The world was robbed of the 21st-century Twin Towers most of us always wanted.
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Rebuild our towers. I don't want to have to tell my kids about the buildings that used to be there.
Put the towers back the way they were. Bigger even. That would be one of the great stories in American history.
-The Davidsons
do not allow our enmies to control or dictate to america. boldly rebuild the twin towers. any other construction would be a permanent statue and symbol of our surrender to the will of the enemy, and for them to perpetually gloat over their their act of demeaning our nation.
Rebuild the World Trade Center now. Let each steel beam represent the strength and courage of each firefighter and policeman lost, performing their duty that day. Let every pane of glass represent the souls of the innocent loved ones taken away, as well as their family members who were left to carry on. Finally, Name each tower "Liberty" and "Justice", and name the space between them "indivisible", for these are the foundations on which this nation stands.
We should not yield an inch to the perverted idology that destryoed the Twin Towers. What better wat to say we are united against the purveyers of wanton death and destruction than to rebuild what was destroyed.
As a tree grew in Brooklyn, the towers should grow again. Evil destroyed a beautiful, sunny fall morning, the morning of my birthday. Evil no more. Rebuilding the towers is the only reasonable option. Visiting "ground zero" shortly after, the mood of the city was sad, but strong. People acted differently to each other and that's what can not be forgotten. With smoke still in the air, strangers bonded and hopefully that will never be lost. Towers for evermore.
Rebuild. Rebuild. Rebuild. And make them one story HIGHER. God bless America!
In America, when something is destroyed suddenly by an unnatural force, we rebuild what was there previously, only bigger and better. That IS the American way. Simple.
Defy the people who brought them down. Put them back, stronger than ever--like the USA!!
Rebuild them, don't let the bastards win.
The Twin Towers are a part of our country we can not ignore. We must rebuild them!
Rebuild the TOWERS!
Build 'em BIGGER and STRONGER with the BIGGEST American flags money can buy flying above each building! Show the world (in the words of Charlie Daniels) GOD BLESS AMERICA AGAIN!!!
God Bless America!
Rebuild the towers just the way they were, only this time with the ability to handle the intense heat of jet fuel and the ability of each floor to handle the weight of the entire structure, the same that was done with each piece of the St. Louis Gateway Arch. Make it an American treasure and a statement to the world that we can not be bullied or deterred!
GOD BLESS the U.S.A....do NOT tread on America!!!!!
Trump has said to build it one story higher, and I agree.
The purpose of attacking this great nation was to force us to change, to change out way of life. If we let in to the propositions of government officials who are not interested in the voice of the American People, including survivors and families of those lost, then we are simply giving in to the wants of the terrorists who want us destroyed. We must protect our original way of life and rebuild the Towers just as they were so that it will always be a beacon of determinism and freedom in America.
Just rebuild the towers EXACTLY as they were, no actually build them taller, and stop with the politically correct nonsense that is the main reason there is still a 16 acre hole in lower Manhatten..
Rebuild one story higher.
Just found your web site linked off Drudge Report. I happened to watch an old movie last night, Escape from New York. The old WTC had a major part in the movie. I was thinking again how stupid it is that they haven't been rebuilt yet. I don't understand it at all. Hope this helps.
More than a cathartic experience, rebuilding the Towers demonstrates America’s resiliency. In no uncertain terms, our enemies must know that there is absolutely NOTHING they can do stop this great country and her citizenry from life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Rebuild proud, rebuild taller, rebuild now.
Rebuild the towers, any other option allows the terrorists to change our country by their cowardly actions. To rebuild the exact same towers would show the b*stards that we are far more powerful and enduring than they are. Plus, when we finally capture Bin Laden, we can execute him by throwing him off the new towers and let him experience first-hand the horror he brought to his victims. Man, that would be some "must see tv"...
Rebuild the towers!
We have already taken far too long to start the rebuild. I for one think they should have been rebuilt no later than 2005.
Build one story higher than original, but mostly identical. With technological improvements, and perhaps some sort of symbol at top: red, white and blue lit bands around top floors, or a giant lit image of a US flag, facing east.
Also, remember the flashing lit signs depicting a cartoon character with his middle finger extended, that caused an uproar in Boston and other cities? Lets put up a really big one on the side of the new North tower, facing east.
Do the right thing...rebuild the twin towers.
Rebuild the Towers, and one story higher.
We're kicking their butts over there.
DO NOT hand the terrorists a win OVER HERE.
Dump the political correct bullchips and REBUILD!
B. Nilson
U.S. Army Infantry (ret.)
Rebuild the towers and build the border fence
Rebuildem!
YES!
It is time to rebuild the towers at a minimum of 111
stories. I am angry that this project was not started
after ground zero was cleared!
Gary Kuzminski
Valparaiso, In
Bring closure, rebuild.
Stand Strong, Stand Firm, Stay Proud and support this great country and cause with pride!
There's nothing more to be said. This site says it all aleady. Long live America!
My fellow countrymen, it is unthinkable to not re-build these fabulous symbols of American might, innovation, and the inner strength that we all have. They symbolize what's great about all of us -everyone. Lets do it. - LT Hayes
This has always been THE ONLY REAL SOLUTION. America must unite and stop the pandering wimps trying to turn this whole thing into a "Why it's our fault the towers came down memorial". We cannot allow these terrorists todo this to us. It they take them down again, rebuild them again. Defy the urge to give in tothese thugs.
9 feet 11 inches TALLER !!
Put them back like they were!
Bigger and Better! That is America! Be strong not weak!
We went to the moon sooner than was our goal why so long with this?
Yes, rebuild the towers Stronger, Safer, and with another Ten floors! America does not cower, we fight back even harder!
What better way to show the islamic terrorist scum that they have not won anything than putting the towers back. Kill them wherever they are found and rebuild anything that they manage to blow up.
Rebuilding the towers has always been the only reasonable response to the slap by islamofacists.