes and in the towers they would want us to rebuild dedicate it to the victims that would be great
The Twin Towers were an American Icon as much as the Statue of Liberty, the Capitol or Chevrolet. New York isn’t New York without them, so please rebuild them instead of that monstrosity you are putting up.
We need to rebuild so that we will never forget.
I am from Georgia and have always wanted to visit NY and go to the top of the Twin Towers. I strongly wish that they would rebuild them not just as they were, but build them taller than the Sears Tower in Chicago. The terrorist felt like they took some of our freedom away by tearing the towers down. Please rebuild them and show the terrorists that the freedom of this nation will NEVER fall.
Why weren’t the Twin Towers designated a historic landmark before 9-11? This would mean that if they were destroyed, they would have to be rebuilt.
TTA Note: We once asked the New York City Landmark Preservation Commission if the Twin Towers would have had to be rebuilt if they had official landmark status and were told they would not. But it is a New York City agency, which says it all… Tower 1 achieved the 30-year threshhold in 2000 and Tower 2 in July of 2001. They weren’t officially opened until 1973, but that is all irrelevant since they were the epitome of a de facto landmark. Thank you for bringing the matter up. It gives us some ideas…
I have been to new york a lot. I loved seeing the twin towers way before getting to them. They were beautiful. We, meaning this country, went to war for the people those idiots hurt and killed and those buildings they destroyed. We won that war. But if we do not rebuild those building we are showing them we lost. I say build the twin towers and make them a little taller just to show them they cannot win against us. Whoever is stopping this from happening please don’t make us lose this half of the war.
I came from the dominican republic when I was 10 years old. At 11 I visited the towers for the first time, coming from a tropical island I had never seen such high buildings. I like so many New Yorkers ( yes I resided in NYC -Washington Heights from 1981-2003)am saddened and disappointed with the powers that decided that one tower is good enough, that it would be an insult to those that in any manner of way affected by this tragedy, when in effect we as a whole have been and forever will be affected by this horrendous act of violence. I will never be happy with the plans that are in place now! and since this is all I can do to voice my opinion here it goes: The towers were a symbol to all NYers and we would be proud to have them on our land again!
We cannot allow terrorist cowards to permanently change the NYC skyline. REBUILD THE TOWERS!
Unless and until we recreate those gorgeous buildings, something will always be missing at Ground Zero. Please rebuild them!!
Not rebuilding the Twin Towers show the terrorists have won by permanently changing New York’s skyline forever. I bet the people who were killed on 9/11 would want the Twin Towers to be rebuilt, it would be a more proper tribute than just building one tall tower and a couple of other smaller buildings around it.
The NY skyline will never ever be the same without its twins bring them back bigger better and safer and show the terroists that they cannot alter america for long!
The Twin Towers would signify the beginning of a change in America. Push aside the people that impede that progress. Rebuild The Twin Towers.
i think the sky is bad without the towers. The towers stood for something better then most thought. Now if the twins are not rebuilt, this could get bad. Remember the windows on the world? We will never see it again. Remember the top of the world observasion deck? Nope never again! If we don’t rebuild the twins, the USA says to the world we lost. If we do rebuild them, were telling the world we won’t lose! The memorial is a good idea, but it would be better to rebuild the towers with a memorial across the street instead. PLEASE just rebuild the towers. There is SOOO much support for them.
Why should we try and “move on” to the “freedom tower.” We should rebuild the twin towers to forever enshrine the memory of the originals. To help rebuild the city and its perception.
It’s stated in the Constitution of this country that we have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. If the twin towers aren’t rebuilt, it’s a slap in the face to those who lost their lives and those who try to carry on, a major destruction of an important symbol of American liberty, and most importantly an obstruction to the general desire of the public. There was a great loss in life on 9/11, but if the towers are rebuilt, we can be reborn as a nation.
I feel deeply in my heart that we should rebuild the Twin Towers. Better, Stronger, Safer and Taller. This so-called “Freedom Tower” is an atrocity and it also makes it seem that America is fearful and weak. Fearful of the terrorists in which case they have succeeded, weak because we are perceived to not be able to get over these attacks and that we fear that rebuilding them would be a sad reminder. That is not true. We need the Twin Towers as a reminder that we are STRONG! That we can pick ourselves up after being knocked down. After all, the saying is “If you get knocked off a horse, you get right back on it.” Not, “If you get knocked off a horse, ride a cow.”
I like the Freedom Tower and think it’s a nice building, but it doesn’t replace the Twin Towers. There’s nothing wrong with a memorial, but they don’t need to plant trees all across the site. The museum is okay too, but they got a little carried away. I think we should have a memorial, but I think it would be even more honoring to the victims to rebuild the towers. The Freedom Tower is also nice, but they should build the Twin Towers as well. They could build the Twin Towers next to them. This might sound ideal, but I wouldn’t get my hopes up. The NYC government will not listen to what you say, so they will end up giving the terrorists the satisfaction that they can change the city’s skyline forever. They need to rebuild the twin towers.
We must remember that the terrorist attacks of
September 11th, 2001, were on the World Trade
Center Twin Towers not the “American” Trade
Center Twin Towers. These towers belong to the
world. They symbolize world civilization and
commerce. It was not only an attack on America,
it was an attack on civilization itself. Their
new One World Trade Center tower monstrosity
and Memorial are monuments in fear and loss not
in strength and pride. They symbolize cowering
in fear and wallowing in sadness and grief.
These Twin Towers belong to us and the world.
Rebuild our pride. Rebuild our strength.
Rebuild our morale. Rebuild our civilization.
REBUILD OUR TWIN TOWERS!
I agree that we should rebuild those beautiful towers as they were. Let’s build them the same, but this time, let’s make them safer and more self sufficient for a new age.
I was only 6 when 9/11 happened, and my only memory of the twin towers was watching them fall on tv. Please rebuild them so my generation can enjoy the twin towers.
When I was little boy, I ALWAYS wanted to go to New York and see The World Trade Center. The only time I’ve been to New York was in 2006 and of course they weren’t there anymore. This “Freedom Tower” just doesn’t look anything like the World Trade Center and it was a waste of time and money. I really want the Twin Towers rebuilt! It would hurt me to my heart if they never get rebuilt. They’re more things than just the two tallest buildings ever built, but they’re a monument in the United States that every American or non-American couldn’t resist to tour whenever they got to New York. I hope one day my dream will come true so I can go to New York and see the Twin Towers!
I am very upset that the Port Authority is starting phony towers 2 and 3 and refusing to rebuild the Twin Towers. On that dark day known as September 11, 2001, I knew that the Twin Towers should be rebuilt, it was obvious and a no brainer. I suspect that a swindle is going on, the Port Authority is using public property to do what they want with their private interests. This is a case in which capitalism is trumping democracy. Most people worldwide want the twn towers rebuilt, and democracy is 1 person equals 1 vote. I am heartbroken that I never got a chance to visit the Twin Towers because one of the things that I wanted to do was go up on the roof of the South Tower.
I’m a Filipino American and when my mom first came her she went to NY and took a picture of her self next to the biggest towers in America. REBUILD! MAKE NY NY AGAIN! America=Best country on Earth. We can do anything.
I LOST A FEW FRIENDS IN THE TOWERS ON THAT TERRIBLE MORNING OF 911. I believe that the towers should be rebuilt again, and stand majestically over NYC. It would be in great respect to the fallen heroes and fellow country men of freedom that we lost tragically on that day. It would show the world that all hopes for peace and freedom will never be removed from our hearts and souls. That the American’s who perished are not forgotten and their deaths are not in vain. I believe that the new towers would represent that we are a strong nation, that can rebuild itself stronger and rise up again after it has fallen. That we Americans can be reborn from the ashes like a phoenix. That we also can recover from our loss and pain, and show the ones responsib
the new trade center just looks bad, like some new age japanese building, and has way to much glass, the old world trade didnt look like other buildings, it didnt just blend in like the rest it was something else.
