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.

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…

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”

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!

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.

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.

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!

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.

TTA Note: The following comment is similar to what we have been asked so often by idealistic, young people. We may never understand what motivated a few officials and civic leaders to sell our country short with a recovery that doesn’t measure up in any way to what we lost — when restoring the cherished skyline, in fact instead of fiction, would have inspired the world. Now, after spending seven years working to get to the bottom of it, we don’t know “why” — but what we know for sure is “who”, “what”, “how”, and “why not”. It is a convincing case of wrongdoing that will be presented on the site asap.

I was not old enough to see the towers, they were destroyed when i was in kindergarden. I always wondered what happened to the two huge towers in lower manhattan. Since then i have always seen pictures and videos of what it used to be like in NYC. There was this undeniable vibe to NYC that i could not get over. From what ive seen and heard, manhattan was a different world before 9/11. It’s hard to describe and this may sound crazy but it was like new york was like a magical place to be, and it represented what america’s true motives represented. From a far view the towers looked like the center of the world as they touched the skyline of manhattan. I would do everything in my power to get mayor bloomberg to rebuild them, but honestly i dont know what as citizens what we are supposed to do to help the campaign and rebuild. I would do everything in my power to have those towers rebuilt, but the memorial has already been placed and they are already creating the new world trade center along with the museum. I do not like the freedom tower at all. I think it insults the people of new york and lower manhattan and what the world used to look up to. Instead of the real world trade center, which new yorkers and nj citizens want, they built some “modern” crap in my opinion. I still dont understand why mayor bloomberg wanted to not rebuild the towers. From what i’ve seen 9/11 families would like to see them in the skyline again. Help me understand.

As much as I loved the original Twin Towers and despise the current “rebuilding” plan, there’s not much we can do at this point. Towers 1 & 4 are on their way to completion with 2 & 3 slowly following. Even if we were somehow able to stop the current plan, which is highly unlikely, there would be no place to build new twins because the layout doesn’t fit it considering the memorial is finished. We would then have to demolish the site and start from scratch, taking another 10+ years to build. The Twin Towers were icons and symbols of New York City and I know I will miss them terribly. It’s always great to be optimistic but sometimes we have to be realistic and accept the fact that we can’t always change everything. It’s sad, but true.

TTA Note: This is a petition, not a bulletin board, for those who agree with the petition’s purpose. But we will not remove the signature or comment since he loved the Twin Towers and despises the current plan. The fact that he has been misinformed makes him one of millions who are drawing faulty conclusions about what is and isn’t feasible and would love to be proved wrong. Anyone who spends time on this site should be able to see that we are not fools and only a fool would continue, if the scenario he presents above were true. It is not. That will become explicitly clear.

Born and raised in Orange, N.J. I’ve been to New York City countless times. And the only landmark in New York that brought attention towards my eyes is the good old Twin Towers! Like some or many people who haven’t visited these great structures, I am one of them! I’ve only seen them at a far distance and have been up close to them, but never got to be in them to admire their great beauty of interior design! It saddens and dissappoints me that The Port Authority, The Governor and Mayor of New York ignored and never took into consideration that many of us wanted the Twin Towers rebuilt! If this Petition works in getting what we all wanted, that should’ve been done the last 10 years! Then I would be very happy and very pleased man!

Even though my home now is NJ, I feel like I grew up in NYC because my grandparents lived on Lower East Side, and we would go there once a week. The Twin Towers are the skyline of NYC — bring them back!!! Everyone wants them back — I can’t believe the NYC government didn’t give NYC what they want…and need. There’s still hope, so let’s believe!!! God bless all of our brothers and sisters who have died on 9-11-2001, and their families and friends. We will NEVER forget you!!! Thank you to all those who volunteered for and defended our great nation!!! God bless America and God bless NYC!!!

Please build the original Towers back! The rebuilding of them would signify that we Americans never stand down, and will only rebuild after defeat! Sadly, I was too little when I saw the original Towers to remember them, but if they were to be rebuilt, I could not be any happier! Please, everyone, let’s stand up for our freedom as Americans and have the Twin Towers rebuilt!!!!!!!

I just have too many memories of always seeing the towers. I miss them dearly! My husband and I remember being in the windows of the world and always wanted to go back, but never got the chance.

Apparently Us new yorkers dont want this one world trade center we need our twin towers back in command. I say lets finish this freedom tower but lets build our twin towers right beside the base for the north and south towers are there why not go for it. Its a nice building and i love the design but when you look across the river from jersery i expected to see the twin towers not the one trade tower. you want bigger lets have three buildings instead of 1

Rebuild because if we don’t, we are showing weakness.