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Our Plan To Save The World Trade Center America the Beautiful We must rebuild the towers. They are a symbol of our achievement as New Yorkers and as Americans Take a Stand — Sign the Petition Will the Real WTC Please Stand Up? Public property is being rebuilt with public dollars as if the public doesn't exist.
The Twin Towers were heroic architecture, the epiitome of a daring, confident culture. They were incomparable buildings that needed no explaining and made no apologies. Click on the image above to see why only new Twin Towers could ever live up to the imprint they made on our world. "Death to America?" The Can't Do World Trade Center Our New Ad Campaign Asks One Simple Question: Is America For Real? We've been asking good questions and getting no answers for years. Whatever became of the "government of the people, by the people, for the people?" Americans are sick of officials and the media who repeatedly fail to prevent wrongdoing, but are the first to get outraged after the damage is done. Let's clean up this bank failure/oil spill before it fouls our country. It's Not Too Late To Do The Right Thing Now, More Than Ever What is happening in at the WTC is a rank abuse of power and a criminal misappropriation of billions of dollars that WOULD NOT have been squandered if the public had just been given the facts. It is a raw power struggle between the American people and those in politics and the media who think they have a right to rule over us, rather than govern under us. In Memoriam "Twin Towers II" The Coalition for a Better World WTC2011 We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.— Winston Churchill Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, If some people can run into burning buildings to save lives, isn't standing up for the good of our country the least the rest of us can do? Be part of something great. Rebuilding the Twin Towers matters as few things ever do. Help us rescue the Twin Towers! Sign the Petition and then send us a short video testimonial saying who you are, where you're from, and why you think rebuilding the Twin Towers is important. Click here for details on how to be heard. It's NOT too late. Very powerful people are trying to make it look like it is, but it's not. How could something that is so wrong for the country be inevitable? Only if we accept it. Don't! Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. — Rev. Martin Luther King America is too great for small dreams. — Ronald Reagan There is nothing wrong in America that can’t be fixed
The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem. — Walt Whitman The MSNBC Online Poll Saving The Dream | Let it Begin Here Dream No Small Dreams Lost Causes Accept No Substitutes Twin Towers YouTube Playlist Interview with "Twin Towers II" Designer Page Two | The Home Page Continued
Please, rebuild the towers, as a sign of your resolve and unwillingness to give up. It will fill every freedom-lover’s heart with joy all over the world. — Mateusz Kocot | Citizens of Other Nations Who would have believed on 9/11 that our own officials would ratify the Twin Towers absence from our world? Click above on the image at the top of the page of the Towers being built to see an extraordinary new tribute from overseas. People around the world get it... On 10/10/09, a Canadian supporter wrote: "I believe that using 9/11 as an excuse to 'renovate' ground zero is disgraceful. Rebuilding the twin towers is far more noble than creating something different. If we build the freedom tower, THE TERRORISTS HAVE CHANGED THE SKYLINE!" By saying "if we build the freedom tower..." he recognized that what goes up at Ground Zero is going to define all of us. It is not just a matter of New York politics, but of national character and resolve. "Character is destiny" and America's destiny, like it or not, touches everyone.
I feel this way about it: World trade means world peace and, consequently, the World Trade Center buildings in New York ... had a bigger purpose than just to provide room for tenants. The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace. Beyond the compelling need to make this a monument to world peace, the World Trade Center should, because of its importance, become a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and through cooperation, his ability to find greatness. — WTC Architect Minoru Yamasaki Duty Calls Pros and Cons One-Plus-One-Equals-Two The Best Tribute Ever What's Up With That? City of Dreams How Am I Doing? The Ultimate Disconnect Isn't It Romantic?
