The world was robbed of the 21st-century Twin Towers most of us always wanted.
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My only thought since 9/11; rebuild them.
Rebuilding those two towers will be the most inspirational thing that could ever be done. Do it and do it now!!
The Twin Towers have been a symbol of this country for so long. We need to put our symbol back just like it was. Show the radicals, you can hit us but you can not hurt us!
Let the jihadists know that we will not go quietly into the night!
We cannot let the terrorists win! Build us back our guts!
Yes, rebuild
Stop this politically correct madness and rebuild the towers. Screw the elites and do what it right America!
Just the right thing to do.
Bigger, taller, greater!
Make them New and Improved! Same look, but Better with everything, energy efficiency, stability.
Rebuild the Twin Towers. The skyscape will never be the same without them.
Rebuild the Twin Towers exactly as they were and add one story more. This would demonstrate defiance of those who would seek to destroy our country and reaffirm not just to the rest of the world but also to ourselves our nation's commitment to the concepts of freedom, liberty and independence for all peoples.
New York has been handed an opportunity to build the worlds tallest twin towers. It's time to beat the Petronas Towers.
Frankly, it’s embarrassing to me as American they haven't been rebuilt by now! It is so obvious this is the right thing to do, not just for NY and USA, but to show the rest of the world they can't knock us down. The Towers, when rebuilt, would be more popular than ever and would restore the NY skyline.
YES!!! Build them again plus one more floor for defiance!
Rebuild the towers and let them serve as a vibrant and permanent memorial to the sacrifice made on 9/11.
Put back the towers, and make them taller!
This is the best idea I have heard yet...screw the terrorists
The WTC represented american, we should not allow this act to change america, Rebuild the Towers!
Rebuild them , this time make them the tallest on earth.
No other vision is acceptable.
I want the Twin Towers rebuilt and stronger than the previous ones. I want them to be 2 giant middle fingers to our enemies and all those rejoiced when it happened.
rebuild the towers, dont build a 1776 foot tombstone.
The towers are so beautiful. The new plan is both costly and the current design is ugly too modern and show a flowery approach when the concrete and steel is what we need.
Build them one story higher!!!
The most powerfull way to show the futility of the radicals senseless evil is to build them back exactly as they were.
IF this were our grandparents generation, they would've been rebuilt in less than a year, probably even with a big target on them saying 'bring it on'. But not today...
Rebuild the towers !
Get the suits out the way! Now your mayor is going put his attention towards the white house in running for Pres. ( God help us! ) So now New York will be w/o a mayor, sound like the perfect time to get something thru !
I never understood why this wasn't the plan from the beginning. What could be a better way to show we won't be forced to change our way of living than to defiantly put the Towers back. Additionally, what could possibly be a better memorial to all those who tragically passed away in those buildings than to re-erect (sorry, not sure if that's a word) the original structures. They don't have to be on the "footprints" of the original Towers, I completely understand that that is hallowed ground
Please build the Twin Towers the same as they were, but better constructed for attacks, so nothing like this ever happens again! Rebuilding the Twin Towers will give a strong statement to our enemies! AMERICA IS STRONG AND WE WILL NOT LET THE ENEMY BRING OUR COUNTRY DOWN!!!!!!!
Rebuild the Twin Towers. This is the only option, you elitist do-gooders days are numbered.
Rebuilding the twin towers is the right thing to do.
Currently Serving in Iraq, with 3 additional tours both here and Afghanistan. I grew up looking at the Twin Towers and their destruction drives me to do what I do. Rebuilding them is the way America can show we are not swayed by terrorists...WE WILL PREVAIL!
NO FEAR!!!
Re-build Twin Towers as they were, but taller.
Rebuild now.
Rebuild them bigger, better, taller and more extragavant! If we don't rebuild them (or if we don't build something close to the original), then the terrorists have won. We cannot allow them to affect our decision making nor our daily lives.
I have wonderful memories of these buildings. It would be a shame not to resurrect them.
REBUILD THE TOWERS AS THE WERE ONLY MAKE THEM THE TALLEST BUILDINGs IN THE WORLD...
Rebuild them just as they were only use asbestos on the interior structure. If this had been done originally they may have made it through the September 11 attack. Lawyers
kept that from happening and lawyers are a big part of the delay in allowing the Twin
Towers to be rebuilt.
We should absolutely do the right thing.. bring them Back! Shame on all of us - it's mid 2007 and they should have been back well by now! Bigger, stronger, glorious. Come on America, we can do this. Let's collectively get something right. J. Hardy, NH