The world was robbed of the 21st-century Twin Towers most of us always wanted.
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Rebuild them puppies!!!
Why did Osama's ass cross the road?
Because we kicked it across!
Rebuild the towers, at least as large, even larger than before. Let's send the Islamic goons a unified, national message, loud and clear!
The New York City skyline without our Twin Towers is like and old woman who is missing her front teeth. Every time I see a movie or TV show with the NYC skyline in it, I stop to look to see if I can get one more glimpse of the Twin Towers "before." The post-9/11 programs make me feel empty seeing they are not there. I grieve and still do for the lost souls that day, for their families and friends, for their coworkers who survived. Rebuild our towers and you will restore more than just two buildings.
Rebuilding the trade center as it was will be a Victory for America. The so called Freedom tower is Defeat!!! If the Libs won't let us win in Iraq, at least let us win here at home.
When the towers fell, I wondered how long it would be before bigger and stronger ones were rebuilt. It made me sick when I saw the cowardly replacement for the Twin Towers. My only suggestion is to put a giant "middle finger" one the new towers and make sure it is aimed towards the Middle East.
Thank you for your efforts.
I WANT OLD WORLD TRADE CENTER
don´t let al-quaida win!!
We got to show them that terrorists will never win.
Bring back the big boys!
We should rebuild the twin towers to show the terrorists that we are stronger.
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.
“I would give the greatest sunset in the world for one sight of New York’s skyline. The sky over New York and the will of man made visible. I feel that if a war came to threaten this, I would like to throw myself into space, over the city, and protect these buildings with my body.”
Ayn Rand
America should show the world we will rebuild what they try and destroy.
The audacity of anyone to even consider building anything else in that space is sickening. The only thing that should go there should be exact and matching towers of The World Trade Center, exactly as Minoru Yamasaki envisioned, designed and built them.
ANYTHING ELSE IS LESS. And THAT is NOT acceptable.
Screw these zealots and their jihad. REBUILD OUR TOWERS AS THEY WERE!
New York deserves more than just one Freedom tower. Although rebuilding the exact same towers doesn't seem like a good idea to me, building two freedom towers is what new york needs.
I think one of the best ways to remind the people how great the towers were, is to let them know the story of the WTC Architect, Menuro Yamasaki. His story of struggle and ultimately success is one of the most prominent tales in our great American History and Culture. If people know his life, they will want the WTC back. And they would be proud that such a human being ever was born.
Rebuilding is the best option. In your face, Osama Bin Laden!!
ok rebuild them stronger and better but not like if 9/11 didnt happen
Restore the urban symbols of peace
Re-Build the Twin Towers!!
I always thought that the original Twin Towers showed New York City's strength and power as an economic capital of the world. On ocassions, I had business meetings there and would always eat lunch at the Windows of the World restaurant and enjoyed fantastic views of the city. I believe the Twin Towers should be rebuilt exactly as they were before 9/11, except make the structures safer. I look forward to seeing them built.
I was a skyscraper fan since I was a little kid, on 9-11, I was in class when I heard that a plane had crashed into one of the towers, then into the other one. Never in my wildest immagination did I think the towers would collapse. When I saw the towers come down it was as if someone took a dagger and put it through my heart.
We, the people of America need to get together and put pressure on the politicans and Silverstein so they will do what's right, what we all want.
REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS
Rebuild the Twin Towers,now!!
I cant believe that they are building this so called Freedom Tower, worst pile of crap I have ever seen!
I am only 14 and live in Stamford, CT. I have fond memories of the Twin Towers and always thought they were the most beautiful buildings in New York. I was shocked, like everyone else about the events of 9/11. I lost my favorite buildings. From that day on, I knew they had to be rebuilt. The Freedom Tower is ugly and must not be built! If it's built, it will showcase our failure. Let's go with Trump's idea and show the terrorists that the pheonix will rise from the ashes and they have lost!!!
In WW II, when the enemy sank our aircraft carriers, we built new ones, and named them after the ones we lost. I don't know if this was a matter of defiance, or to confuse the enemy, but it was a good idea. Rebuild the Towers.
The Freedom tower is not the right thing to build. We should Re-build the towers bigger and better than they were before. By building the freedom tower, we have given into fears of terrorism, and we may as well live with our tales between our legs for the rest of our lives. i thought we were americans, since when do we give into them? This is the wrong idea, we must rebuild them and show that we as americans can band together and display our ingenuity and fearless attitudes
I can't believe that we would even consider building anything but the twin towers. The currently proposed freedom tower is strictly for the PC crowd.
You're New Yorkers, act like it. Rebuild, with a giant middle finger pointing towards Mecca.
Rebuild The Towers Now!! God Bless America!!
Rebuild it just like it was! It would send message to Terrorists that We won't be broken, We will come back stronger.
I'm in my home when i saw in the TV was this catastrofe. I look the actual plans for Ground Zero, and I think is just the wrong thing to do. Don´t build the Freedom Tower. Build the Twin Towers again, to honor all the heroes of 9-11.
I'm not a New Yorker, but I feel a New Yorker. Don't give up, bring us the Twin Towers back, taller and stronger. Is the best tribute.
I am a little confused as to why there seems to be so much controversy over the design of the new World Trade Center, and why it is taking so long. I like all other Americans became a New Yorker on 9/11. I think we should rebuild the World Trade Center exactly as it once stood. What better way to shove our ability to produce whatever we want in the terrorist's faces who took them down. Let's rebuild the WTC as it once was. Tall, proud, and true!!!
Build it bigger . . . it's the only true way.
Rebuild it! One floor higher.
A message needs to be projected by what is put where the Twin Towers once stood. That message, succinctly (and without the angry expletives), should be "Business as usual." We will not be broken, we will not cower, we will not evade. Nothing says that better than rebuilding the Towers.
Like all graves it has to be sealed. Rebuilding the Towers is the best way to pay respect to the 9/11 victims. I never had the chance to see the Towers in real but I loved them and want them back. New York has a great name. That name can never be destroyed, the towers can be rebuilt and they must be: to honour those who are dead, and to show that rebuilding means evolution, and with the force of reason, it wins over the lunacy of the fanatics who seek to destroy us. We can change the world now!