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The Twin Towers Alliance Petition

When someone dies it is impossible to bring them back to life, but we are given a unique opportunity to do just that in this case;
bring the Twin Towers back to life instead of being haunted by their absence.
— Matt Franzblau | All Other NY & NJ Residents

We, the undersigned, share the belief that nothing could be more inspiring to our people, or disheartening to our enemies, than Twin Towers, at least as tall as before in every respect, soaring above Ground Zero.

We believe that the devastation of September 11, 2001, clouded the picture long after the rubble was cleared away and that a thorough public examination of the rebuilding option is overdue and now required before proceeding on an unalterable course.

We recognize no financial or political roadblocks that cannot be overcome if rebuilding the Towers is the will of the people. And, we see no conflict between stunning Twin Towers and a noble Memorial, which belong together on this site that means so much to us all.

We submit that there is only one way to truly heal the skyline of Manhattan and the heart of America: Rebuild the Twin Towers. Doing anything less would leave a permanent scar on the face of New York and diminish a legendary city.

The words of our petition ring as true now as they did in 2006. And the thousands of comments that have been left since we first posted it are just a glimpse into how much people have always cared about rebuilding the World Trade Center in a way that would honor the will of the people and the price this country – and the world – paid on 9/11.

Now, even though a third tower has joined the two pictured above, the WTC skyline doesn't come close to the awe-inspiring vision of the towers we lost. We trust that time will take care of rebuilding the Twin Towers. From their inception, they were dedicated to world peace and cooperation in ways that no other commercial structure ever was. And, they came to represent the aspirations of millions of people as no other towers ever could. They should not have been abandoned.

We have faith that one day the people of this country and the world will recognize the Twin Towers' powerful significance and demand they be restored to the world's skyline. We thank each one who adds his or her name and comment to the petition below for moving our world one step closer to that transcendent day.

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All Other NY & NJ Residents (963)

  • signature permalink Mick Russom * 10/29/2018

    I remember seeing the towers out my back deck every day as a kid, teenager, adult. It is DISGUSTING to see them gone this many years on. We need them rebuilt and the 10047/10048 zip codes restored. Sad to see when the USA is defaced we dont undo the damage. What is this? Jahr Null High Castle?

  • signature permalink Brandon Waterhouse * 9/8/2018

    I always loved the world trade center and i would love to see them again one day. The freedom tower is fine and all, but it doesn’t have the same appeal as the WTC, and Windows of the World was awesome getting to look at the view of NYC while eating good food. Also in Hoboken looking at the Twin Towers were way cooler than the new building.

  • signature permalink Mark McCarty 5/28/2018

    I grew up in NJ and I always saw the Twin Towers whenever we went to the city. To me, they symbolized NYC. I dare say that they WERE NYC for many people, myself included. The skyline just looks wrong without the Twin Towers back where they belong.

    We should have rebuilt the towers. Not only would that make the skyline look right; not only would that be a fitting memorial to those who died there; it would be a nice, heartfelt “F You!” to those who brought them down! Give those bastards the finger times two!

    My late mother thought that they should have been rebuilt, as do I. Make NY right again; rebuild the Twin Towers!

  • signature permalink Paul Richardson * 1/29/2016

    I think i was around three years of age when the towers went down. I had no idea about them when i was young, but when we had the 9/11 memorials at my school and on tv, i got to see the towers for their true beauty and what we lost. I am a firm believer/supporter of the rebuilding of the world trade center.

  • signature permalink Sam Delacruz 8/23/2015

    I was only about 2 on 9/11. My father worked in 4 WTC. He is still alive to the day but for me this gave me the absence of experiencing and seeing these towers for myself. It’s a real shame we are seeing the freedom tower being replaced for this. As if these buildings never existed… REBUILD.

  • signature permalink Al Huppert 7/10/2015

    It’s really a disgrace that some of these elected officials abuse their power and ignore the popular decision to rebuild the twin towers as they WERE before, and go on design this piece of crap. Larry Silverstein for example, in the wake of 9/11, promised to “rebuild the twin towers as they were” this isn’t what the looked like at all!

  • signature permalink Nick DePasquale * 5/15/2015

    Rebuild the towers! The new Freedom tower is no where near as good as the old Twin Towers. The Freedom tower is offensive to 9/11 families because it was a horrible replacement for the old towers.

  • signature permalink Kevin Cruz 1/24/2015

    Rebuild the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. Even though it has been 14 years since 9/11 we still are scarred by that event. Not only were the Twin Towers a place a business they were a symbol of America’s prosperity and showed the world who we are as a country. We can’t replace that with a glass tower, that shows the terrorist organizations that they won by destroying America’s beloved towers. Be rebuilding it would be the most genuine form of healing of the scar left by the terrorists on Sept. 11th, 2001. We must rebuild!

