I am a born and true AMERICAN. I believe the only way to show that we are not afraid and that we still stand strong is to rebuild the twin towers. Alot of New Yorkers said that by rebuilding them back will bring back bad memories everytime they pass by them but, if they build a memorial site isn’t that going to bring even more memories when you see all the names of the people that died.If the towers are not rebuilt New York is not the same without them.
Why this is up for debate is beyond my understanding. If someone lost a hand you don’t replace that hand with a foot right…… So why would you replace a iconic landmark known the world over with something else.
Over the years the twin towers has become almost as iconic as the statue of liberty or the empire state building it should be rebuilt to its former glory and stature.
I think the towers should be built as they were only stronger using modern technology. I don’t really care for any of the new designs. I would like to see the New york skyline as it once was.
Failure to rebuild the Twin Towers to AT LEAST THE SAME HEIGHT is a surrender to the wishes of the murderers and an acknowledgement that hostile alien Moslems have the right to veto New Yorkers having edifices of that height.
Courage and American patriotism require rebuilding the World Trade Center to AT LEAST THE FORMER HEIGHT.
Please rebuild what was there.
The Twin Towers – taller – bigger – stronger – nobler.
We Americans owe it to those lost that day and we deserve to have our towers back.
i am and always have been a new yorker, i’ve lived here all my life…
I was also part of the rescue/recovery effort.
it hurts my soul to think that they have made every effort not to rebuild the towers.
the first day down there in the utter chaos that was happening, most of us felt don’t let them win!!! rebuild, rebuild just the way they were and stronger and more prouder that ever.
DON’T LET THEM BE JUST A MEMORY
I have a clear view of the Manhattan skyline from my home on in Queens. I have had the awesome, proud view of the twin towers for nearly 30 years. I want our towers back. It’s a disgrace to let big money companies make up the minds of the rest of New Yorkers and the nation. WE WANT THE TWIN TOWERS BACK … BIGGER, BETTER, STRONGER!!!!
growing up in east village (alphabet city) i grew up looking at our skyline, those beautiful twin towers. from my room window i always had a clear view of the towers. which represents so much of everything positive in this great city and nation.the new plans for the world trade center do not give the site any justice, its a joke and a band-aid solution, it sucks.we should build back the twin towers better, taller and stronger. bring back the true beauty downtown manhattan was known for.
#1 If we dont rebuild we look weak in the eyes of our enemy. #2 If we do rebuild they should be the most secure buildings in the world with even anti-aircraft defense capability, it could even defend the rest of the city. #3 WE WANT THEM BACK! It will be a momument of remembrance, hope and strength for ALL the world to see!
This seemed to me to be the obvious response to the attack. Rebuild. Maybe bigger. Maybe add a third tower. But rebuild. Show the world and each other how resilient we are. New Yorkers are used to all types of abuse. Yet we always get up and keep going. I’m glad to see that those of us who want to rebuild are finally organizing and speaking out.
I’ve lived in NY all of my life and worked at 7 WTC for 10 years. It breaks my heart to see what they want to build to replace the towers. The Twin Towers in the NY skyline are the symbol of NY. Replacing the Towers with the buildings they are proposing makes me truly sad. I feel like we’re admitting defeat and telling the terrorists that they won on that horrific day. The best tribute to the people we lost is to rebuild the Towers and show them that we are not broken or defeated.
We should rebuild the Twin Towers as they were, with stronger material of course. I think it would be a nice little F U to the animals that were responsible for their demise. Let’s show them and our Country how strong we really are as a nation! We’re back and we’re better than before!
about time someone stood up to this nonsense. I always said no new twin towers they win, we build new twin towers we get our pride back and we send a big middle finger to those terrorist.
Rebuilding one would be like being a one-legged cripple, admitting defeat and bowing to terrorists demands. Ponder for a moment if they would have wiped out Manhattan, would you build in its place a bunch of one-story buildings? Some very narrow-minded paranoid policy makers have made a serious mistake. Let’s change it now before it really is too late!
I vehemently agree with everyone here. There could be no better way to ’stick it’ to those terrorists. I for one would work there without thinking twice! In today’s day & age, we can build nicer, taller & more modern buildings. If it’s truly not too late, it’s time to grow a pair and build what everyone is asking for: ANOTHER TWIN TOWERS!
I beleive that we should rebuild the towers because, it will make us feel whole again as new yorkers. besides it is the right thing to do. please put them back.
I would love to be able to look at the skyline once again and see the two towers that once stood there. It would be such a calming vision with the twilight reflected off their sides and their outlines visible from so far away.
