5,017 thoughts on “All Other Americans”

  1. I will never forget the day I heard on the radio that a plane had hit one of the towers. My first thought was my Dad (God rest his soul). I wish he were around at the time, to talk to him about it. I feel very sad that the Towers have not been rebuilt or started to rebuild.
    I have a hard time believing that the people of the big apple would give up on this rebuilding effort.
    Lets get it done people, and build it taller this time, with 2 of the largest U.S. flags ever on top of each tower.

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  2. As someone not from NY and when you thought of the city before Sept. 11th, your initial feeling would be that of excitement and wonderment of it’s vast skyline. Post 9/11 it’s difficult now to think the same way without an evoked feeling of sadness and a longing to once again see those massive twins as they once stood. Ask just about any other US citizen, even those that never visited NY and they too think the towers should be rebuilt just as they were. Listen to the masses..BRING THEM BACK!

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  3. I could not fathom the idea of building the tasteless Freedom Tower over the site of such a tragedy. The only way to truly pay homage to the victims and proclaim to the world “We are the American Spirit” is by building the World Trade Center Towers as they were. We owe it to the memory of those lost and to the future of the citizens of New York. REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!!!!

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  4. Please rebuild the towers! I have always seen them on t.v. and in magazines and stuff but never in real life. I always looked to the towers as a symbol of our freedom. Please dont ever forget them!!

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  5. Rebuild the Twin Towers! Don’t allow this hallowed ground to become some social-climbing architect’s meaningless art project. Reinstate the former glory of the two sentinel towers, rebuild the world-renowned NYC skyline, and, above all, reinstate a sense of perseverance for the future.

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  6. New York, New York and all the rest of the United States of America and especially the “Towers” are real examples of abundant freedom, justice based democracy, and able intellect driven capitalism that is this constitutional republic…. Build the “Towers” and use better engineering than was used before…. Build the “Towers” and “the world will come.”

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  7. REBUILD the twin towers exactly where they stood. Make the outside 100% identical to the originals. And use state-of-the-art architecture in engineering to prevent any chance of another disaster, if someone even ‘accidentally’ hits either tower with a plane.

    REBUILD our center of commerce!
    REBUILD our twin towers!

    What better way of sticking it in the terrorists faces?
    What better way to say “SCREW YOU COCKROACHES!”
    It would say “you will never win against America”.

    MAKE IT SO

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  8. New York use to have every thing before.The skyline was perfect,but without the World Trade Center it looks empty.
    We must rebuilt the Twin tower and we want our Towers Back.If we want our Towers back we must stop the Freedom Tower from taking that space.Please people lets do what ever we can but we have to have them back.

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  9. It is absolutely imperative that we rebuild the towers in order to show reverence to the lost and perseverance to the living!

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  10. Rebuild the Twin Towers!
    I’m from Brazil and my dream is know THAT TOWERS the TWIN TOWERS, not the FREEDOM TOWER!

    THE US CAN’T LET IT HAPPEN.

    YOU MUST SHOW THE POWER THAT ALL AMERICA HAVE!

    REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS RIGHT NOW!

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  11. I fully support the plan to re-build the twin towers in their original glory. To do anything less would be an abomination. Send a strong and clear message that we will never be defeated!

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  12. We cannot let this happen– anything less than fully rebuilding is letting the terrorists change America, their victory.

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  13. i am extremely disapointed that there are no “twin towers” being looked at. how can you not rebuild them? they are a historic symbol of america, our pride and accomplishment, and you will let that get thrown away? i can understand a little redesigning but not just forgetting that they were there. that is exactly what “american haters” want, for us to just bow down and say, “ok, we’ll change because you have slapped us”. where is our american pride, our resiliance when hit to say “you didnt win because they still stand, and we are stronger now”. the towers were a symbol of new york that made all americans want to come and see the great city on the bay, even if they were not from there. they made new york a pillar of greatness above all other cities. a single building is nothing more than ordinary no matter what the design, dallas has buildings, but i dont care to drive and see them. people from all walks of life dream of seeing the twin towers up close, and hold that image of them as “the gates of freedom beyond the statue of liberty” to so many, they represent the greatness this country stands for, and it is unfair to rob our future generations of this awesome feeling they bring all because we dont stand tall and rebuild them stronger than before. i ask…i beg, preserve our pride, preserve our accomplishments……preserve our twin towers. rebuild, dont replace. thank you and god bless america!

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  14. I was born and raised in New York. I worked for 22 years at the American Stock Exchange. After being laid off from the exchange when Nasdaq took it over I moved to Florida with my family. The tragic news of 9/11 broke our hearts. The only way to defy the bastards that destroyed the WTC would be to rebuild it exactly as it was. It would be a double F-you to them.

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  15. Do what is right! Do the same people of America that stood together on the day of 9-11 deserve any less?! Let our soldiers have something beautiful and meaningful to come home to.

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  16. Rebuild the towers as they were, not a new design, but exactly as they stood before. Standing resolute in the New York skyline. My previous employer had a branch office in one of the towers, and were lucky enough to have all gotten out. Unfortunately, one of our agents, Marsh & McClennan wasn’t as lucky. We can never forget what was done to our citizens and who did it. NEVER FORGET

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  17. I’m a native New Yorker and I can’t imagine another building rising in the spot of the Twin Towers. I miss my Towers and all I can say is put them back! Nothing else will do! Whenever I come back to visit NY, I want to puke when I see that gap where the Towers once stood. Restore NY’s skyline to it’s greatness by putting the Towers back.

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  18. The ONLY thing to do to show them what we are all about is to rebuild…….just as they were before….only stronger. Maybe even one story higher. Show them they can NOT break our will. Never forget.

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  19. To honor our dead and the heroic efforts of the rescue personel, a simple “memorial” is not adequate. Only resurection can heal us. We must show our unwavering solidarity… and if the developers who stand to make millions erecting the archetectual “slaps-in-the-face” Freedom Tower donot submit to the public will, then they need to be removed by the government. They work for us. Not for their pocketbooks. Thank you!

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  20. Born and raised in D.C. (we’re a part of 9/11 too). I’ve only been to New York once as a kid in the early 90’s. The memory that stays with me the most was the site of “The Towers” still visible miles outside of the city as we were heading home. My eyes glued to the back window until “The Towers” were completely out of site. I will return to New York one day, and when I do, I want to see MY TOWERS!!! I miss them. WE AMERICANS WANT OUR TWIN TOWERS BACK, NOW!!!!!

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  21. Rebuild the towers! Anything else built would be inferior to what was there before. To rebuild the towers would be the best memorial to those who died.

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  22. I worked in WTC 2 for a half-dozen years, witnessed the terror of the destruction. I would prefer to have the entire center restored to its originsl splendor. However, we must build it with adequate structural improvements, reverting to a more orthodox design such as used in the Empire State Bldg.,an extremely solid masonry structure, but NOW with an anti-aircraft/anti-missile defense installation on or near the site!!!

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  23. I can not think of a better memorial than to rebuild the towers as they were before. If rebuilt the same way, they will ALWAYS be remembered and NY/NJ/USA will send a message to the world that we can not ever be beaten.

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  24. Let the word go forth to all the people on the Earth – the Lady in the Habor lifts her lamp to all who will cherish freedom – and let her light once again illuminate the Twin Towers that held so many loved ones, and in whose memory we will build them again – taller and stronger! May the towers reach up to the heavens above to those we love and will never forget!

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  25. Nothing will tell our enemies how fruitless their cause is, than to see those two towers rise again- ONE STORY HIGHER PERHAPS- so that the world can see that we can not be defeated!

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