    Sign the Petition,
    https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/rebuild-twin-towers-nyc/vgPlq9DL

  • signature permalink Vincent Ponte 12/11/2014

    The Twin towers should be rebuilt. What is there now is nice and all, but the twins need to rise again! Forget towers 2 and 3, build the Twins again!!!

    The Twin towers were the greastest buildings ever, and what is there now, doesn’t fill the whole in the skyline that the twin towers made

    Re-build them!!!!

  • signature permalink Darren DiGiacomo 12/10/2014

    The skyline is not the same with out the twins back in 80s i worked in ny in and out of the wtc wish it was back

  • signature permalink Shawn Prenatt 11/21/2014

    The vision for the twin towers, and their construction was during a time in American history when our nation was an economic superpower, our prosperity was growing, and our future seemed bright, and towering. To rebuild the twin towers for the sake of recapturing our nation’s past before 9/11 would be a travesty. To rebuild the twin towers while our nation is economically depressed makes no sense. To rebuild the twin towers where the originals once stood would raise much controversy. If our nation is ever prosperous again, and debt free, we must not dwell over fountains of loss but look up to heaven as we construct two towering monuments that pay homage to the twin towers, and cement our memory of the victims of 9/11. This is why we mus

    TTA Note: When this comment — much of which is opinion stated as fact — was cut off because it exceeded the default character limit, it was about to tell us why we “must” do something — apparently, one day rebuild. But there was only one reason that always dictated rebuilding — one that removed it from the realm of opinion and turned the politicians into actual villains: Because that was what the majority of the people wanted. And that is the “why” that is supposed to inform all that we do in this country.

  • signature permalink Parker MacMurray 10/22/2014

  • signature permalink David Colantuono 10/5/2014

    I hope this is on-topic. I wish the Freedom Tower had NEVER been built and that the Twin Towers were rebuilt EXACTLY as they were before September 11, 2001.

    I had seen them in the 1980s when I used to occasionally visit NYC with my family when I was young. But, I never appreciated them back then and I regret that. That’s why I wish the original Twin Towers were rebuilt just the way they were. Nothing can ever replace the Twin Towers. They gave NYC an awesome skyline before 9/11/2001.

  • signature permalink Donovan Luciano 9/12/2014

    A twin freedom tower should be built. The skyline isn’t the same. Although they are building Two World Trade Center at the moment, it will not look as nice as having Freedom Twin Towers. One World Trade Center just stands all alone and by Itself. It would look much better with a twin. It should have what the South Tower had, no antenna and an outdoor observation deck while One World Trade Center has the antenna. Do the right thing!

  • signature permalink Chad Szymanski 9/11/2014

    It’s not right that the Twin Towers were not rebuilt. I pray everyday that we build these building again. I feel we let these terrorist bad guys dictate how we live life and feel we let them defeat us. The Twin Towers were such a beautiful site and so inspiring. I was so fixated on those building since my childhood. America and the World have not been the same since they came down. If NY does not want to rebuild them then let NJ/Jersey City rebuild them. I will keep praying for them to be rebuilt. I’m sure everyone who tragically lost their life on 9/11 would want these beautiful buildings rebuilt. Can we get a real American to stand up for what’s right? Bill Gates or Donald Trump you have all that money, do something great and rebuild.

  • signature permalink Paul Thornton * 7/21/2014

  • signature permalink Abraham Isaac Mucius III * 6/4/2014

    Ever since that unfaithful day everyone who died and who ever is crying out for help. But now the Twin Towers II can be rebuild if we stay strong and get more people to sign the petition and stop the ignorance of the New York State head. People we will and all of America !!! will stop the emotional pain of people that are still hurting from 9/11/01 by rebuilding the Twin Towers II and finally the New York City Skyline will look like the original way it was.

  • signature permalink Rich Stout * 5/16/2014

    The TWINS need to be rebuilt. I am a builder. To NOT re-build “the twins” is offensive and rewards the terrorists. REBUILDING them defeats the terrorists and shows them who’s boss !!!

  • signature permalink Mark Horowitz 2/24/2014

    Restore our Twins, restore the American spirit. Please Lord, let it happen.

  • signature permalink Richard Loeser 1/11/2014

    The World has waited Far Too Long for The Twin Towers to be rebuilt! It’s still not to late to correct our Mistakes! In order to do so we must Rebuild The Twin Towers!

  • signature permalink New York City Towers Supporter * 11/2/2013

    I am a New Yorker and I think the new Freedom Tower is very ugly. It is nothing at all like the original Twin Towers. Why weren’t the original Twin Towers rebuilt? This Freedom Tower is so ugly and will not even have an outdoor observation deck. And if they had to build it, why not build 2 Freedom Towers the same size? The new buildings are so ugly, it is just awful. Shame on the city for selecting these buildings.

