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.
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.
Jiya Farrow
*6/3/2019Metro New Yorkers
Thea Graves
*6/3/2019Metro New Yorkers
Cean Sanheian
*6/2/2019All Other Americans
I want the twins towers back because they wasn’t just skyscrapers they were monuments !!! ❤️
Clarke Yeargin
5/28/2019All Other Americans
Kevin Held
*5/27/2019Citizens of Other Nations
All my support ! Bring theme back !
– from Switzerland
Maroon Hammonds
5/24/2019Metro New Yorkers
I was born in 2004 so by that time the towers were already gone. In school however they still had old pictures of the once glorious skyline, and as a young child I always wondered why they took them away.
Alexander Rohwedder
*5/18/2019All Other Americans
Needs to be done.
Max Perez
5/15/2019All Other Americans
The Twin Towers were an Icon of our great nation. They truly showed the power and ingenuity of the American People. Rebuilding the Twin Towers would show the world that we won’t be influenced by terrorism! Most people would like to see the towers rebuilt. New York isn’t New York without the Twin Towers.
Zaheed Chapman
5/12/2019All Other NY & NJ Residents
Man it’s sad to know that a black man (not being racist or pulling the race card here) had tried to rebuild these 2 beautiful buildings and make the area look even better. But none of us peacefully protested at the site to rebuild the twin towers. They were both amazing and still are. Please rebuild both of these towers one day in Manhattan. If we can’t, what about the waterfront of Brooklyn or Queens? But as long as it’s in Manhattan or right close to it would be nice… I hope they rebuild them one day soon before it’s too late (they rebuild WTC 2).
Philipp Vadiyan
*5/8/2019Citizens of Other Nations
Thomas Mills
5/6/2019All Other NY & NJ Residents
I worked on Greenwich Street just down two blocks from the twin towers. Everyday I would just go to my spot and sit and admire the twin tower marvels. The twin towers should be rebuilt. I would have no problem at all working in newly built twin towers. It is almost an impossibility that any jetliners would ever be hijacked again. First, the passengers on the plane would not let it happen. Second, the cockpit doors are now enforced to withstand mega forces. I despise that new freedom tower. It is ugly and an insult to all. I truly hope new twin towers are built in my lifetime.
Paul Van Buren
5/1/2019All Other NY & NJ Residents
As a native New Yorker, looking at the NYC skyline and not seeing twin towers is a reminder of what happened on 9/11, and a constant reminder of terrorism. They do not need to be built as they once were, but twin towers should be there, in the form of 2 Freedom Towers or whatever seems suitable. Rebuilding such historical buildings is a sign of strength and is a great head start in the right direction of peace and unity.
Liam Goldsmith
*4/30/2019Citizens of Other Nations
Garv Kochhar
*4/2/2019Citizens of Other Nations
James Pete
*3/28/2019All Other Americans
I, like most people never got to see the World Trade Center before 9/11, I believe we should rebuild the World Trade Center complex similar to what it once was. The Twins need to be rebuilt so the NYC skyline can look like it used to.
Aleksandar Grozdanoski
3/27/2019Citizens of Other Nations
I’m not sure if this is still valid or not, but I guess that people like me will keep on dreaming. I have always been inspired by the Twin Towers, by their architecture and their beauty – that almost innocent, but immortal beauty, which only simple shapes can have. I used to consider those two buildings the pinnacle of the architecture of our days. An architectural heritage to the world, like the pyramids in Egypt from another era.
I’d love to see the Twin Towers rise again, like a phoenix bird who rises again from its own ashes to defy death and destruction – as a symbol of immortality.
Let the Twin Towers rise again like two phoenix birds who defy destruction, to convey the message of the immortality of our civilization.
Brian Arcuri
*3/16/2019All Other Americans
John James
*3/10/2019Citizens of Other Nations
Jamie Mosley
*3/5/2019All Other Americans
I think the towers should be rebuilt.
Phil Seko
3/3/2019Citizens of Other Nations
I was born 6 Months after 9/11. I kinda missed out on seeing them. I want nothing more but to witness the Twin Towers again. If we don’t rebuild them we are letting the terrorists win and we can be defeated. The World has gotten worse as we know it ever since 9/11 happened and the Twin Towers NEED to be restored. Without them, there’s no hope. It may take some time but I have faith they will be rebuilt and I will help ensure that happens.
Igor Karklin
3/3/2019Citizens of Other Nations
It would be great for me to visit New York and the twin towers. When they collapsed I was 5 years old. I remember how long these terrible images were shown on TV.
New WTC complex as if from another world. It suits Dubai more than New York. Therefore, I only for the restoration of the twin towers!
Cole Slaugenhoup
3/1/2019All Other Americans
I fully believe the one way to unite the country is to rebuild. I’m all about bringing the twins back and I’ll do anything to help.
Eli Burck
*2/26/2019Citizens of Other Nations
I want the return of twin towers 🇺🇸❤
Danny Steen
2/24/2019Citizens of Other Nations
The Twin Towers were the most remarkable icon of New York. The new World Trade Center looks like it’s from another world. The new building doesn’t fit in comparison with the rest of the city. Give the people what they want. Rebuild the Twin Towers. We will never forget, even the people from other countries.
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.
They were not only New York City’s twin towers they were Americas’s twin towers. Rebuild our twin towers.
I believe the city of New York is black and white without the towers. Please bring them back!
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.
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.
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.
Rebuild the towers. That is what the greatest country in the world would do. Anything less is a win for our enemies.
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.
We wanna rebuild the World Trade Center, as the World Trade Center, but more safe.
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.
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.
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.
Rebuild the Twin Towers!
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.
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.
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.
The Twin Towers need to be rebuilt. They represent The United States.
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?