I’m proud to be in America. And I hope the towers are rebuilt.
maria smith
*1/20/2012
I love America and the twin towers.
wesley smith
*1/20/2012
I’m really proud to be a American citizen and I really want a chance to see the twin towers rebuilt in new york. It will respect the American spirit and those who died that day.
Dionne Smith
*1/20/2012
I’m a proud New Yorker and I think the twin towers should be built back the way it was.
Jose Navarrete
12/26/2011
Victoria Bereznyak
12/8/2011
Re-build Twin Towers looking exactly as they were before the attack!
Alexa Hernandez
9/12/2011
The Twin Towers were historic landmarks in the greatest city in the world. New York City isn’t the same without our Two Brothers standing tall and firm. As a memorial to all those lost I strongly believe the Twin Towers should be rebuilt. It shows the world that we’re courageous and we don’t back down. When we fall, we get back up. We don’t send someone else in to take our place (Freedom Tower). We will never get back all the innocent lives lost on that horrible gloomy day but we can honor them by showing them we will not be defeated. New York City is a brave city. Let’s prove it by picking our brothers back up and having them stand tall and proud once again.
Sheila Smith
*9/11/2011
I loved the twin towers. Every time I saw them, I would say to my young son, “There are the twin towers,” like a ritual. Those buildings stood for so much; to me, they were New York. Their stark simplicity, power, grace, and unmistakable presence inspired me. I don’t like the new tower they are making. In fact, I am sorry to say I hate it, and I feel like crying every time I see a rendering of what it will look like completed. It is not even discernible among other buildings. Even, if they never rebuild the twin towers, the picture I have of NYC will always include them.
Robert Heller
9/11/2011
The Twin Towers were the New York skyline, they are the iconic symbols of what makes America. They were taken from us along with many innocent lives. We cannot replace people nor can we replace icons. By rebuilding the Twin Towers we honor those we have lost, as well as honor all the brave men and women defending our freedom, showing the world our resilience in overcoming tragedy with rebirth and renewal. The Twin Towers were taken from us, they would still be here as the New York skyline had 9-11 not happened, as would the thousands of loved ones we lost. It is time and has been time we bring back our Twin Towers, moving on to our future by staying true to our past.
Casey Thomas
9/11/2011
Are you kidding me? Dubai is building the worlds largest building? Yeah…with our US Dollars for middle eastern Oil..With all due respect…we should be building the towers larger and taller than anything else…if an attack comes again it will happen whether it is a 20 story building or 200….rebuild them taLLer and and biGGer than ever before..that will give us all everything we have been missing ever since that horrific day….it will give us our New York back..our beliefs…our everything….Build them again…build them again…build them again.
God Bless all those who have perished…we’ll all be together one day again.
Best Regards,
Casey Thomas R.
Lisa Houston
9/10/2011
I wasn’t born in NY, however, I moved here in November 1993. I have lived in NY and worked here in the financial industry from ’93 to ’01; therefore the iconic World Trade Center was always in my view (as it was, for so many others). How many times I had been in an out of the trade center for interviews, meetings, drinks, shopping, etc. It truly became a staple for everyone. Imagine, if you will for a moment, losing Central Park and then the city officials replacing it with some condominiums and a small pond with a few trees; New Yorkers would be outraged! New Yorkers and fellow Americans deserve to be heard (it is and continues to be a NY staple) and treated with respect and compassion. The Twin Towers should RISE AGAIN and grace the New York skyline, once again!
ron pisco jr
9/1/2011
at least build a second tower with the freedom tower,at least we will have twin’s again.
tony renna
8/10/2011
we need to have our towers back. 1 wtc does absolutely nothing for the skyline and sends a statement that we are willing to compromise for something less ……
Zack Chittenden
*8/10/2011
Finish One World Trade Center. But Rebuild the Twin towers in the other space. New York isn’t the same without them.