It boggles my mind that we have not rebuilt them. Why would we ever settle for a memorial? We need the Twin Towers on the skyline again – compared to the stimuli passed, rebuilding it would be pocket change – and it would do so much more for morale. If Big Ben or the Eiffel Tower were destroyed, they’d be rebuilt. Why not the Twin Towers? And our economy was booming after 9/11, why didn’t we rebuild it then when there was the housing and real estate bubble!?
I visited NYC in July 2001. At first the twins were scary for being so tall (I was 9), but I got to the top of wtc2 and it was spectacular! The highest place I have ever been on to date. The twin towers will forever be in my vision of NYC. To me that ground is still considered ground zero until the twins return one day and stand tall and proud, not only as a symbol and icon of NYC but America and a big middle finger to terrorism in the world. “Freedom tower” does the exact opposite.
The terrorists have already won by changing the New York skyline. The Freedom Tower is almost finished. We have lost the Twin Towers to both Al Qaeda and the politicians.
I can’t believe that the Twin Towers are gone forever. I am going to miss them terribly. Why did we let this happen? When I go to New York I will not be visiting ground zero.
The World Trade Center was a symbol of this country for years and whether a bit simple still very much recognized by the world. 1WTC, I have nothing against. Americans I have to admit are wallowing in the past and it’s time to move on a while ago but I know and most of America do the same that the twins have to return and that will be the true closure that we need.
Rebuild the towers! Let freedom ring! Make the New York skyline strong again!
i still cry at pictures of the twin towers we cant let them take it away from us
The Freedom Tower is a Fear Tower. There’s still time and Room to build WTC 1 and 2 though. The port authority has ignored the American people in favor of short term financial gain.
The Towers need to be rebuilt.
I visited those majestic towers when i was about 7 on August 2000, I was amazed at the twin towers for being so big so… very tall and standing proud. I didn’t understand 9/11 until 5th grade, but I’m sick and tired of the world trade center being remembered as a tragic place where people died by new generations! WE NEED THESE TOWERS BACK the Way they were , not 1 tower, NOT 4 ASYMETRICAL BUILDINGS, BUT 2 TWIN TOWERS!
BRING BACK THE TWINS!
I feel that the rebirth of the World Trade Center will not only restore the NYC skyline to what it was once before, but restore the American spirit, for we stay strong as a nation, but the rebuilding of the Twin Towers would completely mend the American pride way more than the Freedom Tower (One World Trade) ever would. PLEASE REBUILD THESE TOWERS!!!
Bring back the towers!
Please Rebuild the Twin Towers!!!
I personally think the towers would be a sign that we won and can stand back up after a loss, and would be the greatest memorial!
TTA Note: The following comment was originally left yesterday, but was cut off because it was so much longer than the 750-character limit. It is easily the longest comment we’ve ever input manually, but the message is so heartfelt and thoughtful that it would be wrong not to include it here. Even the controversial statements seem to come from frustration with how wrong the process has been for our country.
I thought it was a no doubter about getting the twin towers rebuilt at first. Building a new tower after 9-11 never crossed my mind since I never thought some egg headed architect would plan something different because of some terrorists who decided to ruin them. At the time, I was eight years old and never actually saw those towers before. The only thing I saw was black smoke floating over the Empire State Building on September 14 of 2001. I never knew how much power a group of aliens, from Al Qaeda, could have over the USA until THE FREEDOM TOWER PLAN was decided. 93% of the people do not choose to pay tax fair dollars for the freedom tower to get built; they chose to pay tax fair dollars for the less expensive Twins. I’m one of the 93% who will no longer respect the New York’s skyline if I don’t see the Twin towers back. Since the terrorist found the Twins worth destroying, that makes it more obvious that they’re more than worth rebuilding. And since when do people who are no longer alive get looked up at the spot they’ve been killed at? That’s highly disrespectful. Not only is that memorial taking up too much space on that small island, but it also keeps people living in the past of 9-11. If they really wanted to move on, the architect designer would have restored New York’s icon at ground zero where they were originally built. That memorial idea is dejecting enough so metaphorically speaking, why build a giant glass obelisk tomb stone as the replacement of two beautiful buildings that symbolized a peaceful message? The Freedom tower is an embarrassment to New York and I’d bet most of America would agree with me on that. Why? Because it’s basically just a large piece of glass that represents a huge middle finger to what New York wants. It resembles a big shiny obelisk and at that, it’s being built right next to that inaccurate memorial. When you put it all together, it looks miserable, depressing, and stupid! The Freedom Tower would be like a giant terrorist trophy being built because they will be victorious if we don’t get our twin towers back. The people who say “The Twin towers would just get hit again†are not using their brains. 1st of all, Terrorists would hit any building they want. It’s not like they have some kind of vendetta against Twin sky scrapers. They went after the twin towers because they meant, and were, a lot to us. 2nd of all, everyone is well aware of possible terrorism, and is prepared for any attack. 3rd, no airline is going to allow that to ever happen again in many ways, nobody on the airplane will allow any imposture pilots to control the planes, and we have more advanced technology than before. Even if they did get hit again, I bet they wouldn’t collapse. The Twin towers were being made in 1966. I’m sure what they’d use, in this century, will have them much more fortified than before, and with heavier steel. Just check out the emergency plan made if there were new Twin towers. These reasons are why the people who are going through with the freedom tower plan should really stop building it. It really sucks when the person, who is in charge of our decisions, has a different idea than the high quantity of us, who isn’t in charge. If it truly was the terrorist who planned the attack, and 93% of America would rather the twin towers built, they would have started building The Twin Towers a long time ago. Just like how the majority of America decides on who becomes our president. Thank you for reading.
I miss the towers. I live in chicago and yet i loved those two towers more than any other. What is happening with the trade center just isn’t right. I’m 14 and i know this better than the governments. Makes me sick. Build them back for the sake of those lost and those who never got to see the trade center themselves, it’s the right thing to do.
They are needed. Raise them up again.
The Twin Towers must be rebuilt. It’s the right thing to do.
I was only two when the Twin Towers collapsed. Although I was so young, I can still remember parts of that horrifying day. I was standing in our living room next to my mom. I some how remember watching them as they fell.
Recently, on the tenth anniversary of 9/11 I became more interested in these breathtaking towers. I often thought about what it would be like if they still were here today. I wish they were never taken from us. That is why I am signing this petition. I believe that these towers should be rebuilt because they represent the true American spirit that we all have in our hearts. The Twin Towers embodied that we are a strong people that when ever something comes to our mind we act on it.People may say they are only towers, but t
The Twin Towers were symbolic to not only Americans but everyone who visited. Rebuilding them the way they were would prove that America has recovered and will not back down to terrorist threats. The new World Trade Center design is out of place, and changes the skyline of the city so much that it is almost like a scar. We must rebuild, and make the towers stronger, safer, and taller. It’s what America wants.
I was just 7 years old back in 2001 when the original towers were destroyed. I’ve watched so many home videos of the original towers. They were such gorgeous buildings. I’ve wanted to learn as much as I can about the marvelous structures and their short, sad 29 year life span before the worst day in American history. If the Government decided to build two Freedom Towers next to each other instead of one, it would not only be nice but it would show how strong America is and how we are to recover from a devastating attack that killed nearly 3,000 innocent people. I hope that when Tower 1 is rebuilt and up past the Empire State building, people will come together and rally and demand that a second building of the same height is to be built.
TTA Note: Twin Freedom Towers is a solution that would probably please most people, but there is no way to twin another building to the Freedom Tower because of the location of the memorial, the hub, the subways and the various interdependent systems. But there are other options that could and should be considered and will be circulated soon.
I was going to visit the World Trade Center the weekend before the terrorist attacks in 2001. Unfortunately, my father had to work, so we couldn’t go. A few days later, the World Trade Center was gone. I would have loved to see them in person as my mother had, but hopefully, our voices will be heard and the towers will rise once again!