Outranked! Light A Candle The Great Twin Towers The Good Hands People Make Mine Moxie Common Ground Letter to the President United We Stand Coming Attractions The Beginning or The End? The Rightful Heir of "Twin Towers I" What Are They Afraid Of? Make the Connection To Tell The Truth The Real 9/11 Conspiracy WTC FLYER – PASS IT ON WTC or WTF? The goal of the Twin Towers Alliance has always been two-fold: To see the Twin Towers back where they belong and to show how instrumental the role of citizen is in the destiny of our nation. We, therefore, formed The Twin Towers Alliance Foundation, a Delaware Not-For-Profit Corporation, at the end of January 2010, to advance those twin missions. People United To Rebuild The Twin Towers, Incorporated, our New York State non-profit, is being retired. It was an important step in the right direction, but a foundation is, by definition, something to build upon and, through our Delaware Non-Profit, we are well-prepared to promote the practice of muscular, engaged, citizenship. Give me but one firm spot on which to stand, and I will move the earth. — Archimedes Why build new Twin Towers? Because they were synonyms for America. Where the Empire State Building says "New York" and the White House says "Washington" the Twin Towers said "America." That stands out to people in other lands more clearly than it does to some of us here – and the failure to rebuild true icons alarms them. In a world divided by language and customs, the universal language of symbols is the common ground that can bring us together. A recent comment on our petition captured that recognition perfectly: Nothing less than rebuilding the Twin Towers exactly as they were is acceptable to any world citizen who values freedom and democracy. When the Campanile of St Mark’s Square in Venice collapsed in 1902, the city authorities and the citizens of that other great republic were of one voice when they considered a replacement: 'DOV’ ERA E COM’ ERA' – 'HOW IT WAS, AND WHERE IT WAS'. — Carl Yelland | Citizens of Other Nations On February 26, 1993, a bomb exploded in the WTC Garage. It was meant to send Tower One crashing into Tower Two, destroying both of them and the tens of thousands of people inside. The diabolical fixation that Al Qaeda had with bringing those towers down makes their resurrection a national imperative. Most Americans know that in their gut. To use public funds to defy the will of the people is un-American. For officials to just ignore what the rest of us believe is right, and to use our own tax dollars to kow-tow to our enemies is utterly corrupt. Freedom was attacked on 9/11 and then Democracy got mugged. It's time for common sense and good will to prevail. In October 2001, Osama bin Laden gloated: The values of this Western civilization under the leadership of America have been destroyed. Those awesome symbolic towers that speak of liberty, human rights, and humanity have been destroyed. They have gone up in smoke. How this is handled from now on is going to establish if Bin Laden's diseased world view was an accurate post-mortem or just the hollow boast of a delusional thug. The Spirit of September 12th* showed what we can do when we are united and resolved. Beating the odds is what Americans do best. It is time to take control of our destiny again – starting with Ground Zero. American-Know-How used to mean something. It can again. It's time to stop following the followers. It's time to start leading the leaders... The statement we make at Ground Zero is going to reverberate through the years. The current plan is clearly broken, but ongoing efforts to repair it fail to take into account that what it lacks above all is greatness. It doesn't measure up. It never will. The attacks of 9/11 were aimed at our people, our property, and our core ideals. Muzzling the public to ram through an unpopular, uninspired, and unworthy World Trade Center is not acceptable – under any circumstances. It's not too late for people of good will to prevail over a selfish, cynical, and arrogant power structure. If we don't fight such a brazen abuse of power in deciding the future of Ground Hero, then we won't just be giving away sixteen acres in New York City – we'll be letting go of a big chunk of our country as well. In a 2004 New York Post op-ed entitled "World Trade Sellouts," Nicole Gelinas wrote: Osama bin Laden gave the order to destroy the World Trade Center – but Gov. Pataki & Co. are paying for the funeral. Actually, the taxpayers are the ones paying for it – as usual – but Gov. Pataki, Mayor Bloomberg, Sen. Schumer, Congressman Rangel, among others, didn't have to agree to be pallbearers. Is that the kind of country we want? It's a good bet that all the "experts" who love to cluck that building the original Twin Towers was an act of "hubris" would not characterize putting a man on the moon in the same jaundiced way, even though the spirit behind both was identical. The arrogance of those who feel free to misrepresent how much most people loved those towers and want their profile back in our skyline is the real hubris. Thinking that some people's opinion should carry so much more weight than others is what drives the self-appointed elite to manipulate facts and manage opinion for our own good. We can't let them get away with it. We can't afford the price. It is alarming that some of those who were hired to run our government – and who are trusted to keep the flow of information honest – sold us out. Dedicated patriots fought an empire to break free of that sort of high-handed governance and forged a great country. Political expediency be damned. We will continue to oppose the current rotten plan and fully expect to defeat it in the end. If we had no alternative but the grim options that are being floated in the media, it would be awful. But it looks like a new day is breaking and, once the politicans wake up to what is possible for the WTC, and what it will do for this country, we know they will embrace it, too. It is up to us to prevent a terrible tragedy from being compounded by a terrible mistake. Please Note: Some are under the mistaken impression that redeveloping the World Trade Center is primarily a matter of private property rights. NOT SO. The contract that Mr. Silverstein signed to lease the Twin Towers required him to rebuild the Towers if they were destroyed. The Port Authority released him from that obligation. There is no conflict between Twin Towers and his contractual right to 10 million square feet of comparable space in comparable buildings. And, especially given the irregularities of the privitization to begin with, no one has a superior or even equal claim to the property than the public. The Executive Director of the Port Authority pledged at the time of the transfer: "We will continue to protect this outstanding public asset so that it can continue to flourish." That was an irrevocable promise and binding on his successors. Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never — in nothing, great or small, large or petty — never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. — Winston Churchill * The Spirit of September 12th is something that we referred to long before it was adopted by the Conservative movement. The reason it is important to point that out is because the powerfully unifying force that we all experienced following the 9/11 attacks not only transcends politics, it dissolves the barriers that are erected by political factionalism -- which was the greatest concern of our country's first President when he gave his Farewell Address to the nation. It underlies everything the non-partisan Twin Towers Alliance is doing. Whenever we make reference to it, we are not suggesting a partisan bias. This site isn't just another petition – it's a snapshot of America – and of our friends around the world. The story that the Twin Towers Alliance is telling doesn't depend on how many have signed, as much as on what they have said. Many of the comments people have shared are particularly heartfelt and clearheaded. Most people have yet to learn of what we are doing, but those who have found their way to this site run the gamut: young and old, conservatives and liberals, black and white, rich and poor, North and South, East and West, who share the core belief that it is our duty as citizens to speak out to prevent a truly historic blunder from going forward in our name. We can succeed and we will.
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