Johnathan Smart
*7/31/2011
Man I feel so angry and disappointed in seeing the Freedom Tower being built instead of the Twin Towers. I am very very angry about the Freedom Tower. Very angry and upset because New Yorkers could have done better than what they are doing. What kind of a message are trying to send? I wanted the Twin Towers rebuilt. F*** the Freedom Tower.
Marlon Moncrieffe
7/19/2011
Rebuild the twin towers as they were, put a statue, a wall with the names of the dead etched on it, and a memorial garden. Not the eye sore we’re going to get.
Savannah Banscak
7/12/2011
My mom supports rebuilding the Twin Towers. So do I. I want this city to be the city it was when the towers were still standing. Please do whatever you can and I would like the towers to be rebuilt. I know most of us will be dead by the time the towers are reconstructed, if that’s what the government and the state decide to do. I am only 12, but I love the way New York looked when the towers were standing and I would love for it to look like that again.
Christopher Milliron
*7/8/2011
make the skyline whole again.
Elliott Cuff
*6/27/2011
Sandra Olson
*6/27/2011
We can’t smile without the Twin Towers. New York can’t smile without the Twin Towers. We love you Twin Towers.
Halstone Jason
*6/23/2011
I want the Twin Towers rebuilt just like everybody else. It makes me sick to my stomach when I look at ground zero today the way it is. The Twin Towers stood where our civilization began as Americans.
Peter Zion
*6/12/2011
I get the feeling that the Freedom Tower is going to be capped and not completed. The Freedom Tower cannot continue to be built on lies because most Americans are waiting for new and safer versions of the original Twin Towers created by Minuro Yamasaki. I really hope they cap the Freedom Tower sooner.
John Straford
*5/28/2011
The construction workers at ground zero don’t seem to care what the Twin Towers stood for. The memorial reflecting pools that is right beside the Freedom Tower will remind everyone that we as Americans are afraid because of what the terrorists did. We live in fear. We are not a leading country anymore. The Twin Towers should be built but stronger and better.
Mark Eadicicco
5/5/2011
Two of the greatest buildings in the world, captured the spirit of New York and I’m forever filled with memories of them in my skyline. However unlikely, let’s bring them back.
It’s a great thing that Osama Bin Laden is dead but why are we giving him and Al-Qaeda the satisfaction of their victory at the World Trade Center with the “Freedom Tower”? We should rebuild the twin towers to show the terrorists that we can prevail from tragedy and show the world that we are stronger than ever.
Barden Cone
*4/19/2011
Rebuilding the Twin Towers will mean so much to the 9/11 families. They deserve the best memorial that we can give to them. The best memorial will be to rebuild the Twin Towers designed by Minuro Yamasaki. Rebuild the Twin Towers.
My feelings now, are as resolute since 9/11. RE/BUILD THE TWIN TOWERS….better, stronger, safer. I cannot imagine a more just, more New York, more American response to the epic devastation we will forever feel, than saying to the world:
“If you knock us down, we will get back up.”
There is a light and the end of this tunnel.
It shines for all to follow.
It is a beacon from within.
A reminder of where we have been.
A glimpse of where we are going.
A journey we are all a part.
Keep moving.
TF Bart
TTA Note: The verse above is part of a 9/11 Memorial design and the link is to the LMDC entry. A great deal of thought, heart, and time clearly went into it. Multiplying that effort by the thousands of entries and then looking at what the “experts” chose is proof-positive that the “Memorial Jury” was not a jury of our peers.
Sandy Morten
*4/6/2011
The Twin Towers were the most iconic structures ever built. The Twin Towers had an outdoor observation deck on the South Tower and the famous Windows On The World restaurant on the 107th floor of the North Tower. The Freedom Tower will not include any of the things that the Twin Towers had which is really disgraceful. The government and politicians are corrupt, greedy, and selfish. We want the original Twin Towers rebuilt but stronger and safer. REBUILD THE TWIN TOWERS!!!
Christian Murillo
3/21/2011
As a fellow New Yorker, it pains me to see just how corrupt this government is but we have to keep on going forward!! Rebuild the world trade center!! Investigate 911!!! There’s too many hidden clues that nobody realizes!
