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I'm tired of the fear mongering by the Bush administration. I live on Long Island and I do not live in fear of another attack. To those who are afraid to rebuild the twin towers, I say crawl in a six foot hole. As for me, I will not change the way I live because something may or maynot happen.
As a military vet and an American I support the rebuilding of the WTC.
Just as a matter of defiance against the terrorists (the "in your face, you will not defeat us" principle) we were from the beginning and are obligated still today to rebuild them, perhaps even bigger than they were before.
The current proposal is a surrender to the terrorists, a capitulation to them. Personally it makes me sick to see it!
Were is Americas bravado???
Were is the defiance against evil?
Git-r-done and then push moosowee,yusef,etc off the top at the topping off ceremony.Pass the popcorn!
The Twin Towers should be rebuilt EXACTLY as before -- or taller. The fact that they were destroyed by acts of terrorism means that they have become a symbol for what needs be done, not what expedience allows.
I grew up in Brooklyn and had the best view of The Towers. The Towers must go back up or the terrorists win. When I was little and had a nightmare I would run to the window and see the Towers and know everthing was OK. Now when I go back it's sad.
Bring them back!! Don't let the terrorist win and dictate what we can and cannot build here. It's our country, our state, our city. Let's go Pataki. Let's go Bloomberg. Let's go Corzine. Stop ignoring us!!
Let's stand up like Americans and get the job done.
I went through the WTC PATH station every day for over 15 years. My company celebrated our X-mas party at Windows on the World in Dec 2000. There were no X-mas celebrations there in 2001. The towers must be re-built!
Let's rebuild. It will hopefully help in giving us all a sense of things returning to normal even though we know things will never be the same. Those towers belonged to all of us.
We absolutely have to rebuild the Towers: the most powerful memorial and the most powerful statement we can possibly make of our determination to defeat and uphold the banner of freedom for the world.
The longer that they do not exist, the longer we've shown defeat!
The answer is simple...REBUILD!!!
Anything less than a complete rebuild of what was once there is an insult to Americans, and a sign of fear to the terrorist, LETS REBUILD BIGGER AND BETTER THAN BEFORE!!!!
Rebuilding is the only answer
i think they should either rebuild, or make a beautiful park.
I think we as a nation have waited long enough for restoration not only of the towers, but of hope, pride and promise of a new beginning and new light!
The site is a vacant lot without the towers! No other structure is suitable or acceptable
With all respect to the people who have lost someone. The politians are only using greed and their own agenda's rebuilding ground zero. The towers going up are the only way to stand up to these terrorists.
This is the right thing to do.
From day 1 I knew the best response would be to rebuild the towers, so that it would be clear that the terrorists could not change us.
Rebuild our towers!