I personally want to see the towers rebuilt bigger than before. Our elected officials should, for once, listen to what the people have to say.
— Peter Martucci / Metro New Yorkers
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS! Nothing has rewarded the jihadhists more than the ongoing sight of a world landmark wiped off the face of the earth.
— Dan Taylor / Citizen of Other Nations
We don't let terrorists do our urban planning for us. The Twin Towers were meant to stand forever and they should be rebuilt.
— Darin Allan / All Other Americans
I travel widely accross the US, an when the topic arises, I have never heard a single person indicate a preference for any option other than rebuilding the WTC.
— Doug Reuben / Business Supporters
Rebuilding the Twin Towers should have been a foregone conclusion... nobody suggested turning the collapsed section of the Pentagon into a garden/park/waterfall.
— Tom Insley / Citizens of Other Nations
The rebuilding of the Twin Towers is a moral imperative... That would be the greatest tribute and a lesson for generations to come.
— Tom Insley / Citizens of Other Nations
Terrorism is a war of symbols. That is why the Towes were targeted, and that is why they must be rebuilt.
— Lawrence Smith / All Other Americans
We owe it to the people to rebuild the towers bigger and better than before and show the world that we cannot and will not be intimidated.
— Albert Benavidez / All Other Americans
The decision to rebuild or not rebuild them will have a significant cultural and historical impact for centuries.
— Edgardo Donovan / Our Armed Forces and Families
Any "alternative" design for the WTC will simply become the Osama Bin Laden memorial. Stand firm! Rebuild the Towers!
— Martin Sullivan / Our Armed Forces and Families

The world was robbed of the 21st-century Twin Towers most of us always wanted.

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Branden PrattAll Other Americans
3/5/2012

<!--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 Network’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, Terrorist 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 steal. 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. This is proving my personal quote correct. "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.-->

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.

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