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WE MUST REBUILD.....Better..BIGGER, more safe..
THAT IS AMERICAN ICON....
God bless vitims of 9/11 and their families...
Must REBUILD..... MUST...
There is no Manhattan without Twin Towers...
WE MUST REBUILD WHAT WE HAVE LOST; WE NEED TO SHOW WE WILL NEVER SUCCUMB TO THE HANDS OF TERROR!
I agree we should re-build the twin towers higher stronger and better, they were an icon for the whole world to see!!! RE-BUILD!!!!!!
Rebuild The Towers how they were. Lets bring the old new york back. We will never forget especially if we will get to see them everyday again.
I was in Manhattan on 09/11/01 and was not injured and didn’t lose anyone in the attack.
Even the day of the attack, I felt that the best way to show our enemies that they could attack us but COULD NOT BREAK OUR SPIRIT was to rebuild the towers as they were.
As the planning for the site progressed, I couldn't believe that rebuilding was not being considered as an option. I hope that finally we can let them know how we feel as a people and do the right thing to replace what was taken from us
If the White House had been destroyed would they have rebuilt it? YES! If any of the Monuments in DC were destroyed for any reason would they rebuild them? YES! GIVE US BACK OUR MONUMENT! Nothing else will do. This website is a testament to the faith and love of not only NEW YORKERS but all Americans as well as tourist who love our City and our Country and came from all corners of the world to see and climb those buildings before they were destroyed. They were SPECTACULAR!!!! Don't let us down!
I miss them dearly.
THERE IS NO REASON TO CHANGE THE DESIGN OF A BEAUTIFUL LAND MARK-RB
The towers should be returned to their origanal look with a few more stories added to them.
WTC 4 Life everyone! WTC 4 Life! Ever since 9/11 i am sure we all realized by now that the WTC arent just buildings anymore...they are much more then that, i hope you realize what i mean, we must do whats right and unite together to rebuild what was lost, it isnt to late to do the right thing everyone...NYC isnt NYC without the WTC, the WTC is the TRUE meaning of NYC, Freedom, and America. We all must work together to rebuild them, and they will stand for all that is good......
Rebuild them to be the tallest in the world!
Rebuilding the Twin Towers stronger and Taller is the way to show those horrible terrorists we stand stronger and taller.
Build them again, but one floor higher. It's the greatest "F-You" that we can send to those bastards!
I would love to have the Twin Towers back. It is an important part of our history and it will help us heal.
Dress and grace the NYC skyline again with a rebuild of the finest buildings that ever stood. New York City just isn't New York City without the gentle giants "The Twin Towers" We need more people that will stand by their decisions to re-erect the most amazing architectual gems in the history of man. Rebuild the 4.4 million sq. ft. Put up another 43,600 windows. Let another 80,000 people come through the observation decks daily, for a second time. I'm only 14 years old, but i don't care if people say i'm too young to comment and so forth. My dream was to feel the feeling of being on top of the skyscraping giants, and to breathe the air 1,350 feet up, and to see the most amazing view in the world. Now, that's impossible. The city of New York needs them back to re-claim it's reputation, not only for that reason, but it would show that the nation isn't afriad to get back up and fight, even when it's knocked to the ground. Again, re-dress and grace the New York city skyline, with a new World Trade Center.
The current design for the rebuilding of the Trade Center is more of a Fear Tower then a Freedom Tower. I sincerely believe that nothing would be more enlightening to Americans and disheartening to the terrorists then to rebuild the Twin Towers, in all their formal glory and possibly even taller.
My first thought on 9/11 was: let's build them back bigger and stronger! It is a disgrace that nothing has been done after 7 years to mark the place and keep the memory alive.
The WTC must be rebuilt just the way it was. I worked in the WTC area for nearly 10 years (Wall and Broad Streets) and agree nothing else could be a better plan.
Use Trump's plan: Make the top 50 or so floors residential. That would help with Manhattan's housing shortage and make the buildings less attractive to the next bin Laden.
It's the right thing to do. Rebuild the Twin Towers!!
I can remember as a college student visiting NYC. Looking up from the street below the twin towers. It was an awsome sight to behold! The view from the obsrvation deck was fantastic. The NYC skyline just isn't the same without the towers. The best tribute we could make to the thousands of Americans who were murdered that day would be to rebuild the towers. Maybe a little taller and a lot stronger! Let the terrorists know that they can't stop America! God bless the victims and their families
Rebuild those towers bigger than before.
Frankly, I'm surprised that rebuilding them isn't the first and only option on the table. Of course they should be rebuilt! New York needs its towers back. This country needs its dignity back. It's the only thing that will truly heal the gaping wound left by 9-11. Their very existence would be a memorial to all who lost their lives on that idle Tuesday morning. And they would be a classic New York "thumb your nose" response to the terrorists who sought to bring us to our knees.
Show them our strength and rebuild the beautiful towers one floor higher than before!
Exact same looking buildings only 1 foot or 1 floor taller!
Rebuild the towers!
Re-build! and use all American Steel, not the Japanese Steel used in the fallen towers!
Build 'em back! Anything else is a capitulation to the terrorists.
The only thing to do is rebuild the towers!
Rebuild the twin towers better than ever!
Rebuild the Towers.
Rebuild, maybe even one foot taller.
-Dan
We must never forget what 9/11 meant to our nation. It should spur us all on to greater virtue and all that is best about our Nation and its people: freedom, honor, compassion, justice, neighborliness, fear of God, a sense of brotherhood, respect for life, self-sacrifice. People like George Soros are sworn enemies of the USA and all it stands for. He and those infamous, America-hating traitorous, God-less individuals like him should be promptly escorted to our borders and evicted from our land.
do not allow our enmies to control or dictate to america. boldly rebuild the twin towers. any other construction would be a permanent statue and symbol of our surrender to the will of the enemy, and for them to perpetually gloat over their their act of demeaning our nation.
God Bless America!