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The only lasting memorial to the victims of 9/11 - and to restore a symbol of who we are as a free nation - would be to rebuild the twin towers even stronger than they were before.
The city is not the same without the towers. They are New York.
We think it would be the right thing to do.
I Love New York!
The Twin Towers should be restored to their former glory almost like the way that they were back in 1973 when the project completed. C'mon, even Donald Trump dislikes the current building plans. That alone should mean something needs to be changed.
Yes! Restore the Manhatten skyline exactly as it was
pre 9/11. What greater testament to American resilience than to rebuild the twin towers exactly as they were.
Fill that hole in the sky please.
Build the towers just as they were only taller and station a couple of Marines on the observation deck of one of them with Stinger missles. Make sure they face Mecca while you're at it.
God Bless the US our President, warfighters, firefighters, EMS and police officers.
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Yes, bring back the twin towers!!
Bring back the Towers to the Sky Line !
REBUILD THE TOWERS!
Please rebuild the towers. They were an American icon. When they were lost I felt as if a part of me was lost as well. The new design just does not cut it. Only by replacing the towers will we be even more united against the enemy again. Nothing can look as beautiful as the Twin Towers.
Rebuild the towers exactly as they were except add one more story to each.
The Twin Towers were a symbol, not only of New York, but of America, they embodied some of the tenants of our nation. They should be rebuilt bigger and stronger then they were to show the world that we are still here and that we are not, were not and will never be afraid.
The isalmo facists are always carping about their holy sites being desecrated by the mere existence us ‘infidels’. Well to me, the Twin Towers were as an important a symbol of the city I love as any mosque is to those who seek to destroy Western Civilization. Building something other than the Twin Towers in Lower Manhattan is to say to the terrorists- You Won!
Rebuild the twin towners now!
As an architecture student, I was not fond of the design. However that is not the point. From the moment I watched them fall, I believed they should be rebuilt to the exact same specifications as the originals. I still feel that way.
Put the towers back! That other plan is urban blight. The only right thing to do is return the skyline we ALL grew up with. The Freedom tower has nothing to do with greatness or freedom. It only serves to prove our transition from a world power to a bunch of cowards.
I'm a former NJ resident. I still have some family up there and my oldest daughter now lives back there. I now live in Reston, VA, which is 25 miles outside of Washington, DC. Watched the F-16s fly overhead afterwards to protect us. When I graduated from high school in 1970 I obtained a job working in New York right down the street from where they built the original towers. What a site it was to see them going up in the air!!! Build them as they were! They were beautiful!!!
rebuild the same...only 1 floor taller. AND STRONGER
The same as the originals, only TALLER!
It's the only right thing to do. It's sickening to go into NYC and not see the towers. Show our strength again.
I think we should rebuild the towers and add a floor. Lets show the terrorists that America's spirit was not diminished. Now that were up to speed with armed pilots and better security, there's no fear of a future incident.
The towers should absolutely be rebuilt. It would show America's resolve in the face of terrorism. Building a 78 story Freedom Tower only shows that we now live in fear.
Please. They should be rebuilt, just as they were.
Let's bring 'em back...
As a native New Yorker, rebuilding the Towers would serve as an act of defiance and strength against the terrorists who took them down on that day. In building the Freedom Tower, those of us who knew and saw the Twin Towers everyday will still feel the gaping hole that lingers in our minds and hearts of the buildings that made New York the greatest city in the world.
Forget about this freedom tower or the reflection puddles, let's rebuild them, bring the skyline back the way it was meant to be. Take the first floor of each tower and have an awesome memorial set up. Not building these towers leaves us defeated. These towers where often looked at as two ugly square bldgs. but thier beauty was not fully appreciated until they were gone. Please bring them back as they where before only strongly, and we as a country will be stronger for that. Thank You, God Bless.
It is the right of every New Yorker and American, to have a day in what is built at ground zero.