Michael Culkin
*3/17/2011
We need to build the same two buildings and make them taller.
Jonathan Sander
*2/24/2011
The Twin Towers must return to New York City. Without the Twin Towers New York will never be the same again! 9/11 was the worst and deadliest terrorist attack of all time. We lost alot of innocent people and alot of office space. In order to restore what was lost on September 11, 2001, we must rebuild the original Twin Towers but stronger and better! That is the only memorial that we can give to the victims and their families! Rebuild the Twin Towers! Rest in peace to Minuro Yamasaki! Minor Yamasaki designed the Twin Towers!
Raven Steve
*2/21/2011
The Freedom Tower is a big insult to those who died on September 11, 2001. That is total disrespect to the victims and the families! By not rebuilding the Twin Towers, we are saying to ourselves and we are saying to the world that we are cowards! We are cowards because we are afraid of terrorism. We are letting them destroy our way of life by not rebuilding the Twin Towers!
Santiago Fernandez
*2/12/2011
Rebuild the Twin Towers in honor of those who perished in the 9/11 attacks! The Twin Towers is the only right memorial for the victims and their families! 9/11 will never be forgotten but we must move forward with strength and dignity! Let us rebuild in honor of the past and hope for the future generation!
Holly Chen
*2/11/2011
Rebuilding the Twin Towers would be the only way to respect and keep in memory those we lost while still being able to move forward as a nation and people with strength and dignity.
What is currently being built/planned is too worked, aesthetically confusing, uninspired… weak. I’d rather see nothing then have a permanent eye sore on our beautiful skyline and create emotional longing in our hearts. Twin Towers was a deep rooted universally recognized symbol and positive beacon of New York and of America. Replacing it would be telling the world we have given up and retreated.
Jennifer Thorpe-Moscon
2/10/2011
I participated in the circus that resulted in the current plans for Ground Zero, such as the Listening to the City events in which no one listened to anyone. The officials involved have never cared what the people wanted or what was best for this city. We must rebuild the Twin Towers or else our city will always have a glaring hole in its skyline, no matter what else might be put there.
Jason Hanson
*2/9/2011
The new Freedom Tower that is being proposed right now is a sign that we have been defeated! The Twin Towers is the only way to show people that we are strong and will not tolerate terrorism and violence in our nation! The Twin Towers made Lower Manhattan what it is today! The Freedom Tower does not match with the skyline at all! Plus it is smaller than the Twin Towers! The Twin Towers should be rebuilt but stronger than it was!
Matthew Perry
*1/31/2011
Rebuild the Twin Towers! It is the only solution for healing the psychological wounds of 9/11! We need the Twin Towers back! Please rebuild the Twin Towers!
Gonzalez Hesar
*1/30/2011
The Freedom Tower will never represent what the Twin Towers represented for 30 years of its existence! The Twin Towers were a symbol of who were as Americans! The Twin Towers were a symbol of peace and belief in humanity! We need our towers back! The Twin Towers is the only answer and it will bring healing to this country!
I was born and raised in Bensonhurst Brooklyn New York, as a child growing up in the early to mid 90s, my father worked in World Trade Tower 1. I would go to work with him and admire my city from 1400ft high. My father sadly passed away from cancer in 2005, I miss him dearly, it would make my dreams come true to relive my greatest memory’s with him, and join him once again in spirit on the new Twin Towers. I hope and pray that in the near future I can be on the observation deck with my father once again.
Paul Joseph
1/10/2011
The Freedom Tower will not heal the skyline! There is still a hole in my heart after 9/11! We want the Twin Towers rebuilt but stronger than ever! The people originally wanted to Twin Towers rebuilt! Everybody wants those icons back in the skyline the way they were but stronger! The Twin Towers 2 project will give respect and honor those that have died on September 11, 2001! That is the only memorial we can give to the victims and their families!