On September 11, 2011 our innocence was stolen. We had friends lives cut short, moms and dads did not come home for dinner, brothers and sisters didn’t return calls, sons and daughters won’t see their lives played out. We now walk into airports looking for the unknown and yet not truly knowing what to look for anymore. But… we are Americans! We have all come to this country – every single one of us – to escape tyranny from somewhere. You do not live in this country unless you or a relative of yours many generations ago stepped up and took initiative – chased a dream! Now we here are rolling over to a couple of idiots that hated freedom?! We are Americans!! We don’t roll over!! We step up and fight!! And now it is time to show the rest
Rebuilding the Twin Towers would show that we are still strong and that nothing has changed. The Twin Towers were unique to New York. The Freedom Towers look like generic Hong Kong skyscrapers. I always loved the World Trade Center. When I was young, I remember seeing a commercial with an Olympic athlete jumping over a pole between the tops of the towers. I never got to see them in person.
Rebuilding both the towers would symbolize that Our Country cannot be broken. When we have fallen, we will rise again. I think the towers should stand once more.
Please rebuild them bigger and better. I want to go visit NYC and be able to go in the WTC… not this Freedom Tower.
I have been a World Trade Center enthusiast since I was a yoing child. I absolutely loved the beauty and grace of the twin towers that dominated the New York Skyline. They also dominated our presence as America. They represented our freedom. I always wanted to visit them, but I was too late. I would do anything to have them back. The new freedom tower complex doesn’t even compare to the twin towers. This better be corrected soon. It is not the same. It will never be unless they represent the original twin towers of the World Trade Center complex.
I miss you so much WTC and the fact that you and your Beauty is being taken away by New York really pains me. Hopefully this page will be acknowledged and the real world trade center will be brought back and reunited with Americans everywhere. I miss you WTC! Come back soon!
I was in first grade when 9/11 happened. I remember sitting at my desk at school and watching the events unfold. Everyone was crying and my teacher was screaming Dear God. I plan to visit NY as soon as I can as I am 16 now. However I already feel like I am a New Yorker. Those Towers were and STILL are beautiful, even if they are just a memory now. I believe that we should rebuild our old Towers, our beautiful Towers, our BETTER Towers so that future generations can see and will know that America doesn’t run, and America doesn’t hide…we rebuild, become better, and stronger. They need to see where we were on 9/11 and just how far we’ve come. I VOTE YES ON BRINGING MINE AND THE REST OF AMERICA’S TOWERS BACK. LET’S MAKE THEM BIGGER AND BETTER.
The best way to say F.U. To the terrorists is to build them back again!
ok how messed up is this Florida makes Empire World Twin Towers and NYC is banned from making Twin Towers?
I was 4 years old on 9/11. But i still remember watching my family cry as those towers came down. At that time I did not understand what was happening. But as I grew older I fell in love with the towers. They were magnificent buildings, and it makes me really sad how I never got a chance to see them in person. I think the new WTC is a joke. Typical politicians only thinking about what they want. The freedom tower and the memorial are nice, but towers 2 and 3 are hideous. We should rebuild the twin towers in their place. With both the freedom tower and the new twin towers, we would be honoring the past, and building for the future.
I never got to see the original towers in person so I would like to see them again rebuilt. I really hope the trade center is rebuilt on the sites of buildings 2 and 3 in the freedom tower complex. Even If they cannot be built at ground zero, there are ways of building them somewhere else in the city. I suggested that they do what they did when they built Battery Park and the World Financial Center and create more land for construction. This could lead to hope for the project. Best of luck to you all and I hope they will be built to see the 20th anniversary of the attacks on that terrible morning.
I hope in my lifetime we will see the towers again; to see the shimmering and glimmering facade of hope and reason.
The Twin Towers are not only the buildings that make New York what it is, rather they are the symbol of hope, strength, and freedom throughout the world. These towers shows the world that we cannot be defeated. With these towers rebuilt, we strike a message all over the world that you can attack us with your cold-blooded hearts, but our spirit will revive all that was lost by your hands. R.I.P all those who have perished from 9/11, may God bless your families, and GOD BLESS AMERICA, MY HOME SWEET HOME!!!
It is a sin that they never considered building the towers. That would have been the ULTIMATE monument. Shit I would have just made them taller, maybe even just one floor. To be a monument to all the people that died.
I believe the majestic World Trade Center MUST be re-built. It shall be re-built. The amputated version of NYC with the ugly freedom tower needs to be restored. The freedom tower is ugly and stands out, all buildings in New York are all almost the same, the freedom tower is made of glass it’s ugly that way. The World Trade Center was not just a place of finances and money, but it was everything, an attraction, a home, a record. We ALL deserve to see the WORLD from THEIR point of view. There is no one that does not deserve it or not want to see it. Everyone wants the World Trade Center back. That is why I am signing this.
I was only one when the towers came down and I would LOVE to see them in person and inside them. As I saw the portrait in our living room I learned about them.As I grew up I fell IN LOVE with them. And it’s really sad knowing they’re gone. When people come to NYC that’s the biggest welcome that was there especially on New Years Eve. Please put the twin towers back! New York will never be the same again without them !!!!!!!!!!! The twin towers made up the NYC skyline. People from all over the world come to NYC and will never know we had such beautiful towers. Think about it. Let’s all honor the 9/11 victims by rebuilding what the ament has taken away. The enemy has taken over 2000 lives and we CAN’T surrender. We have to fight for what we all deserve, by having the Twin Towers rebuilt!
Continued……in new York you are telling the American people and families of the 3000 people that lost their life in the towers that they died for nothing. But if you do rebuild the world trade center twin towers it would be the ultimate tribute to the people who have lost their lives on that fateful day of 9/11/01 the worst day in American history of modern times…..terrorism can not win in America at all costs.
P.s. Osama bin laden may be dead since may 1, 2011 but in my book shooting that terrorist piece of trash was to easy. They should have brought him back to America to stand trial for what he did on 9/11/01 so the American people can look him in his eyes and give him their true opinions and what they feel.
Rebuild the Twin Towers – New York & America are not the same without them.
I thought I was the only one who wanted the towers to stand tall in New York again. It saddens me that our elected officials don’t have the courage to do what is right, and that’s to listen to most Americans, and build those towers back. Build them bigger and stronger than before. I believe the terrorists have psychologically defeated America. They can always say “look what we did to that country we knocked down those towers and America was too afraid to put them back up.” I pray that this plan to rebuild those towers bigger, better, stronger becomes a reality. If we do rebuild them like we should, not only would it show them that we will always stand together, it would also show the world that we are not afraid. We are the United States of America.
This nation has apperently forgotten the horror of 9-11-2001 and seven days ago most of my classmates said “Why does it matter? We weren’t part of it so we shouldn’t even have to deal with it.” Now I don’t know anyone from it and I don’t live anywhere near NY but what they don’t realize is we are all part of it no matter where we live or who we know! This is AMERICA and we stand UNITED! We are ALL brothers and sisters! It might not be 9-11 today but since then I’ve been treating everyday as my last and remembering those who have died for us all. And remembering those from 9-11-2001. This is our nation. We should all be thankfull for what we have.
I agree that the best way to honor the victims of 9-11, to help heal our hearts, to gain back some pride, and to give the muslim radicals of the world a big “screw you,” is to rebuild the twin towers.
I really want to see the World Trade Centers rebuilt. I am glad there still is a chance to get these remarkable towers see their glory again. I do not think that the freedom towers go well with New York and the World Trade Centers show a better remembrance of 9/11 and is more practical.
Me, personally, I want the Twin Towers rebuilt. But since the Port Authority is so dismissive toward everything that makes sense, who says we have to rebuild the TTs at Ground Zero? Why don’t we rebuild them in another part of Manhattan, maybe closer to the Empire State Building?
Really and truly, I don’t think the new planned complex at the end of Manhattan deserves to be called the World Trade Center. It’s not even worthy of that name! What do you think people at Twin Towers Alliance? If the hard-headed jackasses at the Port Authority continue to dismiss the one, no, two things Americans want, why don’t we take the WTC elsewhere in Manhattan? This way the North and South Towers of the WTC return taller than they originally were.
I still to this day believe that the Twin Towers should be rebuilt! They stood for so much more than just the buildings they were, they represent a place in each Americans Heart as our heritage and a proud symbol of our very being. The New World Trade Center idea is nice on the low side, but the Twin Towers were brilliant on the high side, it would show the world that you can take buildings down, but we can build them right back, the lives lost wouldn’t be in vain but can be used to maintain to terrorist and the world that WE ARE HERE TO STAY! What a slap in the face to any terrorist group to know that their efforts didn’t succeed in taking them away forever!
