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

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Sebastian AlzateAll Other Americans
1/10/2017

Ever since I was a little kid I dreamed of seeing the great towers but unfortunately I never got the chance. But when I saw this project I knew It had to be done and I fully support and hope that this project will be successful in the future!

Christian CarrilloAll Other Americans
1/3/2017

The twin towers were a symbol of our great nation. They need to be brought back to life.

Henry NguyenAll Other Americans
12/19/2016

I never got to see the Twin Towers in person, though I hope that will change soon. The Freedom Tower is fine, but it should be in another city, heck, even another borough. If what it takes to rebuild the Twin Towers is razing the new World Trade Center,then I'm down with that.

Paul Hupperdine9/11 Families & Close Friends
12/12/2016

We need the Twin Towers. The new tower, One World Trade Center, just does not do it justice. I can’t even express the amount of sadness I have that those buildings aren’t there anymore, and what’s in their place is an eyesore, a modern contemporary-design skyscraper that completely ignores what made the Twin Towers unique. Nothing like them has ever existed, they were a tribute to the time period in which they were built, and a symbol of America. New York, and America itself needs the Twin Towers back.

John CooperCitizens of Other Nations
11/29/2016

It wouldn't of been the Freedom Tower. It would of been the Freedom TowerS. Because we want BOTH of those towers back the way they were except we're gonna build them stronger! We want them resisting! We're just being held back.. Who is holding us back? Politicians. Special Interest Groups. Political Correctness. Get 'em the hell outta your way. I'm British, and I say. Let's give the Americans a chance to build it back!

Weston CurnowArchitects and Builders
11/23/2016

Francesco MondelloCitizens of Other Nations
11/22/2016

New York without the Twin Towers it's like Rome without the Colosseum, you have to fix that vacuum. The Freedom tower is an insult, The WTC pre-911 was architecturally perfect.

Mick RussomLwr. Manhattan Residents & Workers
11/22/2016

Work in Chelsea. 14th st station. not seeing the twin towers makes me sad every day. disgusting we havent rebuilt them. the freedom tower looks like garbage.

Waylon AllsopAll Other Americans
11/6/2016

I'm among the many people who never got to visit the original World Trade Center prior to 9/11. Looking back at video footage of that tragic day is positively heartbreaking, and I'd give anything to see those tall towers return anywhere in the world, let alone to the Manhattan skyline. The new One World Trade Center is nice and all, but it's just not the same.

Cameron ErnstArchitects and Builders
11/3/2016

Eleonora MurgiaCitizens of Other Nations
11/2/2016

Cole ****All Other Americans
10/31/2016

I'm not a big person in politics, I'm not a big person in government, in fact I'm not even old enough to vote. I just believe that the towers represented America's freedom it represented America. When the terrorists took that away from us they robbed us of our Liberty, they robbed us of what stood for us. If there was a way to bring them back, for my children to see, my grandchildren to see, that would be amazing... Bring back the Twin Towers!

Kacper SadkowskiAll Other Americans
10/15/2016

I personally was born after 9/11, and I never even got to see them, and that breaks my heart. We need to rebuild them taller than One WTC including it's spire. Seeing these buildings again would make alot of people emotional, including me. So let's rebuild these Towers! It's never too late to rebuild them after all...

TTA SuporterAll Other Americans
10/14/2016

That Freedom Tower in New York City doesn't remind me of 9/11 at all. I think the Twin Towers would be a better reminder of that day and would be more respectful to the 9/11 victims and families than the Freedom Tower is or ever will be.

Zack HarrisAll Other Americans
10/9/2016

The World Trade Center was a complex that symbolized NYC & symbolized our country and ever since the tragic events of 9/11/01 our voices and opinions haven’t been heard and that goes for the victims who survived and the families that lost their loved ones on 9/11. I ask that we as a community and those who own the WTC complex listen to us and rebuild the Twin Towers (the original World Trade Center complex completely) & on a personal note I would love to see the Twin Towers come back because those towers and the complex was such a unique place to be at and it was a unique place that took the hearts of millions of people and like I said it defined the NYC skyline and NYC.

Macklen LinkeCitizens of Other Nations
10/4/2016

Vadim KonevskyCitizens of Other Nations
9/19/2016

Twin Towers were simple. but very business-style and great. I wish they were rebuilded. If they will it will be perfect. They will be like Rished From Ashes!
Never Forget. 15 years pass. We stilll remember and waiting towers to comeback!

vicente vidalAll Other Americans
9/18/2016

I admire your dedication to rebuilding those beautiful towers

Cely BatistaNYC’s Finest & Families
9/13/2016

Shawn BranchAll Other Americans
9/10/2016

It's time that, like the Phoenix, the Twin Towers arise from the ashes to retake their former glory in New York.