    TTA Note: While we wish that all petition comments could be publicly attributed, we understand that there are reasons why someone might want to comment without using his or her name. We want to make it clear that apparently anonymous comments are not anonymous to us — the email addresses are unique and we contact the sender directly. The statement above clearly reflects a legitimate point of view.

  • signature permalink Rafael Tourgeman 9/19/2013

    I can’t help but get angry every time I watch the news and reporters are drooling over the freedom tower and how our country overcame the 9/11 attacks bigger and better. How 1 skinnier tower replacing 2 majestic powerful towers is considered better is mind boggling to me. The twin towers were 2 for a reason. Now when you look at the lower manhattan skyline and see one tower it just doesn’t look right or feel right. The new NYC skyline screams where’s my twin?! I was 2 and now I’m 1. I’m incomplete! Replace tower 2 with a twin freedom tower. Give us back Twin towers and make NYC whole again.

  • signature permalink Bob Lutrario * 9/11/2013

    At the very least, a twin freedom tower should go up. Until there is a twin towers in the NYC skyline America will not have truly healed. Build the twin towers and dedicate them to all that lost their lives that horrible day.

  • signature permalink Jesse Hirshon * 9/6/2013

    I was startled when 9/11 happened. No one knew it was coming. I never got to see the towers for real. I’m signing the petition not to look at the past, but to build our new future.

  • signature permalink Janet Fish * 8/29/2013

  • signature permalink Joshua Rivera 8/25/2013

    Honestly, i think that its a complete disgrace to america. we should have rebuilt the Twin Towers to show those terrorists that we are a strong nation, and that we cannot be taken down. The government didnt help us in our time of need, and those terrorists destroyed our country’s greatest iconic symbol and took our loved ones away. Never forget 9/11 and long live the Twin Towers!

  • signature permalink alina nancoo * 7/13/2013

  • signature permalink Benjamin Corley * 6/3/2013

    As a New Yorker myself I think it is a disgrace to America for the towers not to be rebuilt. What is there now shows the monsters who took them down that they won. I think there should at least be a second freedom tower even though that would not be what should be there and the whole site should be called “Freedom Trade Center” or something like that.

  • signature permalink Mitzi DeMarco 3/26/2013

    I think the Twin Towers II should have been built instead of one lonely, not so attractive tower. I have never been to the original Twin Towers but saw it from afar from the Statue of Liberty back in 1992 and it just looked beautiful. I couldn’t believe it. I was a kid at the time and didn’t know my way around NYC. Anyway, it’d be great to see the Twin Towers again.

  • signature permalink Jonathan Moss * 2/23/2013

  • signature permalink Tia Williams * 2/20/2013

    It would be great to see the towers up again. It was a sad day for America to watch our towers fall and watch all those people die. It was a mean thing that those terrorists did to our country. I will remember and never forget what happened. Rebuilding the Twin Towers would be a sign of victory.

  • signature permalink Woody Hamilton * 2/15/2013

  • signature permalink Domenique Reed 2/4/2013

    It’s clear that people want to see the twin towers built again. In fact, it was clear 11 years ago. Just because the Governor has power over the city doesn’t mean he can take it upon himself to choose which towers to build due to his own preferences. The vote goes to the people of NYC along with the rest of America. This city is filled with useless and weak minded people that work for the government and it needs to change. The thought of the Freedom Tower AND Twin Towers seem like a great idea. Fix the foundation of where the towers stood and put them back, we need to show all remaining terrorists that when we fall WE GET BACK UP!!! But the government is not helping us prove that AT ALL. Our country’s security is alot more superior than it was.

  • signature permalink John Intriago 1/26/2013

  • signature permalink Omar Peréz * 1/19/2013

    9-11 is one of my earliest memories. I remember it so vividly. I was lucky enough to visit the towers about a week before they came down as a child, but I never really got to get the full experience out of that one visit. The original towers were beautiful and the plans for the new WTC are, in my opinion, atrocious. Please give us back our towers. Please give the people their towers. Please give the people freedom. Please.

  • signature permalink Dennis Sheehy 12/29/2012

    Rebuild , Rebuild , Rebuild. The people of this great nation deserve just that. On 9/11 terrorists attempted to destroy America and by rebuilding these once great towers that stood tall in the sky , Would say to the terrorists , No matter what you attempted to do or tried to accomplish you could never and will never destroy the spirit of us Americans.

    Please rebuild the Towers to be a true memorial to the ones who lost their lives and to the families that lost their loved ones. Rebuild these Towers for the children , Children that were innocent babies at the time of the tragedy. Give them the experience that we had to enjoy the two beautiful monuments to American architectural ability and beauty.