I always thought they would be there, like parents, friends, and loved ones. Just once I wished it wouldn’t be so and that they would be there long after I’m gone.
I won’t ever look in that direction again if the towers aren’t rebuilt. There’ll be nothing there to see.
Everyone I have spoken with is completely against this new, so called Freedom tower!The Twin Towers were a huge part of New York City and held a special meaning to all who viewed their grace, strength and symbolism. Build them stronger, taller and mightier.
They were a New York City and an American icon. Erecting any other building in their place will never be accepted, acknowledged and it is disgraceful. It’s like changing the Statue of Liberty. You simply can’t.
As I write this, it is now the sixth anniversary of that tragic day when so many innocent lives were taken. My heart will forever go out to the families and friends who lost their loved ones. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
WE SHOULD NOT ONLY BRING THE TOWERS BACK, WE SHOULD ADD ONE FLOOR EXTRA WITH RED WHITE AND BLUE LIGHTS AND NO OCCUPIED SPACE ON THAT FLOOR. THAT SHOULD BE THE MEMORIAL, AT THE TOP OF THE SKY. THAT’S NEW YORK! IT’S A SIN THESE TOWERS WERE NOT REBUILT. THERE SHOULD BE A PUBLIC REFERENDUM IN NEW YORK, IT’S OUR LANDSCAPE, WE WANT IT BACK. P.S. WHAT BETTER HEADSTONE FOR THE DECEASED VICTIMS THAN A TOWER????? I WOULD WANT THAT IF IT WERE ME. IN MEMORY OF LT. KEVIN DONNELLY AND MITCHELL WALLACE.
To rebuild the Twin Towers would be the best memorial to those who lost their lives and to the many thousands who still suffer the effects of that horrible, horrible day.
New, identical towers should be built but don’t necessarily need to be as high; what’s wrong with 80 or 90 floors? They would be much higher than anything around them and as beautiful as the originals. The twin towers created a danger of an accidental plane crash. The inner structure of the towers should be changed for better fireproofing and faster evacuation – not necessarily because of fear of another terror attack, but just for ordinary safety reasons.
I THINK THEY SHOULD REBUILD THE TOWERS BECAUSE THE 2 TOWERS SHOWED A SYMBOL OF UNITY,FREEDOM, ACCOMPLISHMENT,INTEGRITY OF THIS GREAT CITY OF N.Y.C AN ECONOMIC STRENGTH OF A UNITED NATIONS OF MILLIONS OF ETHNIC GROUPS,LANGUAGES,RACES,CULTURES,COUNTRIES UNITED AS ONE. AND AIN’T NO ONE GOING TO STEAL OUR FREEDOM THAT WE THE PEOPLE HAVE STRUGGLED TO ACQUIRE FOR MANY YEARS. WE NEED TO SHOW OUR STRENGTH AN DETERMINATION THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE PUT DOWN BY WHAT WE WENT THRU PLUS WE’VE BEEN THRU WORSE.
The Romans knew how to respond when attacked or something was destroyed, they would build it again, but stonger and bigger. They never showed weakness, they knew what it would say to their enemies. Is there any real question what should be built again?
They changed the plans a couple of times already, what’s one more? 6 years later, and still not 1 above ground floor built yet. We can’t bring those lost on that day back, but we could rebuild the twin towers, bigger, stronger, maybe black like the Sears tower (both in defiance and remembrence). The Pentagon was rebuilt, why not WTC?
WE NEED SOME HIGH PROFILE, INFLUENTIAL HELP….MAYBE DONALD TRUMP WOULD RE-INTRODUCE HIS IDEA?
I firmly believe that if 9/11 had happened anywhere else in the world, the Twin Towers would have been rebuilt by now. I cannot understand the logic of building one tall tower as opposed to replacing the two that were there before. PLEASE REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS.
Rebuilding without the Twin Towers is defeatist. Whatever we build will be a target for the enemy no matter what, so just do it. I had never been to the observation deck or Windows on The World, but would love to one day.
John Michael Horan
good idea.
The towers were a beautiful part of our skyline and part of what made our city unique. Rebuild!
can’t imagine anything better.
I am a born and true AMERICAN. I believe the only way to show that we are not afraid and that we still stand strong is to rebuild the twin towers. Alot of New Yorkers said that by rebuilding them back will bring back bad memories everytime they pass by them but, if they build a memorial site isn’t that going to bring even more memories when you see all the names of the people that died.If the towers are not rebuilt New York is not the same without them.
we have to rebuild the towers to restore the new york everyone knew before those bastards attacked us
Rebuild them, but up to code and safer.
