The world was robbed of the 21st-century Twin Towers most of us always wanted.
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Rebuild the towers exactly as they were; with the same visual appearance and on the same footprints with the same surrounding buildings and Tobin Plaza. Memorials can be placed in the towers themselves...
My name is Nathan Lesher, I am 14 years old, and I live in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
September 11th, though very tragic, has brought this country closer together in a way. I didn't know anybody who was loost in the attack, but I'm sure that the rebuilding of these monumental establishments will mean a lot to those who did. Because I live in Pennsylvania, not as much changed for me than it must have for those citizens of New York, but my name on this petition will mean as much as anyone else
Donald Trump agrees with this.
Liberalism will kill you in the end. Keep The United States of America united and free.
Rebuild them, brick for brick, just as they once were.
THIS is what belongs on the World Trade Center site, not that shameful Freedom Tower.
I do not particularly care if the towers are exactly the same height but I petition for their rebuilding.
America will never forget the World Trade Center, so bring it back to NYC.
I said this in an op-ed piece I wrote for The Norseman (West Valley College's newspaper) right after the 9/11 attacks, and I will say it again: Rebuild the Towers! Anything less is giving in to the terrorists who destroyed the Towers on that day.
TWIN TOWERS were not only pride of America, TWIN TOWERS were pride of modern civilization. So bring it back to to all of us!
1st alternative- Keep superblock. Should be a green complex. A new northbridge that has an outside like vesey street and an inside so if it's a sunny day but if it's cold or rainy you could be inside also.
2nd alternative- keep street grid but take out freedom tower and replace it with the twin towers on the old footprints.
I am probably the youngest person in this petition, but that does not matter. I did not loose anyone in the attacks, nor do I live in New York City but, the rebuilding of these great towers means a great deal to me. It is nearly impossible for me to explain my story or why I feel this way in 500 letters or less but I can say this......REBUILD!!!!! =)
The WTC was not only a building. It was a symbol both for NY and for the USA. It stood for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness - values written down in the Declaration of Independence. Strengthen these virtues! Strengthen the fight against their enemies! Strengthen America! Rebuild the Twin Towers!
With best wishes from Germany! United we stand!
I want my towers back!
Twin towers were a symble all around the world, they represented the power of U.S.A., the American Dream and Freedom, such as Lady Liberty or The Golden Gate Bridge, New York without Twin Towers is like London without Big Ben tower, Paris without Eiffel tower, Rome without Colosseum, or Tokyo without the Tokyo tower. I think that people from all around the world wants to see soon the towers, possibly even taller and more beautiful than they were.
Rebuild the Twin Towers please. Perhaps taller than they were before. I need this icon back, it's what each victim of the WTC disaster would have wanted if they were alive.
i find it very sad even if i am from argentina. the father of a very good friend of mine dyed there. I AM REALLY SAD FOR HIM. I WISH THE TWIN TOWERS COULD BE REBUILT.. pleaseeee..
thank you..
delfina.
Rebuild and pass on to our children what was handed down to us.
When I see New York on the t.v. I have a hard time relizeing it's New York without the twin towers. So I know it would do America's hearts a lot of good to have back a piece of what those people tried to take away from us.I think it's time that we show them what america's about and rebuild so they know when you knock us down we come back bigger and stronger.
I Love New York,
from:Arkansas Kimberley Owens
Absolutley,rebuild them,yet this time TWICE as high.
I was screaming this down the TV around those tragic days of September 2001.
We Brits were totally horrified at the attrocities commited against the USA and around those dark days,this country too had a dark mood to it.
New York is a fantastic place,and to say "Build them twice as high" is not a grand idea.
Manhatten has some of the most expensive land on earth,it therefore makes economic sense and viable.
GO FOR IT !
go 4 it
As a former resident of new york and worker in manhattan including the towers and the loss of a cousin that day.
I want my towers back.
Rebuild them as they were!!! They were, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful, austere structures ever built. I dont want a twisty, glassy tower built in place of cold, hard steel. Rebuild I say!!! God Bless!!!
The World Trade Center defined the NYC skyline in the same way the Empire State Building has for decades. We cannot allow the Bin Ladens of the world to change our nation, our cities, our homes.
I think I can speak for alot of Americans when I say that we should rebuild the World Trade Center (Twin Towers). I live In Ohio, and I have never been/ and will never be able to see the original Twin Towers with my own eyes, The only way I can remember them is through pictures and the tragic events of that September day! America needs to do what we do best.. and that's be the greatest. Please, whomever is in charge of this.. Rebuild and Rembrace the Ground Zero site.
I miss them.
Bin Laden destroyed the Twin Towers because they symbolize America. Re-build that symbol, and defy Al-Quaeda. Do not allow terrorists to remove a symbol of America from the earth.
The towers were the tallest in the world when they were built. They should be the tallest in the world when they are rebuilt.
We need to rebuild bigger and better!!!
They should look the same as before 9/11