The world was robbed of the 21st-century Twin Towers most of us always wanted.
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Build it stronger higher as a monument to all who perished on that day. Never Forget.
Lets build it back as they were to show the world that terrorism wont beat us and will never win.
Fill that hole in the sky please.
DON'T ALLOW THE TERRORISTS TO TAKE OUR LIBERTY AND FREEDOMS. THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN HAVE DIED OVER HUNDREDS OF YEARS FOR OUR RIGHTS. THE TOWERS SHOULD BE BACK THE WAY THEY WERE, IF NOT EVEN A LITTLE TALLER. I WOULD HOPE WE ARE A STRONG COUNTRY STILL AND ARE NOT FOLDING TO SOCIALIST WAYS.
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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A young Marine who joined up because of the terrorist attacks and needs your help NOW. Thank you.
Billy
Restore our Towers. It's the American way!
do it
This is the best idea yet. Let's show ourselves and the world how much courage we still have to be able to get up, dust the rubble off and rebuild!
I come from germany and i find to, that the twin towers must rebuild, than without the twin towers is the skyline of NY not the skyline of NY...this skyline is bad
The New York Skyline must be restored.
I love NYC. And I love the NYC Skyline. But as beautiful as the skyline is, its not the same without the twin towers. God forbid, but had the Pentagon been totally destroyed on 9/11 they wouldn't have built a HECTAGON in its place, would they? No! They would rebuild the entire building THE WAY IT WAS. The same goes if the Statue of Liberty were destroyed. They would rebuild it THE WAY IT WAS. That's exactly why the WTC site must be rebuilt THE WAY IT WAS including rebuilding the Twin Towers!
Rebuild the twin towers. Not only that, rebuild them so the height is 1776 YARDS not 1776 feet. To do this will achieve two things:
1) Bring back the title of World's Tallest Building to the US, where it belongs. The US is where the skyscraper was invented. Mention "skyscraper" to just about anyone and they will think "New York".
2) It will serve as a big "F*** You" to Bin Laden and the rest of his camel-f***ing buddies.
Mike, London, UK.
Lets put those towers back up on that skyline where they belong. HOOAH!!!
I walked through the scaffolding in the 1970s. I commuted via Path and the E train for 10 years. I shopped and hung at the bar up at Windows. It was a significant part of my working home town. I live elsewhere since 1998, but would return. Rebuilding and creating new businesses to thrive in the Towers would be the quintessential American thing to do, including a proper memorial within. No more wrangling over mediocre monuments - build real Towers.
I believe the Twin Towers should be rebuilt. We cannot give in to the terrorists.
Joanne Christie
E. Syracuse, NY
We need to rebuild the towers to show the terrorists they haven't beaten us down.
Rebuild as soon as possible. But make more substanial so as not to be as easy to knock down. I lived in Manhatten when they were building those towers and remember the sound of the builders tools. Make them stronger!! The Empire State would not have collapsed.
What could be more discouraging to those who wish us ill than to see our innate abillity to heal?
I never liked the twin towers. The proposed is worse. BUT I believe replacement of the towers is a slash to terrorists’ growing audacity. We cannot allow any outside force to diminish our patriotism.
Only one advantage ever materialised from terroristic behaviour -- we sampled a temporary (too short-lived) sense of camaraderie. We were only Americans!
Please do us all justice and rebuild the towers now. lets all be proud Americans again and show the world that we wont back down from this fight!!! thank you! DUANE IN DENVER
Rebuild
A city skyline may be added to, but once built, usually never changes. When the majestic twin towers fell on 9-11, I always hoped and always felt that the right thing to do was to build them back again: exactly the same height, same façade, everything. The only thing that should change is their position so as not to build on the original footprint, just stagger them opposite the original layout. The latest building technology should be incorporated as well. Please rebuild them America!
I feel rebuilding the towers nearly as they were, will deliver the message to whoever was responisble, that we the people will prevail no matter whatever the trials they bring against us... and that truth, faith, charity, justice and liberty are not ideas of a forgotten nation.
NO CONTESTS, NO NEW DESIGNS, NO HAND WRINGING, NO NEED TO "UNDERSTAND" THE ENEMY THAT'S TRYING TO KILL US, NO WONDERING, NO DEBATE, NO POLLS, NO VOTING. THIS IS NOT A HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER...
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS AS THEY WERE!!!
BUSINESS AS USUAL!!!
END OF DISCUSSION!!!
By rebuilding the towers even taller, we would be like the Marines raising the American flag at Iwo Jima in WW II. Victorious in the face of our enemies.
REBUILD!
Although I am not American I feel strongly that USA Should REBUILD. I have visited the Observation deck and can say honestly its the most beautiful sight in the world. UK Support this movement.
Rebuild! Win this war at all costs! We are not pansies.
Rebuild the twin towers higher than before to show the world that america is the true leader of democracy under GOD.
I went on the WTC when I was a little kid, it had an amazing view, even though I have a faint memory of it. It was my favorite building in New York. Freedom Tower sounds stupid, because most of the world is free now, we've lost our reputation as the free nation 200 years ago. We can't lose to Muslim milatia! Go America! Coming from a Californian.
i think it was all the government there were bombs and it would of bin still standing if it was not for them. i think they should be rebiult out of the governments money.
As a teenager growing up in Jersey City, my friends and I would go to Manhattan, via PATH to WTC, and shop and eat.
Every time I return to NY/NJ my heart breaks again seeing the gap in the skyline. Not rebuilding the Towers sends a message "We are weak, you can bully us and our response will be meek".
The Towers were lovely; we all loved them. Build them again, stronger than ever!
NEVER FORGET!!!!!
As a Volunteer Firefighter I'd like to express my heartfelt sorrow to those that lost loved ones on 9/11. If there is one thing that I cannot stand it is those conspiracy theorists making claims. My heart and prayers go out to you all.
New York use to have the greatest skyline in the world. Now its not even in the running. Rebuild our city so Bin Ladin doesn't win.
I think the towers should be rebuilt, but left as an empty shell above the floors where each were hit;this to represent the emptyness in our hearts.I would make the floor just below each of these floors a museum with a see through window to enable people to look upwards into the emptyness. On the top of each building, I would place a light to shine into the sky to represent all the soles we lost. Our loved ones lost their lives in the buildings, not the footprints.Our skyline would be restored
In the War of 1812, the British burned down the White House. Did we leave a footprint there for perpetual mourning? No, we rebuilt the White House in defiance. We must resolve to rebuild the exact same Twin Towers. We can never let terrorists change the landscape of America.
Living in Connecticut, I drive into or past Manhattan occasionally and, to this day, it still feels like a punch in the gut when I look at the NYC skyline without our beloved towers standing there. It brings a tear to my eyes every time. I can't imagine why anyone would NOT want to rebuild and reclaim what was ours. Until our towers are back where they belong, there will always be a hole in our hearts.
Lets rebuild.....Lets show that America is strong and will come back stronger
GOD Bless America and our troops
NEVER FORGET 9-11-01
When we fall and something breaks, we get it fixed. Our Twin Towers had a fall, it is time to get them fixed.
It would be in honor and tribute to those who lost their lives as well as their families if the Towers were rebuilt in the same location as the previous ones.
Yes, build them to look the same but not with the obvious structural flaws. And, if they're knocked down, we'll build them the same again, again and again. Let them be a symbol to all our foes, "Don't tread on me!"