Why this is up for debate is beyond my understanding. If someone lost a hand you don’t replace that hand with a foot right…… So why would you replace a iconic landmark known the world over with something else.
I think we should rebuild the towers to look exactly the way they were!
We need to put the twin towers back up, just bigger and better.
Over the years the twin towers has become almost as iconic as the statue of liberty or the empire state building it should be rebuilt to its former glory and stature.
I think the towers should be built as they were only stronger using modern technology. I don’t really care for any of the new designs. I would like to see the New york skyline as it once was.
Failure to rebuild the Twin Towers to AT LEAST THE SAME HEIGHT is a surrender to the wishes of the murderers and an acknowledgement that hostile alien Moslems have the right to veto New Yorkers having edifices of that height.
Courage and American patriotism require rebuilding the World Trade Center to AT LEAST THE FORMER HEIGHT.
Please rebuild what was there.
The Twin Towers – taller – bigger – stronger – nobler.
We Americans owe it to those lost that day and we deserve to have our towers back.
Show them that we are the strong free, and the brave put them back up.
the twin towers are the only thing that can fill those empty spaces. bring back our buildings.
i am and always have been a new yorker, i’ve lived here all my life…
I was also part of the rescue/recovery effort.
it hurts my soul to think that they have made every effort not to rebuild the towers.
the first day down there in the utter chaos that was happening, most of us felt don’t let them win!!! rebuild, rebuild just the way they were and stronger and more prouder that ever.
DON’T LET THEM BE JUST A MEMORY
I have a clear view of the Manhattan skyline from my home on in Queens. I have had the awesome, proud view of the twin towers for nearly 30 years. I want our towers back. It’s a disgrace to let big money companies make up the minds of the rest of New Yorkers and the nation. WE WANT THE TWIN TOWERS BACK … BIGGER, BETTER, STRONGER!!!!
growing up in east village (alphabet city) i grew up looking at our skyline, those beautiful twin towers. from my room window i always had a clear view of the towers. which represents so much of everything positive in this great city and nation.the new plans for the world trade center do not give the site any justice, its a joke and a band-aid solution, it sucks.we should build back the twin towers better, taller and stronger. bring back the true beauty downtown manhattan was known for.
..I believe to rebuild- an American iconic visual distinction is absolute necessary. Anything else with be a failure
we need to rebuild the towers, tru towers, bigger….stronger….taller, as all of us new yorkers and americans have become!
Put it back the way it was–only bigger and stronger!
Here is the sign up link. I was super hard for me to find the sign up page so here you go!
https://twintowersalliance.com/petition/?p=16&sign=1#add-signature
#1 If we dont rebuild we look weak in the eyes of our enemy. #2 If we do rebuild they should be the most secure buildings in the world with even anti-aircraft defense capability, it could even defend the rest of the city. #3 WE WANT THEM BACK! It will be a momument of remembrance, hope and strength for ALL the world to see!
This seemed to me to be the obvious response to the attack. Rebuild. Maybe bigger. Maybe add a third tower. But rebuild. Show the world and each other how resilient we are. New Yorkers are used to all types of abuse. Yet we always get up and keep going. I’m glad to see that those of us who want to rebuild are finally organizing and speaking out.
I’ve lived in NY all of my life and worked at 7 WTC for 10 years. It breaks my heart to see what they want to build to replace the towers. The Twin Towers in the NY skyline are the symbol of NY. Replacing the Towers with the buildings they are proposing makes me truly sad. I feel like we’re admitting defeat and telling the terrorists that they won on that horrific day. The best tribute to the people we lost is to rebuild the Towers and show them that we are not broken or defeated.
We should rebuild the Twin Towers as they were, with stronger material of course. I think it would be a nice little F U to the animals that were responsible for their demise. Let’s show them and our Country how strong we really are as a nation! We’re back and we’re better than before!
about time someone stood up to this nonsense. I always said no new twin towers they win, we build new twin towers we get our pride back and we send a big middle finger to those terrorist.
Rebuilding one would be like being a one-legged cripple, admitting defeat and bowing to terrorists demands. Ponder for a moment if they would have wiped out Manhattan, would you build in its place a bunch of one-story buildings? Some very narrow-minded paranoid policy makers have made a serious mistake. Let’s change it now before it really is too late!
I vehemently agree with everyone here. There could be no better way to ’stick it’ to those terrorists. I for one would work there without thinking twice! In today’s day & age, we can build nicer, taller & more modern buildings. If it’s truly not too late, it’s time to grow a pair and build what everyone is asking for: ANOTHER TWIN TOWERS!