Kris Malhotra
*1/5/2011
I was born and raised here in New York City and I am very upset at the decision of The Port Authority and LMDC along with Governor Pataki. It was totally wrong of them to not rebuild the original Twin Towers. I feel it can still be done though. If you notice on the new WTC site, the original footprints are still there. I know they will be memorial pools, but I feel in the future they can always been built on. These are the original foundations of the Twin Towers. If the decision is made to rebuild, can they rebuilt the original towers on these foundations even though they were pools?
Mitchell Gil
12/29/2010
The Freedom tower is absolutely nothing. The Twin Towers made downtown Manhattan into what it is. They made impact like no other tower. If New Yorkers can destroy baseball stadiums and rebuild new ones, the same should go for World Trade Center. Give an opportunity to those who never got a chance to feel the Twin Towers experience.
FRANK SEGRETO MD
*12/15/2010
WE DON’T REBUILD THEY WIN. BIGGER STRONGER MORE PROTECTED. COWARDICE IS NEVER RESPECTED.
Dilys Rubizzi
*11/7/2010
Don’t destroy what was the towers they should be the same as they were that’s what made them so special return the Twin Towers as they were!
melissa marines
10/22/2010
ny is strong and will rebuild but the lives lost we will forever remember! the innocent people the men and women who fought for our rights will always be in our hearts and thoughts forever!!! too have soo much love for strangers will be a big part in rebuilding our NY never will we back down to the attackers we will overcome all of it!!!!! we are family
Kris Malhotra
10/19/2010
I would just like to say that I am very upset the city and state of New York decided to build The Freedom Tower instead of rebuilding The Twin Towers. The Governor and Mayor lied to the American people when they said the people and families of 9/11 victims did not want the Twin Towers to be rebuilt. They lied and they are building on public property something that I do not want at all. I am a New Yorker since I was born in 1978 and I still live in this great city. I was so devastated by September 11th and I am even more devastated and upset the towers were not rebuilt.
stephen daffron
*10/15/2010
I want to support the same position that my daughter has taken on this issue… She is well informed about the wtc… I vote to keep the original style.
madelyn daffron
*10/14/2010
hey guys i am madelyn. this is what i have 2 say…… i think we should rebuild the world trade center/ twin towers just the way they were. we want them 2 stand where they were once stood… tall and stronger……in the world right now we americans and citizens would like our towers standing taller and stronger. it would bring us good and happiness for all of us… if we rebuild the twin towers we will show the terrorists that we are not afraid to fight….. ! we americans would like to have our TWIN TOWERS BACK! we want what we lost 10 years ago on september 11, 2001… thank you…!
Clare Casey
9/15/2010
Rebuild The Twin Towers as they were, a little taller maybe, with much improved safety designs and exits, and a defense system, and bring back our skyline, our spirit, and show we won’t be brought down.
Jhandy Echavarria
9/11/2010
hey! that would be a fantastic idea to get the twin towers!!!
I’m proud to be in America. And I hope the towers are rebuilt.
I love America and the twin towers.
I’m really proud to be a American citizen and I really want a chance to see the twin towers rebuilt in new york. It will respect the American spirit and those who died that day.
I’m a proud New Yorker and I think the twin towers should be built back the way it was.
Re-build Twin Towers looking exactly as they were before the attack!
The Twin Towers were historic landmarks in the greatest city in the world. New York City isn’t the same without our Two Brothers standing tall and firm. As a memorial to all those lost I strongly believe the Twin Towers should be rebuilt. It shows the world that we’re courageous and we don’t back down. When we fall, we get back up. We don’t send someone else in to take our place (Freedom Tower). We will never get back all the innocent lives lost on that horrible gloomy day but we can honor them by showing them we will not be defeated. New York City is a brave city. Let’s prove it by picking our brothers back up and having them stand tall and proud once again.
I loved the twin towers. Every time I saw them, I would say to my young son, “There are the twin towers,” like a ritual. Those buildings stood for so much; to me, they were New York. Their stark simplicity, power, grace, and unmistakable presence inspired me. I don’t like the new tower they are making. In fact, I am sorry to say I hate it, and I feel like crying every time I see a rendering of what it will look like completed. It is not even discernible among other buildings. Even, if they never rebuild the twin towers, the picture I have of NYC will always include them.
