People across this country and around the world were cheated out of the 21st-century Twin Towers most of us always wanted. Click above for a selection of comments that are a rebuke to the cynicism that tried to replace them and failed.
New York is not the same without the Twin Towers. They were beautiful buildings, Yamasaki created a beautiful design…please keep it (safety standards of course).
Logan Dukes
3/14/2020All Other Americans
I didn’t grow up with the Twin Towers and I wish I did. I want the Twin Towers back.
Tyler Broughton
*3/8/2020All Other Americans
Having the Twin Towers back would show the strength of America. The freedom tower shows we lost. The Twin Towers will show a big middle finger to those people who knocked our buildings down 19 years ago.
Maxwell Vashakidze
2/29/2020All Other Americans
The original towers were beautiful buildings, and the new Freedom Tower greatly undermines their beauty. New Yorkers bonded with the Twin Towers and they want them back. The new Freedom Tower is a mere skeleton of the glory and pride that the Twin Towers carried. New York needs them back. They must stand again!
Linea Mahayla
2/26/2020All Other Americans
Joseph Luciano
*2/22/2020All Other Americans
The freedom tower is a beautiful building, but it’s not the world trade center. The freedom tower has less floors than the original twin towers and the proposed twin towers 2. They will NEVER live up to the twins. Rebuild the twin towers. And while you’re at it, get rid of the reform movement.
Jessica Arnold
*1/17/2020Metro New Yorkers
Rebuild the towers!!
John Gustafson
*1/5/2020All Other Americans
The towers’ verticals steel tridents from bottom to top gave the twin towers their specific look of impressive height. Added to this feature was the narrow windows, only a shoulder width wide. NYC’s skyline won’t be the same until these twin towers dominate and define lower Manhattan.
Dale Barling
12/31/2019Citizens of Other Nations
What the WTC meant to me as an Australian:They symbolize not only NYC but the United States, the uniqueness and history with these majestic structures are something that is nowhere else in the world, since Philippe Petit’s 1974 stunt: performing acrobatics on a thin wire strung between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, to George Willig who climbed the South Tower of the World Trade Center on May 26, 1977, to King Kong and the many movies for which they were a back drop.
They are iconic in every sense. Donald Trump & architect Ken Gardner offered a plan to rebuild them taller and stronger but their idea was ignored. To rebuild would show the world America can’t and won’t be beaten, yet what is there now is the opposite…
Michael Mathews
*12/19/20199/11 Families & Close Friends
Loved the original twin towers. I was in them my brother had a job interview there and a friend and cousin of mine was in the second plane flight 175. This means so much to me and my family to bring back the iconic world trade center.
Chad Sexton
*11/15/2019All Other Americans
The twin towers seemed to be part of the heartbeat of NYC.
Bring them back!
Noah Senzer
*11/13/2019NYC’s Bravest & Families
Darius Pruteanu
*11/10/2019Citizens of Other Nations
The Twin Towers where Iconic Buildings in the World and they should be rebuild.
Jannick Tp
*11/3/2019Metro New Yorkers
The proposed design for the new Two World Trade Center is a joke and will look awful from anywhere except NJ. However, we should be rational enough to acknowledge that the old design will never be rebuilt – this is good as we should look into the future instead of the past! Nevertheless, a second twin for 1WTC is necessary as so many on this website have made clear already.
Pamela Martinelli
*10/21/2019All Other Americans
America is stronger than terrorism and rebuilding the Twin Towers would be a symbol of it.
Jhon Dominguez
*10/13/2019Citizens of Other Nations
the twin towers were the tallest in the world, a city like new york that has always had the tallest buildings can not afford to stay behind, the new wtc symbolizes fear, a building that represents nothing to the twin towers and that does not reach being the tallest building in the world, they had a lot of office space, the one wtc seems like a shame, the twin towers symbolized freedom, originality, pride, having two towers of inspiration for many movies, like spiderman for example, were much nicer than what they have done now, New York need have the new twin towers, the tallest towers in the world again!
Fellipe Rezende
*10/11/2019Citizens of Other Nations
WE NEED TO BRING LIKE TWIN TOWERS BACK TO LIFE! THEY WERE A NEW YORK ICON, NOT FOR THE UNITED STATES, BUT FOR EVERYONE!
Andrew Nun
*10/10/2019All Other Americans
We need to rebuild the towers. The freedom tower is showing the terrorists they won. It’s not an icon, it symbolizes giving up. The twin towers represent New York. I heard we’re building new World Trade Centers soon, so let’s make them the Twin Towers, New York.
Noah Milton
10/1/2019All Other Americans
The Towers were an iconic piece of American history and quintessential to the New York skyline. We need to rebuild the towers.
Valencia Merrell
9/25/20199/11 Families & Close Friends
I agree they need to rebuild the twin towers but the memorial and freedom tower need to stay where they are.
Candice Robinson
*9/25/2019Citizens of Other Nations
Would love to see another twin put up next to the new tower.
