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All I want is our Towers back.
To attempt to build anything less than the Twin Towers is to admit defeat.
Replace what was destroyed to show the world we will never be defeated by evil.
its been almost 5 years and there is never a day where i am not reminded of that day. As i drive through or past the city there is a void, an emptiness, and thousands of souls that need to be remembered,...leave the footprints untouched and build them back the way they were just adjascent...bigger and stonger to show we will not be broken.
This seems like a no-brainer: Rebuild. What is wrong with that?
Those "Twin Towers"...were so apt...they represented "partnership" don't you think? We LOVED THEM. They became our "friends" in lower Manhattan. When I saw the first designs of the new plan...with that singular building with the sword-like top piercing the sky, I thought of it as villanous, unfriendly, threatening...is that what we want to become? Bring us back our old friends, the Twin Towers!
It would be nothing short of a sign of weakness to not rebuild the twin towers to either there same greatness or even better. The current idea that makes this new tower higher then the orignal is ridiculous. They only reason it would be higher is because of the stupid spire. How about building them back to original height then adding a spire.
Knowing people who have lost their lives on 911,. I can begin to heal once the towers are rebuilt. I don't care about the design as long as there are 2 and they are at least the same height if not taller.
I miss the view of the Twins travelling down Route 46 East going through Hasbrouck Heights.. it is like a gaping hole. Let's rebuild!
Anything other than rebuilt towers would only serve as a monument to terrorism.
I, along with other New Yorkers', feel we should rebuild the towers exact, only one story higher, positioning them so the footprints remain untouched. How could we have anything else in our beautiful NEW YORK skyline?
It's been almost 5 years now since that horrible day. Let's show the world our strength, our resilience, our determination as Americans to preserve our way of life... and also as New Yorkers, to preserve the historic skyline of the greatest city in the world!
Let's put back the Twin Towers just as they were... only about 100x stronger!
Rebuild the twin towers but with one exception,....add 1 more floor to each tower then they originaly had, making the statement to the world that we're back bigger and better then ever.
Rebuild the Towers! Bigger and better than before. Anything less is a victory for these cowardly vermin. It is often said that everything changed on that dastardly day. That will be true only if we let it happen. I, for one, refuse to give an inch. The United States is the greatest country ever to exist and its people the finest. God Bless America!
If we do not rebuild the twin towers, the terorist have got what they wanted! New York City skyline must return.
Rebiuld 'The Twins"
Re-build them.
LET'S GET GOING!!!!!!
I do not think that the current plan to replace the towers does any justice to previous skyline that New York once boasted. Please rebuild the twin towers. I thought this was a no brainer!
I hope New Yorker Donald Trump will re-build us our towers and one story higher.Please do not allow the hard left PC crowd to manifest their planned contempt for all of the people who died on that day and afterwards, or for those who are even now becoming ill from that disaster. The current plans are clearly heavily weighted in favor of their anti-American propaganda.
Thank You for the opportunity to make our opinions and wishes known.