I live to see the old towerS back… I want to be an architect and my motivation IS AND WAS the WORLD TRADE CENTER! I’ve always wanted to go see them in real life… But now… I feel and I’m sorry but the so~called new buildings are so ugly and nowhere near close with blending in with their surroundings. I mean they’re making us look held~back with technology… COME~ON, if I’m right…? We are one of the top 3 most advanced technological countries in the world… All I can say is that they have made a big mistake… “YOU CAN’T TURN BACK NOW.” Well what’s done… is done… But I believe that someday the most beautiful buildings WILL stand again…! And I’m ONLY 17.
The Twin Towers Need to be rebuilt as The Twin Towers if we don’t we have ULTIMATELY Lost to The Terrorists by letting them CHANGE the Skyline of New York But If we do a SUCCESSFUL Rebuild We have WON! AND DON’T FORGET The Twin Towers were People Too and This Memorial isn’t Respecting them one bit they laid down their lives but what do they get in return? WATER down their footprints do what’s RIGHT AND REBUILD WTC TWIN TOWERS WHY SETTLE FOR LESS?! That Way we are respecting Both The TWIN TOWERS and The 9/11 VICTIMS and their families-Aaron Skinner
Though I wasn’t in NY on 11 Sep 01, the images, eye witness accounts and national heart ache have been with me ever since. While some may say to rebuild the towers is to invite another attack, I ask this: Why aren’t you tearing down all other skyscrapers to avoid such a catastrophe? My grandmother once told me “you can die crossing the street, so live life to the fullest every day.” Personally, I think that One World Trade Center (freedom tower) is ghastly looking. It’s like seeing a mockery of everything that occured that fateful day in September. I can’t see a more fitting way to honor those who were lost than by saying “OK, you got us, but guess what? We’re back and better than before, and we’ll keep coming back…
Though I don’t even remember September 11th since I was very young, I just love the Twin Towers. They’re beautiful. And whenever I am reminded that they aren’t being rebuilt and that a new tower will replace it; I am furious. America deserves to have a say at what we want at The World Trade Center. I love the Twin Towers, and although I don’t have any memories of them, I still miss them. I truly hope we can have the towers back in the skyline.
1 and 4 world trade center are almost done. but 2 and 3 world trade center are absent. I believe that space should be used for new twin towers. When the old twin towers were planned they originally were suposed to go on that spot. But plans moved the to the far west side of the site. I think this would make it the way it was intented to be. The east side of the site where 2 and 3 world trade center are planned to go should belong to the twin towers.
I’ve fallen in love with the towers. Even though they’re gone looking at pictures from 1997-2001 it almost looks like they were taken yesterday. But that was 16 years ago. They do not feel gone to me. I personally never got to see the towers but would love to see them in the future (Yes even if they’re rebuilt would still count in my book.) The Towers were an icon to America. If the White House was blown up I am damn sure they would rebuilt it as close as the could. So why not do that with the towers? What’s stopping you?The Freedom Tower looks completely out of place in New York. Replace it with something that looks like it fits. Like if you were doing tile you would replace the old with the same so it doesn’t look goofy.
Even before the great incident of 9/11 I was quite fond of the Twins, though I had never been. There is something about two twins in a skyscraper that is unique; you can have one giant building standing alone, however spectacular or well built, but to have two standing vigilant, side by side, gives one a sense of companionship and union. And these particular two have always stood out.
For myself, I’d sure like to visit the Twins in person, having never been able to before 9/11.
Before the events of September 11th, the Twin Towers were the most awe-inspiring buildings in North America. They were truly a masterpiece; rising high above the streets and civillians of New York City, reaching up to touch the clouds. Today, the One World Trade Center is un-inspiring, created by a man with no inspiration, no intelligence, no creativity. In my opinion, World Trade Center Phoenix would be an improvement over the so-called Freedom Tower. Bring back the grace that once flowed over the Big Apple, over New York, over the United States of America.
As long as we don’t build the stronger, safer, taller Twin Towers II, Bin Laden wins. He looked at the original Towers and couldn’t stand we had them, so he destroyed them. Gov Pataki and Mayor Bloomberg respond to this by putting an inferior building in their place…
Hi, my name is Jon. I’m 14 and I live in Detroit, Michigan and 5 years ago I seen the Twin Towers on a movie that had Eddie Murphy in it, and then I seen McCully Clunkin on top of the Twin Towers. I told my parents one day im gonna try to go see the Twin Towers and then they replied “Impossible” and I asked why? Then they replied “They don’t exist anymore since 9/11 happened.” (I didn’t know much about 9/11 at the time), then I said what’s that. So they told me and showed me what happened and I was shocked, and in denial about it and also cried a little. So as years passed on I heard people say by building the new wtc we’re taking back what the terrorists took from us. I didn’t believe that one bit. Rebuilding the twin towers is taking back what the terrorists took from us.
The new tower is butt-ugly. Not only is it that, it looks like a middle finger! Bring the old towers back! They truly symbolize that we as a nation are united.
What if the towers are 2,001 feet above air at roof height and then add a 700 foot spire, which makes it around 2700 feet which is around the amount of people who died in the towers. It would also make it the tallest building in New York, the US, and the World.
Hi my name is Colton and ever since 9/11 happened, I’ve always wanted the Twin Towers back. I have no idea why New York decided to build the Freedom Tower, but I feel that America would be losing to the terrorists if we don’t build the Twin Towers again. I also feel that is disrespectful to the people that lost their lives on that tragic day.
I believe the twin towers should be rebuilt. That would be the most respectful memorial to those who lost their lives on that world changing day.
We will never forget.
The Twin Towers should be rebuilt as the People of New York want it to be built!
Build the towers according to the desire of the American People, more specifically the Great Citizens of NEW YORK.
We are America. We don’t back down! Let alone admit defeat. If the towers are left unbuilt it would remain a symbol for all the world of our vulnerability and the the sacrifices of many will have been in vain. Build them taller and make them the most beautiful structures ever created by man. It will be a place of not only remembrance, but a place where we stood together as a nation and overcame the most horrible assault on our nation.
simply put, 1 for 2 does not = bigger and better
Please let’s make this dream come true and bring them back as Mr Trump said. Each time I watch a NY picture, I can see them on my mind. We can win this fight. Both are terribly missed.
please build the twin towers. new york is not the same with out them. build them bigger and taller. let’s show the world in america we don’t give up, the freedom tower is not the same. by building the twin towers back again the whole world would want to be part of it and come to see it, invest in it. new york would have the best tourist and financial city in the world.the economy impact would be good for new yorkers. and who ever invest their money in the project. after all we all love america and want the best for it.
I would love for these buildings to rise again because i was visiting my uncle in New York during 9/11 and he died when he was called in to help with evacuation he died in the collapse of the Norh Tower and i would greatly appreciate to have them standing again!
From early childhood, I had viewed the Twin Towers as the most magnificent architectural wonders I had ever seen. I was so enchanted by them. This enchantment only grew over the years, I had to be able to see them one day, to see them with my own eyes. I never got the chance, they were destroyed before I could. I can feel so much empathy with the loss of life and the deep helpless emotion that we have all been robbed of something that runs so much deeper than their physical, awe-inspiring presence, it’s our spirit and what they represented to the people of New York and the world. The Twin Towers should rise again in sure defiance and triumph over evil, free to grace that skyline once again, prouder and more powerful than ever before!
The World Trade Center Towers were the symbol of our great Nation. We need to rebuild because we need to show those Terrorists that America will never stay Down.