Anthony CamachoAll Other Americans
8/26/2016

I have sometimes wondered why the Twin Towers were not rebuilt instead of that pretty but not-good-enough thing they just threw down, and leaving those two giant fountain-holes. After visiting this website, I now realize it was worse than I thought. The Twin Towers need to return. They were stolen from us and any red-blooded American or New Yorker should be very angry that they haven't been rebuilt -- good on Donald Trump for throwing his weight behind Twin Towers II. As a Millennial, my only memory of the WTC is of the smoking doomed skyscrapers. 9/11 defined the Twins for my generation. That's not right. The WTC is just a tragedy memorial now. As long as that's the case, Al Qaeda's won. RAZE ONE, PUT UP TWO!!

Mary HernandezMetro New Yorkers
8/26/2016

Samuel MillsCitizens of Other Nations
8/11/2016

Lara Orfei NonesCitizens of Other Nations
8/7/2016

I'm signing in the hope WTC's original buildings will replace the current ones, but safer and modern inside and the wonderful fountain' sphere restored. I'm imagining an underground street below the site too. However i lost any hope to see the towers in their place once again but i trust you.

Walter Orfei Nones Malachikhine AlessandroCitizens of Other Nations
8/7/2016

I was born on 1997 and i never had a chance to visit the former site. I'm signing in the hope this petition will succeed and the site, especially WTC 1 and 2, restored to the original (or almost) design, externally at least.

Louis TaylorLwr. Manhattan Residents & Workers
7/15/2016

Norman Mailer wrote, I paraphrase here: "...there was nothing like the Manhattan skyline...with its two bucked teeth jutting out so distinctively."

It seemed natural that the powers that be would rebuild our Twin Towers...and not erect a sterile, generic monolith sans "character". We have been let down.

Josh StevensonAll Other Americans
6/19/2016

I don't understand why the Port Authority didn't rebuild the Twin Towers in the first place.

The new World Trade Center complex isn't terrible, but really? In my opinion, the only way we could heal from 9/11 is if the WTC be built how it was when it was destroyed.

Al-Qaeda wanted the Twin Towers destroyed, and by wasting time for these new designs, we are giving them what they wanted.

The new World Trade Center is a "giant middle-finger" to the victims and their families; the only way to heal this nation is to rebuild the towers.

Martin Caspary-SmithAll Other Americans
6/16/2016

I was born overseas in the year 96 and I was too young to remember 9/11. Heck I wasn't aware of the Twin Towers existing until I saw the 76 remake of King Kong. Upon years later I saw what the new World Trade Center was going to look like and that's when I found this site. I did question why don't they rebuild towers. It left me for some years until I went to New York for the first time. I liked the Freedom Tower when I saw it in person but it would look nicer with the towers next to it. After my trip I saw what the new design of WTC2 was going to look like and I hated it! That's when my appreciation for the Twin Towers grew! They're my favorite NY landmark second to the Empire State Building and I want to see them back!!!

Mark GarveyAll Other Americans
6/14/2016

Symbolism is a great thing in America. The twin towers represented symbolism. When you look at them you have an epiphany and realize just how special they were to us. Please rebuild them.

Clint Gerard BasconCitizens of Other Nations
5/25/2016

i was 13 years old when the Twins got attacked, i saw it on TV, i don't know what to feel and i can hardly remember the exact word that comes in my mind..but it made me sad..i gathered newspaper clips of the WTC, twintowers and the attack certainly..i was aware of such chaos at that time..and now i just turned 28 and i still feel that emptiness everytime i see USA images w/out the Twins..heartbreaking..many Filipino sympathized to what happened and we feel very sorry to the people who died that day..our condolences and RIP..I've watched youtube videos of 9/11 attack..raw videos, videos of..every angle..and watching that plane crash into the twins is really haunting..all the emotions i've felt..i don't know why..but it's really disti

Taro FukudaCitizens of Other Nations
5/21/2016

Hi my English is bad but i went to Manhattan when i was 12 with my family and we we're watching many famous thing like empire state, times square and 5th avenue but one thing i think is mystery was I saw the 2 enormous pool close to one world trade center and when my father saw that his face was sad because he lost his best friend in the twin towers and I went to memorial 9.11 and he was right the tragedy happened in 9.11. My father was in the twin towers. He said he was in the Fuji bank in south tower and when he felt the crash to north tower hit with something. Fortunately my father felt danger so he succeed to escape. Now one world trade center is build but this not make satisfied for new york families. So twin towers need be rebuild. I love your project. I will love to see the twin towers again.

