Lars Oestergaard Nielsen
Denmark

I have been following the rebuilding plans in the news, and I can't help thinking that something is missing in the discussion.

The entire world watched the destruction of the Towers on live TV, but when it comes to rebuilding no one asks people outside the city of NY what they think??? Yes, of course it's a decision the people of NY have to make, but maybe it would influence their decision if they knew how much it means to people around the world. A President says, "America will win the war against terror", but at the same time America surrenders to terrorists on its own soil by not rebuilding what was lost. It was the World Trade Center, and people all over the world felt a great loss and a deep sympathy for the victims.

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Christopher Briggs
Norway

I agree with those who want to see your towers rebuilt. Even to the last second standing, and despite their horrific injury, they yet were able to make a statement about the spirit behind their construction. To the last they stood proud, tall - and defiant. So much so that I, whose first meeting with this wonder of the world was sad when I saw the TV pictures - was left in awe. They were truly a symbol of the age they were built in, when as Team Twin Towers aptly points out man walked on the moon. They mean therefore something much more, because they say something about the very spirit of mankind. That is why they must be rebuilt. What Team Twin Towers says about walking on the moon is true, and I am a child of that particular age. If that aspiration has been forever lost, I believe many like me are diminished. Even more so if we are left with the impression that future buildings are smaller because we now have some respect for murderers. That is why thousands of people are dead - it was not the buildings' fault.