The Twin Towers were the New York skyline, they are the iconic symbols of what makes America. They were taken from us along with many innocent lives. We cannot replace people nor can we replace icons. By rebuilding the Twin Towers we honor those we have lost, as well as honor all the brave men and women defending our freedom, showing the world our resilience in overcoming tragedy with rebirth and renewal. The Twin Towers were taken from us, they would still be here as the New York skyline had 9-11 not happened, as would the thousands of loved ones we lost. It is time and has been time we bring back our Twin Towers, moving on to our future by staying true to our past.
Are you kidding me? Dubai is building the worlds largest building? Yeah…with our US Dollars for middle eastern Oil..With all due respect…we should be building the towers larger and taller than anything else…if an attack comes again it will happen whether it is a 20 story building or 200….rebuild them taLLer and and biGGer than ever before..that will give us all everything we have been missing ever since that horrific day….it will give us our New York back..our beliefs…our everything….Build them again…build them again…build them again.
God Bless all those who have perished…we’ll all be together one day again.
Best Regards,
Casey Thomas R.
I wasn’t born in NY, however, I moved here in November 1993. I have lived in NY and worked here in the financial industry from ’93 to ’01; therefore the iconic World Trade Center was always in my view (as it was, for so many others). How many times I had been in an out of the trade center for interviews, meetings, drinks, shopping, etc. It truly became a staple for everyone. Imagine, if you will for a moment, losing Central Park and then the city officials replacing it with some condominiums and a small pond with a few trees; New Yorkers would be outraged! New Yorkers and fellow Americans deserve to be heard (it is and continues to be a NY staple) and treated with respect and compassion. The Twin Towers should RISE AGAIN and grace the New York skyline, once again!
at least build a second tower with the freedom tower,at least we will have twin’s again.
we need to have our towers back. 1 wtc does absolutely nothing for the skyline and sends a statement that we are willing to compromise for something less ……
Finish One World Trade Center. But Rebuild the Twin towers in the other space. New York isn’t the same without them.
Man I feel so angry and disappointed in seeing the Freedom Tower being built instead of the Twin Towers. I am very very angry about the Freedom Tower. Very angry and upset because New Yorkers could have done better than what they are doing. What kind of a message are trying to send? I wanted the Twin Towers rebuilt. F*** the Freedom Tower.
Rebuild the twin towers as they were, put a statue, a wall with the names of the dead etched on it, and a memorial garden. Not the eye sore we’re going to get.
My mom supports rebuilding the Twin Towers. So do I. I want this city to be the city it was when the towers were still standing. Please do whatever you can and I would like the towers to be rebuilt. I know most of us will be dead by the time the towers are reconstructed, if that’s what the government and the state decide to do. I am only 12, but I love the way New York looked when the towers were standing and I would love for it to look like that again.
make the skyline whole again.
We can’t smile without the Twin Towers. New York can’t smile without the Twin Towers. We love you Twin Towers.
I want the Twin Towers rebuilt just like everybody else. It makes me sick to my stomach when I look at ground zero today the way it is. The Twin Towers stood where our civilization began as Americans.
I get the feeling that the Freedom Tower is going to be capped and not completed. The Freedom Tower cannot continue to be built on lies because most Americans are waiting for new and safer versions of the original Twin Towers created by Minuro Yamasaki. I really hope they cap the Freedom Tower sooner.
The construction workers at ground zero don’t seem to care what the Twin Towers stood for. The memorial reflecting pools that is right beside the Freedom Tower will remind everyone that we as Americans are afraid because of what the terrorists did. We live in fear. We are not a leading country anymore. The Twin Towers should be built but stronger and better.
Two of the greatest buildings in the world, captured the spirit of New York and I’m forever filled with memories of them in my skyline. However unlikely, let’s bring them back.