We need to rebuild the twin towers!
i always thought that the twin towers were beautiful ever since they reached for the stars in the 70’s. i remember going to the sears tower as a teenager and thinking “wow, this is amazing. one day i need to go to the twin towers”. that day will never come for me. i remember one day i saw the concord at jfk and thought “so beautiful! one day i will see the curvature of the earth in that”. sadly i will never be able to buy a ticket to make that dream come true either. i wish they would have rebuilt the twin towers. i wish the concord was never retired. dreams are all that i have. and at least the iconic twin towers were part of them & at this website i happy to see i am not alone. i see no shame for them to grace our skies. cincinnati j
I was three when the towers where destroyed. I don’t remember much of them, but I know they where among one of the five most recognisable American landmarks. When my dad came here frome Sweden he wanted to drive a pick up truck, and work at the Twin Towers. It seems like America has fallen apart since their destruction with the NSA, torture, and the war in Afghanistan. Rebuilding them will not fix America, but it will start the process.
REBUILD the iconic symbolism of America exactly like before — but better. Not a stupid “Freedom Tower”…the REAL DEAL. The TWO (2) TWIN TOWERS, no architectural design twist, or “bomb sheltered” base nonsense revealing American vulnerability. Rather, what everyone loved – the straight up and down, vertical beauty the two towers emitted. THAT is American pride, THAT is American Capitalism, that is the healing of the ever so great New York City.
I challenge you friends, rise! Fight for this petition like me and your fellow comrades, brothers and sisters! Spread the word! We WILL make this a reality, a NECESSITY to the American People, the American CAUSE, the American DREAM.
This is a subject that’s so hard for me to talk about because there’s so many people who don’t seem to care that if we don’t build the twin towers back the terrorists win. I loved the twin towers, and they must be built back. I hope that one day this could become a reality. Those towers represented who America is, but if we don’t build them back to me they represent who America was. I’m proudly adding my name to this list, so at least I can say I tried to fight for what is right for the nation. For the people who put this website together, thank you for at least trying to fight for those towers and the people who died in them. I just hope the people who are suppose to represent us will hear our voice and have the courage to do what is right.
I am one of many who had never got to see the twin towers. It would be an honor to all us Americans if they rebuild the twin towers. It would mean the world to all of us to have the New York skyline back to the way it was. Don’t you think we deserve this for all that were lost on that day show the terrorists that we still stand strong and we aren’t scared of nobody? I think this is what America needs to be back on top once again. Thank you for your time.
I strongly feel that the twin towers should be built exactly how they were before. Just 10 times stronger than before. I think if they did this it shows that the terrorists don’t win and apparently they did because the Manhattan skyline will never look the same and as good as it did before.
We are Americans. We are proud. We are strong. That’s why we should rebuild and as an American I think we need both towers and freedom.
We should rebuild A.S.A.P. and build bigger and better and build as close to freedom tower as possible if it is possible to show terrorist that they cant stop us from being strong, and that we don’t give up. Then we could say, yeah, they took the towers from us. But, we rebuilt them bigger and better. We even added a third one to remember and honer those who lost their lives that day and to show that the U.S. WONT FORGET, GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.
I pledge my support for this dream for New York and America. Why does Osama bin Laden’s death matter, if the Twin Towers that he destroyed continue to remain absent in New York’s skyline? If the great Pyramids in Ancient Egypt had been destroyed, I’m sure they would have been rebuilt, and we would still admire, and respect them as they are today. When the terrorists destroyed the Twin Towers, it felt like we were sent back to the stone age. Our country will inevitably face many issues, and threats, but we need to face them with pride, not secession. If we can’t rebuild the Twin Towers how can we possibly confront the obstacles that confront our nation in the future. Why are the people in charge of ground zero denying the truth from future generations. Rebuild the Towers!
I would LOVE to see these towers rebuilt someday in NYC nearby where they originally were. If not in NYC, I would still be happy to see them in another major American city. They were simple, yet symbolic. Symbols should never be taken away or changed in my opinion.
I don’t believe that they would cause sadness by being rebuilt. It would prove that we are a strong country. I am sad that they are not there anymore.
I would love to see the towers back, where they stood, not the freedom tower. The terrorists wanted them down and didn’t want us to rebuild, and that we aren’t means that they won! We need the towers back, maybe not in New York City, but in America, possibly in Chicago, or even where the new 2 and 3 world trade centers are gunna go. Put the towers in those spots.
Rebuild the towers! Scrap the futuristic one world trade building and bring up a project that actually blends in with nyc. Rebuild the towers!
I’m glad to hear the response on restoring the Twin Towers. If this were to happen, what would be the best location for this two massive skyscrapers in NYC.
TTA Note: That is a good question and we will have more to say on it in the weeks ahead.
While growing up, I’ve always viewed the Twin Towers as the tallest buildings in the world (even though they weren’t, obviously). I was fascinated by them and loved them. They were certainly iconic of New York and even the US during my childhood. I think it would be proper I’d they were rebuilt instead of the current complex, which is bland and poorly planned in my opinion.
As an American who was only 15 when 9/11 took place, I never saw them in person because I lived in California at the time. I would love to see them again.
I was wondering since the towers were not rebuilt, is there plans to at least relocate them in New York City? If we lost the ground where they originally stood, does that make them any less important if they’re still rebuilt at another place in New York City?
TTA Note: The Twin Towers, as icons of a once-great country, would have significance wherever they would appear.
New York and America deserves to have the original Twin Towers back as a tribute to the lives lost.
the new tower and upcoming surrounding structures are horrible eyesores that show the terrorists won and america is evil and greedy. reconstruction would have spit in the face of terror, and inspired america in its time of sorrow. from 2008 and onward, i have NOT been proud to be an american, because of our government making us look like weak greedy pretentious liberal douchbags.
Although I was only six years old at the time of their destruction, the image of the Towers has had an almost hypnotic effect on me. The Freedom Tower fails to inspire the same feeling of wonder and awe the Twin Towers did.
Just do it.
I want the twin towers to be rebuilt because I never got to see them. The towers should be built on the waterfall footprints. The names of those who have died on February,26,1993 and September,11,2001 in both tower lobbies. The towers will give more office space for those who want to work in them. It will give people a chance to see what the towers were like before 9/11. New York needs to have its twin towers back in the skyline.
The twin towers are our american icon &we can’t just replace them with a retarded mediocre tower that only makes us feel worse that terrorists destroyed our landmarks forever. We should rebuild and show that the landmarks that fell long ago are rising up from the dead, and being reborn, in defiance of terrorism, of what happened that horrible day. You definitely got my vote.
I believe the twin towers should be restored and show all nations that not even 9/11 can break us.
I was young when this tragedy happened, but old enough to know what was going on. It affected me greatly and my heart and prayers go out for the familes that lost loved ones and close ones. I think that the towers should be rebuilt but stronger and higher. I myself would have loved to see the towers. I know now how special they were. Rebuild them!! I truly believe it will show that we are stronger and it would heal:) thank you and God Bless!
I can just say I wish I had the opportunity to visit the Twin Towers. They were so beautiful in their own unique way and people in high places need to realize that rebuilding the Twin Towers would certainly help heal a huge scar that still exists in every corner of the world today. Hopefully in my lifetime the towers will be rebuilt right where they once were.
I was born the same year the twin towers were built 1971. I never got the opportunity to go in them but did see them from the air. I have always been fascinated with them and even more so now that this has gone by us. I would honorably walk in and being afraid of heights, go all the way to the top upon completion and be proud to say, I not only accomplished this dream, but got to see what once was and now is the landmark that should be… The new one world trade center is beautiful, but not what we(I) want… Please rebuild them…..
The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center are a major facet of retro pop culture, & should be rebuilt, especially since most older buildings that are demolished are not as fortunate. So many buildings in recent & distant history have been lost to either destruction, or the owner’s ignorance or negligence, leading to them being razed. It is awesome that some relics of the original Twin Towers are being preserved at the 9/11 Museum & Memorial, but since rebuilding them is possible, I think this would be a great opportunity to resurrect the Twin Towers, & further increase the already increasing gratitude & appreciation for the towers.
I completely agree with the push to rebuild the World Trade Center. However I don’t like the design that is currently being implemented. I personally believe if we rebuild the World Trade Center of New York we need to do it the right way and the only right way I see are the Twin Towers. They stood as symbols of American Pride, American Culture and American Power. Now with them wiped out, New York just doesn’t look the same. I was only a child when September 11th occurred but there is to me something about the Twin Towers that evokes the majesty and beauty of what we can do. The Twin Towers may never stand again physically, but they will always stand spiritually in our hearts.
