The Freedom Tower

The world is again on alert in the wake of the thwarted terrorist attacks in the United Kingdom, this time trying to use diabolical liquid bombs to frighten, maim and kill innocent people.
Just weeks before the fifth anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks, British intelligence found and interrupted the mid-air attacks planned for U.S. bound planes by a band of terrorist cells in Europe. As construction of the Freedom Tower continues still at a snail’s pace, speculation about where or when the next terrorist plot will be discovered run wild in every direction.
Everyone sees themselves as the next target and pundits have again taken to the air waves to argue over whose best guess is best.
Meanwhile, the whole world awaits and applauds the mere idea of our Freedom Tower rising ever so slowly, brick by brick, one steel beam at a time.
“I think the design is amazing, says Alyssa Bailey of Great Britain. “It will be a great memorial and a sign that America will never live in fear. God Bless you all,” she says on a blog called Glass, Steel and Stone.
As a pilot that flew out of New Jersey Airports everyday, the first thing thing I would look for just after take off were the Twin Towers,” said Paul Stone. “I loved those towers! Rebuild them Please!!! Building a structure with almost the top half as just a glass structure is a cheap tribute and that does not heal the American heart,” said Stone, an American. “The twin towers were like two brothers leaning on each other for support in this tough world. Lets see that strength again with similar twin towers!”
A blogger named Sue wrote: “The Twin Towers were not originally welcome by New Yorkers. We grew to love them. To duplicate the architecture would be too emotional to view. I approve of the Freedom Tower, and hope we all grow to love it too.”
“I think this building is beautiful. It symbolizes that we are moving forward … towards a brighter future.”
“When completed, this will be one of the most important buildings of the early 21st century. It is significant in stature, in design, in its politics, its symbolism, and for the reason it was built,” report these bloggers whose site rates the buildings they love or hate. To date, 50% approve of the Freedom Tower.
In many ways, it has become the world’s Statue of Liberty, an ideal that has more strength and power than all the brick and mortar any terrorist cell can try to destroy with hate. We’ll see them all in hell first.