Ganon LingleAll Other Americans
5/10/2016

I would like to see the Twin Towers rebuilt. I was 2 years old when 9/11 happened and i would like to see it if they rebuild it.

Rado PálešCitizens of Other Nations
5/9/2016

I want Twin towers back

jonathan sillsAll Other Americans
5/8/2016

Alejandra EspinoAll Other Americans
4/26/2016

Adam CunninghamCitizens of Other Nations
4/23/2016

I never got to see them, I was only a year old when they fell, I really want to see them whenever I visit New York.

David Silverstein9/11 Families & Close Friends
4/18/2016

The Twin Towers were a symbol of America's freedom, and were the heart of New York City. America wants them back. Freedom Tower is an impressive building, and it should be kept. It would look AMAZING with the twin towers next to it. The buildings around freedom tower are ugly AF! My best friend died in this and I know that he would have wanted this.

KEEP FREEDOM TOWER - DEMOLISH THE BUILDINGS AROUND IT (ESPECIALLY THE NEW 2 WTC) - KEEP THE WATERFALL MEMORIALS - REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS AND RENAME THEM BACK TO 1+2 WTC and MAKE FREEDOM TOWER 3 WTC! IT'S NOT TOO LATE

Gabriel MezeiAll Other Americans
4/13/2016

I'm 15 years old and I was only 7 months old when the twin towers collapsed. I never got a chance to see them in person. The twin towers are the only things that I could think about. Why don't we just rebuild them? It would be nice for the twin towers to rise from the ashes. All that I ever wanted to do was to go to New York and visit the twin towers in person. Please bring back the tallest skyscrapers in NYC. It's too late to do that.

Jackson KellyAll Other Americans
4/1/2016

Bring the Towers back please!!

Felipe MezaCitizens of Other Nations
3/25/2016

Ricky NelsonAll Other Americans
3/17/2016

We need the Twin Towers. The new tower, One World Trade Center, just does not do it justice. I can't even express the amount of sadness I have that those buildings aren't there anymore, and what's in their place is an eyesore, a modern contemporary-design skyscraper that completely ignores what made the Twin Towers unique. Nothing like them has ever existed, they were a tribute to the time period in which they were built, and a symbol of America. New York, and America itself needs the Twin Towers back.

Guillermo CarneroCitizens of Other Nations
3/16/2016

The world needs that symbol back to show them we are stronger and that we are not afraid.

Vilgot NorénCitizens of Other Nations
3/13/2016

I do not think that the freedom tower is an ugly building but it doesn't match in the ny skyline for me it looks more it belongs in a city like Toronto. But i absolutely hate the other new buildings in the area like the proposed 2 WTC ugh. For a long time i have wanted to visit the twins but i never got the chance. So i want the towers to be rebuilt tho it's beginning to get late now... But maybe we should build the Twin Towers 2 in another area in New York??

Jason LoweAll Other Americans
3/3/2016

Bernard CushingAll Other Americans
2/20/2016

Please bring back one of America's most powerful symbols.

Francesco BiondiCitizens of Other Nations
2/5/2016

I had loved (and still love) the Twin Towers since the first time I saw them, on a poster, when I was a 5 yo child.

I always thought that the view from Brooklyn Bridge, with the towers rising up, was the most powerful, evocative, recognizable urban landscape of the world. Also romantic along with Eiffel Tower from Trocadero and the city of Florence from Belvedere. A TRADEMARK.

I was obviously shocked on 9/11 but equally disappointed when Bloomberg, Pataki, PA and Silverstein Properties decided to not consider at least the "idea of a twin".

NY always changes but in this case the decision of changing was wrong as we needed something that would have shown REBIRTH: new TWIN TOWERS.

PS- Charging people for paying tribute is also disgusting.

Paul RichardsonAll Other NY & NJ Residents
1/29/2016

I think i was around three years of age when the towers went down. I had no idea about them when i was young, but when we had the 9/11 memorials at my school and on tv, i got to see the towers for their true beauty and what we lost. I am a firm believer/supporter of the rebuilding of the world trade center.

Marcos MartínCitizens of Other Nations
1/24/2016

Ben WebbAll Other Americans
1/22/2016

Please build back the Twin Towers. I was 4 when the tragedy we know as 9/11 happened. As I grow older and see less people care and remember what happened it really makes me sick. My biggest dream in life is to see the towers rising above everything else one more time. My life would be complete if I could just see them and all of what they stand for. Thank you for letting me have a voice and God bless America.

John K.9/11 Families & Close Friends
1/21/2016

Thank you for your blog article. Great.

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