Until there are twin towers hovering over the skyline of New York, we are defeated. Every time I see a period movie or re-broadcast of a period sitcom with the original twin towers in the background, I am sickened to my stomach. I believe every American will rest much better when, once again, we can look upon the skyline of New York City and see what we expect to see. The Freedom Tower simply cannot fill the void. Once might as well attempt to replace the Statue of Liberty with an obelisk.
I not only say I wish the twin towers were rebuilt or claim that they need to be rebuilt without backing those words up with actions. I’ve honestly never been to them nor did I even know what 9/11 was when it happened because of course I was young but oddly enough, I’m somehow attached to them ever since seeing pics of them & movies containing them in recent years as I’m now older to realize their significance.When we say rebuild, we don’t necessarily mean using the same outdated materials that were put into the original twins that led to their collapse. The twin towers rebuilding plan will ensure far more updated technology just as they used into the new one world trade center. The design features will meet modern standards in every as
i want to see the Twin Freedom Towers become a reality. so please make this happen!
I was with most people my age when it happened (I’m 15), and even though I’ve only been to NYC once (2006), to a lot of people way before 9/11, those towers meant something. The Freedom Tower and the other new towers in my opinion are unsatisfying and it shows that the terrorists won in a way. Hopefully in the near future, if Towers 2 and 3 aren’t built, we will see the Towers rise again.
the twin towers are an America symbol of strength that told the world we can over come anything we must rebuild! NEVER FORGET!!!!
The twin towers must be rebuilt!!!
When I was two years old, I got to go up the twin towers. However, I do not remember that experience, and I want to relive that experience again. That can only be achieved if the twin towers are rebuilt. If we do rebuild the twin towers, we can tell the terrorists that they cannot defeat us. If they knock them we, we will build them right back up. Rebuilding the twin towers is the only way we can truly defeat the terrorists in our hearts.
I was in the 5th grade when 9/11 happened, it was very unreal even to this day I’m still in shock that it actually happened. The twin towers stood for what this country represented. The best thing that needs to happen is rebuild the towers.
REBUILD AND REMEMBER: The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were amazing steel structures and angelic dominants of the New York skyline. On 9/11, two jets struck the World Trade Center.
Both towers collapsed. 3,000 people died.
The best way to commemorate these beautiful towers is to rebuild them, made of concrete and taller and safer. A memorial is ideal and vital, but some people never got to see the twin towers. More than half of AMERICA wants them to arise from the ashes. Do what the people want. Rebuild the towers. Even though it’s already April 2015 and 1 World Trade Center opened 5 months ago, we will not give up in pursuing and fulfilling our dreams. Rebuild and Remember.
we do need to rebuild the twin towers because this new ‘freedom tower’ is nothing more then a glass stick we need our skyline back to the way it was.
I look up at those towers on old pictures and realize that they may never come back. I for one really do not like that idea.
Right now, as it stands, the terrorists have won. They’ve effectively struck fear into us enough that the government will not allow these towers to be rebuilt. Why on Earth should we give the terrorists what they desire? We must respond with strength and resilience, and the most effective way of doing so is rebuilding the WTC exactly as it was before. This would not only show the terrorists that we’re not afraid of them and their threats, but it would best heal the wounds of those who had established those two towers as a symbol of American freedom and might. No other symbol can represent this feeling better. I believe rebuilding as it was is the only thing left we can do to make sure the 3000 people slain on that day did not die in vain.
I’m terribly sorry that I never got a chance to see the twin towers in person and the terrorists (Bush and co.), have succeeded in bringing them down for their oil profits in Iraq and Afghanistan and they have stripped us of our freedom, rights, and all together way of life. To not rebuild the towers is in my mind not even an option. 1 wtc! WTF we need 1 and 2 wtc and I don’t mean twin freedom towers. Not rebuilding the towers is a 100% victory for those who brought them down! Btw, we aren’t free.
TTA Note: We used to remove politically slanted comments to keep the focus where it belongs and to discourage people from treating this petition as a right/left bulletin board. But now, all we edit out is inflammatory hate speech. The rest speaks for itself.
I Am not from New York City nor have i ever been but i would love to visit and move there one day. I Consider myself a New Yorker no matter what. & I Say the Twin Towers need to be Rebuilt its only right. the New York City Skyline does not look the same with out them. feels like something is missing please consider it. many of us Americans & New Yorkers want them rebuilt
I was only 9 years old when 9/11 happened and I didn’t understand just how great the devastation, the severity of how detrimental it was to our country until I grew older. The more I learned about 9/11, the heavier my heart and chest felt with grief for those who lost loved ones and friends in the attack. It brought America to its knees, closer to God, and to each other. 9/11 was a day everyone became a New Yorker. I’ve always been sentimental and I don’t think the Freedom Tower does the NY skyline justice compared to what Manhattan could have in rebuilding taller and stronger Twin Towers. I think that it would also bring some sort of release and deliver the perfect slap in the face to terrorists! It would scream, “We won. Go to hell!”
Rebuild the Twin Towers after all I don’t live in New York but New York City needs the Twin Towers rebuild and also the Nation needs the Twin Towers up in the skyline of New York City it’s not the same without the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center
Needs to happen, somewhere in NYC
I wish I could visit the amazing twin towers, but I was very young when they were destroyed.
I was in the middle of a school day when I first heard of the 9/11 tragedy. It was devastating then and still is to this day. Every year for three or four days around 9/11 I search the internet for some sign the original monuments will be rebuilt in all their beauty. I don’t live in New York, but even the pictures have a big gap! The only way to establish our true strength as a nation is to rebuilt bigger and stronger not build around. Please rebuild these international icons in all their original glory!
I was very little when the twin towers were destroyed but I really wish that I could have seen them! One day I’m going to visit NYC and go see the memorial and museum and I would love to see the real towers there, bigger and better than they once were!
I was very little when the towers collapsed, but they are my favorite buildings in the world. I would love nothing more than for them to rebuild the twin towers.
Those towers must be rebuilt. they should look as they did in the past. no modern touches. what needs to change is their strength. They must be rebuilt.
Please put them back for all the people like me that so badly want to see them. What better way to come back than to show we were not defeated and we can come back stronger.
I was in NY last week, I lived there part of my adolescence back in 1986 and going back to one of the greatest cities of the world without the WTC … it didn’t feel same … NEW York is not the same … Those iconic towers need to be built again … to show our power and not give the victory to those who destroyed them!! Please build them back!
New York is a somber place now. The city of my dreams, ruined 14 years ago. And there still exists, a hole in my heart. The Twin Towers were part of it. I loved the open plaza at the base of the towers. And I would head up this lavender elevator to a subtle, relaxing and exciting view of New York and New Jersey.
Fourteen years and 3 months ago, the Twin Towers were destroyed, and reduced to nothing, along with 3,000 innocent citizens. Now, what sticks out of the World Trade Center’s ground is a concrete rod surrounded in glass. Not to mention, with an antenna on top, half the height of the building.
What we want is a new version, V2.0 of the Twin Towers. Advanced in technology and up-to-date, the towers will once again reclaim the title as New York’s most iconic buildings.
We can still rebuild the twin towers where the reflecting pools are. I don’t understand why we could not rebuild them in the first place.
I’m 15 years old and I was only 7 months old when the twin towers collapsed. I never got a chance to see them in person. The twin towers are the only things that I could think about. Why don’t we just rebuild them? It would be nice for the twin towers to rise from the ashes. All that I ever wanted to do was to go to New York and visit the twin towers in person. Please bring back the tallest skyscrapers in NYC. It’s too late to do that.
I don’t understand why the Port Authority didn’t rebuild the Twin Towers in the first place.
The new World Trade Center complex isn’t terrible, but really? In my opinion, the only way we could heal from 9/11 is if the WTC be built how it was when it was destroyed.
Al-Qaeda wanted the Twin Towers destroyed, and by wasting time for these new designs, we are giving them what they wanted.