FLORENTIN Mathieu
9/25/2019Citizens of Other Nations
I want the original World Trade Center to be built just as much as everyone on the TTA and believe it is missing in our skyline. If they were rebuilt they would be beautiful right next to the One World Trade Center. Nobody is listening to us and what we truly want. We love One World Trade Center but we miss those tall grey rectangular buildings. That’s why we must protest to rebuild them on April 4, 2020, the 46th anniversary of the World Trade Center being complete, at The World Trade Center Plaza — the exact same, no difference: same color, same design, same height, same amount of floors, same everything — so this generation can know their beauty.
Thomas Keska
9/17/2019Our Armed Forces & Families
I come from a generation that never lived a day with the Towers standing. My generation doesn’t know the void that is the absence of those towers. There is no greater gift to our enemies foreign and domestic than to accept defeat and not rebuild. That’s why I say rebuild. And there is no greater gift to the next generation of American adults than to restore the greatest symbol of American engagement in the global market this country ever knew.
Damon Lewis
*9/15/2019All Other Americans
They were not only New York City’s twin towers they were Americas’s twin towers. Rebuild our twin towers.
Mantla Try
*9/15/2019All Other Americans
I believe the city of New York is black and white without the towers. Please bring them back!
Matthew Raffensperger
*9/14/2019All Other Americans
The Twin Towers were what symbolized New York and America. They were in hundreds of movies and when you spotted them you knew exactly where you were. They symbolized much more than just the city of New York they symbolized America and our progress as a nation. If we do not rebuild the twin towers we are allowing the terrible people who committed the attacks to take away a symbol of American unity and freedom forever.
Paul Luong
9/13/2019All Other NY & NJ Residents
Rebuilding the twin towers would not only be symbolic of this nation’s resiliency but it will give the opportunity for new generations to come to experience how magnificent they were. I don’t have deep connections to many places but I still do with the twin towers even though they’re no longer here. It was one of few things that made me proud to be a New Yorker actually. I miss them and I’m glad that I’m not alone.
AJ Skinner
*9/12/2019All Other Americans
I want the Towers back in their rightful places and to see them soaring over America’s skyline yet again and grace the skies with their presence and I pray that they will get it done.
Michael Korens
9/12/2019Citizens of Other Nations
Bryan Butts
*9/11/2019All Other Americans
Rebuild the towers. That is what the greatest country in the world would do. Anything less is a win for our enemies.
Kadence Anthony
9/11/2019All Other Americans
I want to have the twin towers built back up even though I wasn’t alive when it happened, but I also think you should have a floor for each hero, and name each floor after them.
Michael Schejbal
*9/11/2019Citizens of Other Nations
We wanna rebuild the World Trade Center, as the World Trade Center, but more safe.
Victor Reymond
*9/11/2019Citizens of Other Nations
Shane Keena
*8/16/2019All Other Americans
Ideally there would be two feet for every person who died that day as the height of the main faces of the new Twin Towers. They deserve to be rebuilt with modern and ancient technologies being integrated better than ever, it is only fair to New York City to rebuild better than before. That is why there must solely be additional safety precautions.
1. Post-Tensioned Concrete poured into each exterior column and floor plate, so planes can’t just come and slice through the building.
2. Tunneled Fulton and Greenwich Streets under the plaza, providing major access points through which to access the World Trade Center.
3. New Carbon Fiber Elevator Cables, which promise to vastly extend the distance between sky lobbies.
Brett Gragg
8/14/2019All Other Americans
I honestly never saw the Twin Towers since I was very young when the tragedy took place, but I sure would love to see them in person.
Israel Ovalle
*8/12/2019All Other Americans
We must build them with 120 stories. The Twin Towers is an American symbol that must be rebuilt. Those who lost their lives, deserve better, a lot better. Larry Silverstein is a disgrace.
Ethan Jae
*7/31/2019All Other Americans
Nebojsa Kostic
*7/28/2019Citizens of Other Nations
Rebuild the Twin Towers!
John Lopez
*7/26/2019All Other NY & NJ Residents
A skyline without a symbol is meaningless, and the freedom tower fails to present that. All it will ever be is a solid reminder of that tragic day. It shows us New Yorkers towards the world that we aren’t capable of overcoming such a tragedy and it’s a sign of weakness, and that’s exactly what we aren’t. We are strong and very capable of healing. Bring us the skyline we miss in the bottom of our hearts. Please listen to the people.
Arian Namvar
7/24/2019All Other Americans
I think the original twin towers looked very cool. If we can somehow rebuilt the look of the original towers but somehow also make the structural integrity able to withstand an attack of similar proportions, then i’m sure everyone will be happy with the result. I stand with the rebuilding of the towers.
Francisco Forés
*7/18/2019Citizens of Other Nations
No vivo en NY pero quiero realmente que las Torres Gemelas del World Trade Center deben volver.
Translation: I do not live in NY but I really want the World Trade Center Twin Towers to come back.
Constantino Faria
*7/1/20199/11 Families & Close Friends
Jaimon Foppes
6/29/2019Citizens of Other Nations
The Twin Towers need to be rebuilt. They represent The United States.
