The replacements would be at least 1,475-feet tall, more than 100 feet higher than their previous incarnations. The new North Tower would also boast a 383-foot communications mast.
"It's bigger, it's stronger and it's better than the previous World Trade Center, and it sets the right tone and the right attitude," Trump said, adding that some members of the public who had seen the model had been moved to tears.
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And yet this design would be an improvement over the old ones.
The Trump towers -- he promised not to attach his name to the buildings -- would employ a tube-within-a-tube design with improved fireproofing and larger stairwells.
Gardner said the structures would be able to withstand the kind of attacks that brought down the original towers on September 11, 2001 killing 2,479 people.
This would be an excellent way of saying "Up yours!" to those terrorists. I'm for it. Many people are for it, too. Among 3,483 respondents in a poll, 80% voted for the Twin Towers to be rebuilt, "stronger and mightier than ever."
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