The world was robbed of the 21st-century Twin Towers most of us always wanted.
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This is the only plan that shows what the U.S.A. is truly about.
Shame! why did we give in to the terrorists?
When I was a kid and got knocked down in a fight, every time I got back up again, the concern on the face of my opponent was clearly visible. Expecting to have won the fight, he became somewhat unnerved every time I got back up to look him in the eye. There were a few times when I got my butt kicked but I never lost a fight.
It's time to send the same message to our opponents in this war. Knock us down and we will get right back up again to look you straight in the eye!
I support the rebuilding of the World Trade Center on the original grounds.
It would be a fitting memorial to those who died to rebuild exactly what was there before.
Most sensible thing to do.
I agree that the Twin Towers should be rebuilt as they were (only stronger) to show those who are out to kill us, that though they may kill some of us, they cannot kill our spirit.
The Statue of Liberty is the "Welcome" to our country, but the Twin Towers is the Inspiration. Rebuilding them is the ONLY WAY to show other countries that the USA is the best country in the world. Stop being stupid and rebuild them exactly the same.
Stick it to the terrorists and rebuild the towers that helped to define New York!
I would like to see them rebuilt but it really don't matter. In the end we will all face East and pray. We don't have the guts to win the war!
ENOUGH WITH THE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS!!!!!!!!!!!! REBUILD THE TOWERS JUST AS THEY WERE, NOW!!!!!!!!!!!
Glass just doesn't cut it. REBUILD the Twin Towers taller than before and in concrete to represent the strength of our nation.
The world is laughing as long as those towers are not built. Prove them wrong!! You can rebuild now stronger, higher and faster. Rebuild those towers...a story higher if you need to.
And place a Christian Cross pon the TOP.
Rebuilding as it was and maybe even a bit taller is the only response that is acceptable to show the world that the United States does not cower to terrorism.
Rebuild them just as they were...only made out of solid, reinforced concrete so they can never be brought down again.
Just put them back. It's the right thing to do.
There is sufficient room to put the new towers up while preserving the footprint of the old towers.
God bless New York! Do what you know is right - rebuilt WTC!
WTC: There is no substitute.
I want the towers back where they were originally.Better,stronger,faster,we HAVE the technology!Anything less or obfuscated means you AREN'T American.That is all!
As a former Weehauken Resident, I used to awake every morning to the site of the towers. I moved away in 2000 and have not been back because of the heartbreak of the signt of them not being there. Rebuild is the only option.
Build them again, only taller.
Rebuild, we can have a wtc and memorial in one, and of course a slap to the terrorists
Rebuild them, only taller! Never give in to terrorism. Support and defend freedom at all cost. We had a president that believed that a few years aog...
When you get knocked down, you stand up again to show you are not defeated.
Only larger, taller and a few more. Make the smaller towers that were destroyed larger as well. Peace through superior firepower.
Defy Islam and build the twin towers stronger and higher! Sorry Muslims, but there is only one passover lamb, Jesus Christ.
Rebuild the Towers and make them 19 floors higher than before!
rebuild, and add one more floor to each building
Let's re-build the towers along with a fitting memorial...Let's show the world what America is made of! Alan Munro.Jax Fl
Putting the Twin Towers back exactly the way they were is the best way to show the world that we will not be defeated, we will not be intimidated and we always rise above our challenges.
It's outrageous that the Twin Towers are not being rebuilt! I personally prefer Donald Trump's plan. The towers can be built on different footprints and with a suitable memorial to those that died on 9/11/2001, using the latest technology for safety and security. They can also each be built at least 1 story taller, to symbolize our triumph over terrorism. Politicians should ALWAYS be our servants, rather than our masters.
Soon it will have been six years since the jihadists struck the continental United States. The Freedom Tower design is a ridiculous abdication of our collective duty to honor the losses and sacrifices we saw on that clear September day. Rebuild the towers - each a foot taller. Every day that Ground Zero remains an empty, open wound is a day that the terrorists draw strength from our fecklessness. The time has come for us to remedy this. Rebuild the towers!
buil 5 towers with the middle one the tallest
Indeed, the Twin Towers were, and are iconic. In a lot of ways, they are part of America, our America, that will not soon be replaced, but will stand back up when knocked down. Let us not be 'reborn' as something different, but come back as something proud and proven, something more like the best nation in the world.
Rebuild it taller and stronger than before!
Build the towers now.
Rebuild but taller.
Give us back our skyline. Give our towers. New York City is the greatest city in the history of the world....including anciet Rome, and all that came after. Don't let the dream of rebuilding die. On September 11, 2001 we all became New Yorkers.