The new World Trade Center is a “giant middle-finger” to the victims and their families; the only way to heal this nation is to rebuild the towers.
I have sometimes wondered why the Twin Towers were not rebuilt instead of that pretty but not-good-enough thing they just threw down, and leaving those two giant fountain-holes. After visiting this website, I now realize it was worse than I thought. The Twin Towers need to return. They were stolen from us and any red-blooded American or New Yorker should be very angry that they haven’t been rebuilt — good on Donald Trump for throwing his weight behind Twin Towers II. As a Millennial, my only memory of the WTC is of the smoking doomed skyscrapers. 9/11 defined the Twins for my generation. That’s not right. The WTC is just a tragedy memorial now. As long as that’s the case, Al Qaeda’s won. RAZE ONE, PUT UP TWO!!
I admire your dedication to rebuilding those beautiful towers
I’m not a big person in politics, I’m not a big person in government, in fact I’m not even old enough to vote. I just believe that the towers represented America’s freedom it represented America. When the terrorists took that away from us they robbed us of our Liberty, they robbed us of what stood for us. If there was a way to bring them back, for my children to see, my grandchildren to see, that would be amazing… Bring back the Twin Towers!
I’m among the many people who never got to visit the original World Trade Center prior to 9/11. Looking back at video footage of that tragic day is positively heartbreaking, and I’d give anything to see those tall towers return anywhere in the world, let alone to the Manhattan skyline. The new One World Trade Center is nice and all, but it’s just not the same.
Ever since I was a little kid I dreamed of seeing the great towers but unfortunately I never got the chance. But when I saw this project I knew It had to be done and I fully support and hope that this project will be successful in the future!
I was born in ’95 and never got to go see them, I never even new they existed until I clicked on a 9/11 memorial video at 13 years old and was horrified! I fully expected them to be rebuilt but they where not inset an ugly giant tombstone was erected as a statement piece for the corporations rather then try to recover from what happened!
-Never Forget!
Even though I was only two when it happened, as a freedom-loving patriotic American, I look at what happened on 9/11 as an attack on the United States by those whose goal was to destroy these symbols of our economic prosperity, crush the American spirit, and destroy our way of life. If we go ahead with the current plan and continue to build these new odd buildings over where these symbols once stood, instead of rebuilding the original structures bigger and better and stronger than ever, then the terrorists and those who sought to destroy these symbols will win, and they will have succeeded in accomplishing their primary goal, which is something as Americans we cannot accept or allow. Rebuild the original towers.
“We should have the World Trade Center bigger and better.” – Donald Trump
I never got to go inside the twin towers and will if they get rebuilt just have to knock down that dumb one world trade center
Our beloved twin towers were the most iconic of New York City. By leaving them in the past, you are knowingly allowing our enemies to claim victory. Ridding this planet Osama’s disgusting presence wasn’t enough. We want our Twin Towers back! Nothing, especially not the new, inferior to the original, “One World Trade Center” will ever be capable of replacing our glorious towers. Time will never heal those wounds. Sixteen years is far too long of a wait! Only the rebirth of our beloved towers will heal those soars. Hear our demands, and do as we the people desire! Give us back our towers and reintroduce the people of New York City with the greatest sense of pride, honor, and dignity that only their beloved twin towers were capable of giving.
I was born after the 9/11 attacks, and I didn’t know what had happened until I was around 5-6. I remember for the first time watching the Disney film Oliver and Company. It started with a great establishing shot of New York. That was the first time I’d ever seen them before, all I had known about NY was the Empire State Building. I thought they were coolest things in the world, idk why. So later on I caught a movie or an episode of a TV show on cable, idk what it was but it featured the Twin Towers. I hadn’t seen them in a live action film before and it blew my mind, I fell in love with them. Anyway, later I told my mother about how I wanted to go to NY and see them, which is when I learned about 9/11. I wanted to see them all my life.
That would be nice if they did build New Twin Towers.
Let’s build replicas; bring the 90’s feel back!
I wasn’t born on 9/11, so I never got a chance to visit the twin towers. It’s my dream. Give me the chance!
Ideally there would be two feet for every person who died that day as the height of the main faces of the new Twin Towers. They deserve to be rebuilt with modern and ancient technologies being integrated better than ever, it is only fair to New York City to rebuild better than before. That is why there must solely be additional safety precautions.
1. Post-Tensioned Concrete poured into each exterior column and floor plate, so planes can’t just come and slice through the building.
2. Tunneled Fulton and Greenwich Streets under the plaza, providing major access points through which to access the World Trade Center.
3. New Carbon Fiber Elevator Cables, which promise to vastly extend the distance between sky lobbies.
The Twin Towers should be rebuilt. The people who are responsible for their attack have won as long as the towers remain in the past. There would not be a more fitting memorial for the victims of that day to see the towers rise again and be the symbol for America of freedom and resiliency to overcome the darkest of days. I was only 7 when 9/11/2001 occurred I to this day am memorized by those towers and was cheated out of being able to visit them. I was at the site for the first time this year and wished I would have gotten to see them. Do the right thing for New York and America Rebuild The Twin Towers
Building the towers back in the skyline would make a huge statement of american pride and strength. I say if we cant get Port Authority to do it we take this fight to the white house and to the true new yorker in the white house who can do something about it.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center is something that should have been done in the first place. Not only would it have restored the skyline of New York City, it would have also been a much bolder message to send about America’s strength and resilience. (Ironically in a MUCH more powerful manner than One World Trade Center) For whatever reason that has not happened. Some might say rebuilding the Twin Towers would be in poor taste, but for me and the rest of the people who signed this petition, it’s the perfect way to honor those who died on 9/11. With modernized and stronger Twin Towers being the perfect memorial.
I always draw out the twin towers when I was much younger, I’m now 27 years young. The point I’m trying to make is I don’t know too much about architecture etc, but “The World Trade Center” made New York City skyline almost as if you we’re coming to the city and they were welcoming you. Please! Please! Please rebuild the Twin Towers. That’s the true definition of make America great again. P.S. I’ve never seen the old ones in person! Since the USA on lockdown if you were to make the twin towers again at least you don’t have to worry about terrorisom anymore.
I was born just 2 months before the horrible tragedy of 9/11. Since I was little, I’ve always had a fascination with the old towers, but I have just recently begun to recognize their powerful influence over America. Those towers stood for something. They stood for American culture and way of life. They stood for American strength. They stood as a “Welcome home” to all hard-working contributing immigrants who came here. They stood for a proud, prosperous, free nation. They were (in my opinion) the greatest symbol of America. Even the flag, which I also hold near and dear to my heart, does not even come close to how powerful the image of these towers is. That is why it is my life goal to rebuild them. You WILL see these towers again someday.
I fully believe the one way to unite the country is to rebuild. I’m all about bringing the twins back and I’ll do anything to help.
I, like most people never got to see the World Trade Center before 9/11, I believe we should rebuild the World Trade Center complex similar to what it once was. The Twins need to be rebuilt so the NYC skyline can look like it used to.
The Twin Towers were an Icon of our great nation. They truly showed the power and ingenuity of the American People. Rebuilding the Twin Towers would show the world that we won’t be influenced by terrorism! Most people would like to see the towers rebuilt. New York isn’t New York without the Twin Towers.
I think the original twin towers looked very cool. If we can somehow rebuilt the look of the original towers but somehow also make the structural integrity able to withstand an attack of similar proportions, then i’m sure everyone will be happy with the result. I stand with the rebuilding of the towers.
I honestly never saw the Twin Towers since I was very young when the tragedy took place, but I sure would love to see them in person.
I want to have the twin towers built back up even though I wasn’t alive when it happened, but I also think you should have a floor for each hero, and name each floor after them.
The Towers were an iconic piece of American history and quintessential to the New York skyline. We need to rebuild the towers.
The freedom tower is a beautiful building, but it’s not the world trade center. The freedom tower has less floors than the original twin towers and the proposed twin towers 2. They will NEVER live up to the twins. Rebuild the twin towers. And while you’re at it, get rid of the reform movement.