Lionel Messi
*6/28/2019Metro New Yorkers
Toussaint Hammonds
*6/28/2019Metro New Yorkers
Leon V
6/27/2019Citizens of Other Nations
We made the One WTC 6 floors shorter than the twin towers? Why? I don’t know. The new twin towers will be 112 stories tall! I think if we wanted to build a symbol of healing we would build a taller building. Right?
Adam Lam
6/17/2019All Other NY & NJ Residents
I still have hope. Please, do the right thing, whatever influential individual is listening. This is what we want. Believe us.
Nathan Felipe
*6/13/2019All Other Americans
We need the Twin Towers back. I really don’t care what people would say about…we just need a petition to build it.
New York is not the same without the Twin Towers. They were beautiful buildings, Yamasaki created a beautiful design…please keep it (safety standards of course).
I didn’t grow up with the Twin Towers and I wish I did. I want the Twin Towers back.
Having the Twin Towers back would show the strength of America. The freedom tower shows we lost. The Twin Towers will show a big middle finger to those people who knocked our buildings down 19 years ago.
The original towers were beautiful buildings, and the new Freedom Tower greatly undermines their beauty. New Yorkers bonded with the Twin Towers and they want them back. The new Freedom Tower is a mere skeleton of the glory and pride that the Twin Towers carried. New York needs them back. They must stand again!
The freedom tower is a beautiful building, but it’s not the world trade center. The freedom tower has less floors than the original twin towers and the proposed twin towers 2. They will NEVER live up to the twins. Rebuild the twin towers. And while you’re at it, get rid of the reform movement.
Rebuild the towers!!
The towers’ verticals steel tridents from bottom to top gave the twin towers their specific look of impressive height. Added to this feature was the narrow windows, only a shoulder width wide. NYC’s skyline won’t be the same until these twin towers dominate and define lower Manhattan.
What the WTC meant to me as an Australian:They symbolize not only NYC but the United States, the uniqueness and history with these majestic structures are something that is nowhere else in the world, since Philippe Petit’s 1974 stunt: performing acrobatics on a thin wire strung between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, to George Willig who climbed the South Tower of the World Trade Center on May 26, 1977, to King Kong and the many movies for which they were a back drop.
They are iconic in every sense. Donald Trump & architect Ken Gardner offered a plan to rebuild them taller and stronger but their idea was ignored. To rebuild would show the world America can’t and won’t be beaten, yet what is there now is the opposite…
Loved the original twin towers. I was in them my brother had a job interview there and a friend and cousin of mine was in the second plane flight 175. This means so much to me and my family to bring back the iconic world trade center.
The twin towers seemed to be part of the heartbeat of NYC.
Bring them back!
The Twin Towers where Iconic Buildings in the World and they should be rebuild.
The proposed design for the new Two World Trade Center is a joke and will look awful from anywhere except NJ. However, we should be rational enough to acknowledge that the old design will never be rebuilt – this is good as we should look into the future instead of the past! Nevertheless, a second twin for 1WTC is necessary as so many on this website have made clear already.
America is stronger than terrorism and rebuilding the Twin Towers would be a symbol of it.
the twin towers were the tallest in the world, a city like new york that has always had the tallest buildings can not afford to stay behind, the new wtc symbolizes fear, a building that represents nothing to the twin towers and that does not reach being the tallest building in the world, they had a lot of office space, the one wtc seems like a shame, the twin towers symbolized freedom, originality, pride, having two towers of inspiration for many movies, like spiderman for example, were much nicer than what they have done now, New York need have the new twin towers, the tallest towers in the world again!
WE NEED TO BRING LIKE TWIN TOWERS BACK TO LIFE! THEY WERE A NEW YORK ICON, NOT FOR THE UNITED STATES, BUT FOR EVERYONE!
We need to rebuild the towers. The freedom tower is showing the terrorists they won. It’s not an icon, it symbolizes giving up. The twin towers represent New York. I heard we’re building new World Trade Centers soon, so let’s make them the Twin Towers, New York.
The Towers were an iconic piece of American history and quintessential to the New York skyline. We need to rebuild the towers.
I agree they need to rebuild the twin towers but the memorial and freedom tower need to stay where they are.
Would love to see another twin put up next to the new tower.
For Twin Towers Alliance !
I want the original World Trade Center to be built just as much as everyone on the TTA and believe it is missing in our skyline. If they were rebuilt they would be beautiful right next to the One World Trade Center. Nobody is listening to us and what we truly want. We love One World Trade Center but we miss those tall grey rectangular buildings. That’s why we must protest to rebuild them on April 4, 2020, the 46th anniversary of the World Trade Center being complete, at The World Trade Center Plaza — the exact same, no difference: same color, same design, same height, same amount of floors, same everything — so this generation can know their beauty.
I come from a generation that never lived a day with the Towers standing. My generation doesn’t know the void that is the absence of those towers. There is no greater gift to our enemies foreign and domestic than to accept defeat and not rebuild. That’s why I say rebuild. And there is no greater gift to the next generation of American adults than to restore the greatest symbol of American engagement in the global market this country ever knew.