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Send us a short video on why we must rebuild the Twin Towers.
Now is the time to speak out!
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
— Rev. Martin Luther King
The failure to rebuild the real World Trade Center is the ultimate disconnect between the American people and our government. There is no difference between the arrogance that led to the banking meltdown and the arrogance of building a World Trade Center nobody wants. The people are the brains and the heart of this country, but no one in power cares to listen — except to figure out how to best manipulate us.
The most important step you can take to help rescue the Twin Towers is to send us a short video that tells us who you are, where you’re from, and why you think rebuilding the Twin Towers is important. Don’t think it’s hopeless or leave it for the other guy. If the men and woman who gave us this country had been passive, where would we be?
We think there are surprises ahead for the WTC site and are getting this video project moving forward just in time. We encourage everyone who reads this page to suspend their ideas of what is and isn’t likely and, instead, take a stand for the record on what is and isn’t fitting.
Please distill into a video of a minute or less why restoring the skyline with better than ever Twin Towers is important to you. Visualize yourself speaking to a room of people who hold the key to a better world — or else, focus on a particular person and communicate what is on your mind and in your heart as if it really matters, because it really does.
Send it to the Coalition’s Vimeo page and it will appear within a few minutes. Include only your name and location in the subject line of the email with a pike between the name and address as follows: Jefferson Smith | New York, NY. Click on the image above to go to the gallery of testimonial videos.
You are free to expand your comment in the body of the message. It will appear with your video as a permanent record of your hopes and dreams for a better world.We will post some of the strongest statements on the new Coalition for a Better World website and send them on to Washington DC, along with a book of a thousand selected comments from the TTA petition for the US Congress and White House to review.
What we build on that ground that witnessed such suffering and valor has to be dedicated to bringing out the best in our country and each other. Anything less would be a crime.
Believe us… It’s NOT too late. Powerful people are trying to make it look like it is, but how could something that is so wrong for the country be inevitable? Only if we accept it. Don’t!
When Keith Olbermann and Glenn Beck agree on something, that’s worth watching because they are the tip of the iceberg… There is tremendous bipartisan support for repairing, not revising, the legendary New York skyline. As one man wrote in 2002: “Just as I want my wife back, people want their towers back. The latter is possible, the former not… Don’t let today’s fears control tomorrow’s dreams.”
The Worldwide Coalition to Rebuild the Twin Towers
The Worldwide Coalition to Rebuild the Twin Towers on Facebook
Two thousand names were suggested for the fabulous restaurant at the top of the world. The winner was based on the Burt Bachrach/Hal David song The Windows of the World. Click on the image above to hear the beautiful Dionne Warwick version of the song. What is incredibly moving is looking back on how perfectly the words captured the Towers’ twin muses. They were, at the same time, glorious temples to the worldly can-do spirit and, from the very beginning, soaring shrines dedicated to a better world. In the shadow of 9/11, the song is particular poignant and wistful. But when the Towers are shining again, we will be well on our way to making our world better — much better.