I beleive that we should rebuild the towers because, it will make us feel whole again as new yorkers. besides it is the right thing to do. please put them back.
I would love to be able to look at the skyline once again and see the two towers that once stood there. It would be such a calming vision with the twilight reflected off their sides and their outlines visible from so far away.
I always thought they would be there, like parents, friends, and loved ones. Just once I wished it wouldn’t be so and that they would be there long after I’m gone.
I won’t ever look in that direction again if the towers aren’t rebuilt. There’ll be nothing there to see.
I hope this works…..nobody I know wants to see that freedom tower built.
Everyone I have spoken with is completely against this new, so called Freedom tower!The Twin Towers were a huge part of New York City and held a special meaning to all who viewed their grace, strength and symbolism. Build them stronger, taller and mightier.
They were a New York City and an American icon. Erecting any other building in their place will never be accepted, acknowledged and it is disgraceful. It’s like changing the Statue of Liberty. You simply can’t.
As I write this, it is now the sixth anniversary of that tragic day when so many innocent lives were taken. My heart will forever go out to the families and friends who lost their loved ones. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
WE SHOULD NOT ONLY BRING THE TOWERS BACK, WE SHOULD ADD ONE FLOOR EXTRA WITH RED WHITE AND BLUE LIGHTS AND NO OCCUPIED SPACE ON THAT FLOOR. THAT SHOULD BE THE MEMORIAL, AT THE TOP OF THE SKY. THAT’S NEW YORK! IT’S A SIN THESE TOWERS WERE NOT REBUILT. THERE SHOULD BE A PUBLIC REFERENDUM IN NEW YORK, IT’S OUR LANDSCAPE, WE WANT IT BACK. P.S. WHAT BETTER HEADSTONE FOR THE DECEASED VICTIMS THAN A TOWER????? I WOULD WANT THAT IF IT WERE ME. IN MEMORY OF LT. KEVIN DONNELLY AND MITCHELL WALLACE.
To rebuild the Twin Towers would be the best memorial to those who lost their lives and to the many thousands who still suffer the effects of that horrible, horrible day.
New, identical towers should be built but don’t necessarily need to be as high; what’s wrong with 80 or 90 floors? They would be much higher than anything around them and as beautiful as the originals. The twin towers created a danger of an accidental plane crash. The inner structure of the towers should be changed for better fireproofing and faster evacuation – not necessarily because of fear of another terror attack, but just for ordinary safety reasons.
I THINK THEY SHOULD REBUILD THE TOWERS BECAUSE THE 2 TOWERS SHOWED A SYMBOL OF UNITY,FREEDOM, ACCOMPLISHMENT,INTEGRITY OF THIS GREAT CITY OF N.Y.C AN ECONOMIC STRENGTH OF A UNITED NATIONS OF MILLIONS OF ETHNIC GROUPS,LANGUAGES,RACES,CULTURES,COUNTRIES UNITED AS ONE. AND AIN’T NO ONE GOING TO STEAL OUR FREEDOM THAT WE THE PEOPLE HAVE STRUGGLED TO ACQUIRE FOR MANY YEARS. WE NEED TO SHOW OUR STRENGTH AN DETERMINATION THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE PUT DOWN BY WHAT WE WENT THRU PLUS WE’VE BEEN THRU WORSE.
The Romans knew how to respond when attacked or something was destroyed, they would build it again, but stonger and bigger. They never showed weakness, they knew what it would say to their enemies. Is there any real question what should be built again?
They changed the plans a couple of times already, what’s one more? 6 years later, and still not 1 above ground floor built yet. We can’t bring those lost on that day back, but we could rebuild the twin towers, bigger, stronger, maybe black like the Sears tower (both in defiance and remembrence). The Pentagon was rebuilt, why not WTC?
WE NEED SOME HIGH PROFILE, INFLUENTIAL HELP….MAYBE DONALD TRUMP WOULD RE-INTRODUCE HIS IDEA?
PLEASE GET BACK INVOLVED MR TRUMP!!!!
I firmly believe that if 9/11 had happened anywhere else in the world, the Twin Towers would have been rebuilt by now. I cannot understand the logic of building one tall tower as opposed to replacing the two that were there before. PLEASE REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS.
Rebuilding without the Twin Towers is defeatist. Whatever we build will be a target for the enemy no matter what, so just do it. I had never been to the observation deck or Windows on The World, but would love to one day.
John Michael Horan