    Rebuild these Towers for America…

  • signature permalink Robin Bedell-Blankenship * 10/22/2012

    My name is Robin Ann Bedell, married name Blankenship. I was born in the Catskills of New York. My father And mother both grew up on Long Island, New York. I cried my eyes out when I saw what happened on 9/11. They should be rebulilt the way they were. Show the world we will always rise to whatever they throw our way. WE WILL STAND TOGETHER AS ONE! THE AMERICANS WILL STAND TOGETHER ALWAYS!!! SO PLEASE PUT ME ON THE LIST TO REBULILD THE TWIN TOWERS THE WAY THEY WERE. THANK YOU.

  • signature permalink Alejandro Ravelo * 10/6/2012

    I love skyscrapers and I especially loved the Twin Towers, although I never fully remember them I was only about 5 or 6 when they fell. I would love to see them today as the “Golden Towers” By starting over we just show the people who did this to us that we forget easy. I don’t think the towers should be exactly the same maybe a few changes and they would be golden colored but there must be the changes because it would be 9/11 all over again if we just built the same thing and they were to be attacked god forbid…The towers should symbolize the old towers, not some made up towers that look futuristic and have nothing to really do with the twin towers besides the words “world trade center”

  • signature permalink Arnaldo Rodriguez * 9/29/2012

  • signature permalink Kevin Pymm * 9/20/2012

  • signature permalink Neil Chirico 9/12/2012

    I grew up in upstate New York and visited those glorious towers while in high school. I remember we went back a second time on our trip because we wanted to go up to the outside viewing deck and the weather had prevented it the day before. So we saw not only the inside observation floor but the outside viewing deck also…a vivid and fond memory from my childhood. I have always wanted to go back and visit those twins and take those tours again as an adult but sadly will never get that chance now. I agree that we should build those towers back again. The Freedom Tower is a nice tribute to America’s freedom, but it just doesn’t hold a candle to those beautiful and majestic twin towers. I believe we should rebuild them again!

  • signature permalink Crystal Taylor * 9/11/2012

    Quite simply, though the freedom tower is a beautiful building, it does not touch the magnitude of the Twin Towers. How we as a nation can attempt to replace the Twin Towers with a building that cowers in their shadow is a plain travesty.

  • signature permalink Justin Lenner 8/17/2012

    Just bring the towers back up. Make the New York skyline as it should be. Make Osama Bin Laden roll and cry some more as he burns in hell. If you’re a conspiracy theorist, then just sign petition to show whoever you think caused it to be sad or mad that the American people didn’t throw in the towel. We’ll let you believe what you want to believe. I can’t blame you. America likes things bigger and better. So let’s make the twin towers bigger, better, and safer to put the icing on the cake to show we just don’t give up easily.

  • signature permalink Josh Perlowitz * 8/14/2012

  • signature permalink Sean K. * 7/28/2012

    I believe that rebuilding the twin towers would help restore hope in our nation and would bring back the majesty of the New York City skyline. As a lifelong resident of the tristate area, those two buildings were not just skyscrapers. They were icons of who we are as a nation and a symbol of what it means to be a New Yorker and New Jersian. We are a tough and resilient people and for that symbol to not be returned to our great city is an absolute crime. Rebuild the towers alongside the Freedom Tower and show the world we haven’t given in and given up.

  • signature permalink Paul D 6/14/2012

    The Twin Towers were attacked because they symbolized the American way of life. They were the targets and not rebuilding them will leave future generations cheated and give the terrorists the last laugh. The current plan to “rebuild” the WTC accommodates the terrorists plan, and is not very popular among the people at all. I say if we are paying for this site in toll hikes we should have a say! And I think very clearly the Twin Towers would rise again. My family and I were greatly affected by 9/11, and living just minutes away from the city made it even more personal, it was our home. So please Rebuild The Twin Towers!

  • signature permalink Matthew Lafontaine * 6/10/2012

    The best memorial would be an exact replica of the buildings but much stronger to withstand any attack if the effin terrorists ever try that again!

  • signature permalink Jorge Sacasari * 6/7/2012

    I wish all those brave families good luck and Rest In Peace all those brave first responders who died, I hope all the 3000 lives rest in peace.

  • signature permalink Michael Andrejisk * 5/3/2012

    I don’t remember seeing the World Trade Center. I was too young and wouldn’t understand it. My father was in the building working there multiple times. He was just over a mile from the trade center when they collapsed. He even took photos of it. I think that they should do this because it was what represented new york during the late 20th century. People around the world dream of seeing them. It would take us back to before all this had happened making you smile everytime you go into the city. Welcome to the top of the world. It just looks like it’s missing everytime you see the view from the top of rockefeller looking beyond the empire state building. Now that they have a 3 sided building with 2 others accompanying it just doesn’t look right.

  • signature permalink Sarah Nelson 4/12/2012

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