The original towers were beautiful buildings, and the new Freedom Tower greatly undermines their beauty. New Yorkers bonded with the Twin Towers and they want them back. The new Freedom Tower is a mere skeleton of the glory and pride that the Twin Towers carried. New York needs them back. They must stand again!
I didn’t grow up with the Twin Towers and I wish I did. I want the Twin Towers back.
The loss of the towers was a loss of identity for the city of New York and America. Everyone wants them back. They stood for the principles of this great country, and symbolized our unstoppable economy. Failing to rebuild one of the most culturally significant structures was a huge mistake. It’s time to give people hope and correct this. It’s time to bring them back!
I think the Twin Towers must be rebuilt because America has finally left the 9/11 era and we will show the world that we recovered from 9/11.
I think we should have rebuilt the iconic twin towers. i grew up loving those towers when i was a kid. I like the new complex but having twins would have been better.
On September 11th, America lost her innocence and entered a decade of paranoia, only inflamed by the Housing Bubble bursting in 2008-09. Nothing was the same after the attack, and our elected officials ignored the people and implemented a plan at Ground Zero that did not represent what we wanted. One World Trade Center symbolizes the bourgeois class, and how New York changed and has become a playground for the rich in one way or another. The Towers on the other hand symbolized Working Class America. The Twin Towers weren’t just “two filing cabinets”, they represented America. The Yin and Yang, per se, a monument for world peace and our dedication to making the world better. This is why I genuinely believe we *need* to rebuild.
Hi, I’m 11 years old. I think that they should be rebuilt because, there is no reason not to!
The towers were beautiful buildings, let’s rebuild them to make sure those who never experienced them do, and those who did get to experience them once more. It will also help re-claim some of the post 9/11 innocence America lost after this tragic event.
So glad to see someone taking a stand for what’s right for once, and representing “the people” who don’t have the means to do so. So proud to be a friend !!
The Twin Towers should DEFINITELY be rebuilt, taller and stronger than the originals! But since they can’t be rebuilt on the original site, they could be built somewhere else in Lower Manhattan, possibly even Midtown so it’s never too late.
I was 9 years old when the tragedy occurred, I cry with every bit of research I do, but I’ve studied everything in and out all aspects I’ve grown to be so familiar with the twin towers like I grew up across the street from them, I love America and I will forever be heartbroken, I ask everyday why this had to happen to women and children, and hard working men who served our country, maybe not as protectors or defenders, but true American men who deserved protection in they’re beloved country, I tell myself if I were given the option to sacrifice myself to save these towers I would do it a million times, God bless America all the lives lost, forever in our hearts, never forgive, never forget, AND NEVER AGAIN PLEASE. These towers need to stand tall again to show American STANDS BACK UP.
The Twin Towers were a great tourist attraction and it is as simple as that!
I am tired of only one tower where two once stood and us calling it “a bold recovery.” I am tired of Americans looking down. It is about time we started looking up again. I am tired of us saying “Never Forget.” I choose to say “Rebuild” because I dream of the day when all Americans can say “REBUILT!”
I was never truly satisfied with how they dealt with the WTC site after rebuilding. The twin towers was an icon of America’s greatness and was an iconic part of New York’s skyline and it was forcibly taken away from us. What we got in its place is an inferior replacement that im sure in time will be nice in its own way but will NEVER be as great as the twin towers. America was damaged by this and the 1 tower shows. Trump was right when he said if we dont rebuild the twin towers the terrorists win, because it sure feels that way now…
I’m an american citizen with an idea about potentially rebuilding the Towers next to the memorial, as a young person who hasn’t witnessed these 2 buildings that symbolized the US and the City of NYC, I personally agree that these towers should be rebuilt but stronger and 5 stories taller than the originals. After the 9/11 tragedy that took down the Twin Towers and left a huge hole in America’s heart, millions wanted these towers rebuilt after their destruction as they were represented as a symbol of the United States and NYC. Even Trump wanted these Towers rebuilt back in 2005 and Silverstein, Port Authority of NY and the people of NYC should do the right thing and we send a huge message that were still here. We don’t never accept defeat to terrorism. also visit triroc.com/wtc with plans.
I believe the American people deserve the twin towers back. We need to rebuild and rebuild better. The current WTC 1 does not cut it alone. It would be beautiful to have the twin towers back in some form and standing next to the current complex. I do hope NYC and federal government politicians catch hold of this proposal. I believe this is one of the best development proposals of our lifetime. Until it is complete we need to keep fighting for it. Thank you to the Twin Towers Alliance for making this proposal and website available to us all. ????????
I was born years after the attacks of September 2001. I first learned about the towers in a book about Philippe Petit who walked a tightrope between them, and I loved the towers ever since. But I knew I would never be able to visit them. this is why I am signing the petition. The New world trade center does not look like it fits as a replacement. Mabey the New world trade center could be built next to the original site, so the skyline does not get disturbed. we need them rebuild stronger but also keeping the original look, like the proposal for twin towers 2 (which would actually be a great fit for the skyline)
I was born in 1998 so I was very young when the 9/11 attacks happened. I remember my dad showing me a picture of himself atop the World Trade Center that was taken in the 1980s. I’ve always been so mesmerized by the beauty of the of the twin towers which I why I was always so puzzled as to why they were never rebuilt. I understand it was probably out of respect to the families of the victims that were involved in the tragic attacks. However, I think that rebuilding the twin towers would restore hope to our country again and honor the victims/families of the attacks by sending a message that no matter how tragic, terrorism will never change New York’s once great skyline. I sincerely hope that one day, the twin towers will be rebuilt just the way it was.
I would like to see the twin towers rebuilt becuase they both represent how America is a thriving nation that is very strong and can with hold anything from its enemies. By not rebuilding the twin towers, we let our enemies laugh at us, and have treated us with disrespect. The freedom tower should never have been built. The building is a disgusting building. It does not represent the power of the United States of America. The twin towers do represent so many things that America has fought for. Every one wanted the twin towers and today still every one wants it to be built. There shouldn’t have been another design of the tower. I was born in 2003 and I never have experienced the twin towers before in person. Rebuild the twin towers stronger like never before and taller.
People from all walks of life passed on9/11/01to continue all walks of life.
Phoenix North and Phoenix South. That is all. Nothing less will suffice, on multiple fronts. Make it affordable apartments and space for non office related businesses, like an arcade, indoor airsoft arena, etc. make the impact floors a musuem and memorial place. So much good can come from them. We just need 7 billion dollars to make it happen…
I Was Born 3 Years After The Disaster. I Just Like Many Others Didn’t Have The Chance To See The Twin Towers Stand Before Us. We Must Rebuild Them As They Were Before, Not Just To Repair The New York Skyline, But To Repair What America Stands For. If We Don’t Rebuild And Just Leave A Empty Space, Then The Enemy Wins. We Must Rebuild The Towers The Same As Before, But Stronger To Prevent The Disaster From Happening Again. America Doesn’t Back Down, America Doesn’t Lose, We Rebuild And Come Back Stronger Than Ever. We Owe It To Every Single Police Officer, Firefighter, Paramedic, Victim and Families Who Mourn To Bring Back The Towers. We Cannot Let Ground Zero Be A Grave, We Must Let It Be A Sign Of Strength By Rebuilding The Towers In Honor Of Those We Lost.
Rebuilding the Twin Towers is a powerful symbol of our nation’s strength, resilience, and unwavering resolve in the face of terror. The attacks of 9/11 were meant to instill fear and weaken our spirit, but by restoring these iconic towers, we send a clear message to the world: America does not back down. We honor the lives lost by standing tall and showing that we will not be defined by destruction, but by our ability to rebuild, rise, and persevere. This is not just about rebuilding a structure—it’s about reaffirming our national identity, strength, and commitment to freedom.
The Twin Towers were more than just ordinary work skyscrapers, they were symbols. Symbols of American economic power, globalization, and prosperity. But, the day they were destroyed by terrorists, that was all gone. There is still hope though. Hope that we can rebuild the towers once again, and take back what the terrorists took from us. Thousands upon thousands would agree.
From supporter,
Liam Gies
National landmarks should not disappear!