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People across this country and around the world were cheated out of the new Twin Towers most of us always wanted.

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  • signature permalink Valencia Merrell 9/25/2019   9/11 Families & Close Friends

    I agree they need to rebuild the twin towers but the memorial and freedom tower need to stay where they are.

  • signature permalink Candice Robinson * 9/25/2019   Citizens of Other Nations

    Would love to see another twin put up next to the new tower.

  • signature permalink FLORENTIN Mathieu 9/25/2019   Citizens of Other Nations

    For Twin Towers Alliance !

  • signature permalink Aidan Drury * 9/23/2019   All Other Americans

    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.

  • signature permalink Thomas Keska 9/17/2019   Our 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.

  • signature permalink Damon Lewis * 9/15/2019   All Other Americans

    They were not only New York City’s twin towers they were Americas’s twin towers. Rebuild our twin towers.

  • signature permalink Mantla Try * 9/15/2019   All Other Americans

    I believe the city of New York is black and white without the towers. Please bring them back!

  • signature permalink Matthew Raffensperger * 9/14/2019   All 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.

  • signature permalink Paul Luong 9/13/2019   All 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.

  • signature permalink AJ Skinner * 9/12/2019   All 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.

  • signature permalink Michael Korens 9/12/2019   Citizens of Other Nations

  • signature permalink Bryan Butts * 9/11/2019   All Other Americans

    Rebuild the towers. That is what the greatest country in the world would do. Anything less is a win for our enemies.

  • signature permalink Kadence Anthony 9/11/2019   All 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.

  • signature permalink Michael Schejbal * 9/11/2019   Citizens of Other Nations

    We wanna rebuild the World Trade Center, as the World Trade Center, but more safe.

  • signature permalink Victor Reymond * 9/11/2019   Citizens of Other Nations

  • signature permalink Brett Gragg 8/14/2019   All 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.

  • signature permalink Israel Ovalle * 8/12/2019   All 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.

  • signature permalink Ethan Jae * 7/31/2019   All Other Americans

  • signature permalink Nebojsa Kostic * 7/28/2019   Citizens of Other Nations

    Rebuild the Twin Towers!

  • signature permalink John Lopez * 7/26/2019   All 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.

  • signature permalink Arian Namvar 7/24/2019   All 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.

  • signature permalink Francisco Forés * 7/18/2019   Citizens 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.

  • signature permalink Constantino Faria * 7/1/2019   9/11 Families & Close Friends

  • signature permalink Jaimon Foppes 6/29/2019   Citizens of Other Nations

    The Twin Towers need to be rebuilt. They represent The United States.

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  • signature permalink Lionel Messi * 6/28/2019   Metro New Yorkers

  • signature permalink Toussaint Hammonds * 6/28/2019   Metro New Yorkers

  • signature permalink Leon V 6/27/2019   Citizens 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?

  • signature permalink Adam Lam 6/17/2019   All 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.

  • signature permalink Nathan Felipe * 6/13/2019   All 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.

  • signature permalink Jiya Farrow * 6/3/2019   Metro New Yorkers

  • signature permalink Thea Graves * 6/3/2019   Metro New Yorkers

  • signature permalink Cean Sanheian * 6/2/2019   All Other Americans

    I want the twins towers back because they wasn’t just skyscrapers they were monuments !!! ❤️

  • signature permalink Clarke Yeargin 5/28/2019   All Other Americans

  • signature permalink Kevin Held * 5/27/2019   Citizens of Other Nations

    All my support ! Bring theme back !
    – from Switzerland

  • signature permalink Maroon Hammonds 5/24/2019   Metro 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.

  • signature permalink Alexander Rohwedder * 5/18/2019   All Other Americans

    Needs to be done.

  • signature permalink Max Perez 5/15/2019   All 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.

  • signature permalink Zaheed Chapman 5/12/2019   All 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).

  • signature permalink Philipp Vadiyan * 5/8/2019   Citizens of Other Nations

  • signature permalink Thomas Mills 5/6/2019   All 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.

  • signature permalink Paul Van Buren 5/1/2019   All 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.

  • signature permalink Liam Goldsmith * 4/30/2019   Citizens of Other Nations

  • signature permalink Garv Kochhar * 4/2/2019   Citizens of Other Nations

  • signature permalink James Pete * 3/28/2019   All 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.

  • signature permalink Aleksandar Grozdanoski 3/27/2019   Citizens 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.

  • signature permalink Brian Arcuri * 3/16/2019   All Other Americans

  • signature permalink John James * 3/10/2019   Citizens of Other Nations

  • signature permalink Jamie Mosley * 3/5/2019   All Other Americans

    I think the towers should be rebuilt.

  • signature permalink Phil Seko 3/3/2019   Citizens 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.

  • signature permalink Igor Karklin 3/3/2019   Citizens 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!

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