[MOgirl]

Hello,

My son was 3 on 9-11. Now 8, this morning, he asked me to keep Fox on instead of switching to SpongeBob. He had questions, and one of the main questions was why hasn't the WTC been rebuilt? He said, "they must have been built in around 1950, when technology was not as good as now, so what is the problem?". LOL, and bless the innocence of a child, he can't understand 5 years later that there is still nothing there. I really didn't have answer for him, that he could understand.

Glad to be here, MOgirl

[OldFriend]

For starters, the insurance company has only settled the claims this past year.

For another, the site is owned by the Port Authority of NY/NJ. Too many people demanding to have a say.

The families, the politicians, the actual OWNER of the bldgs.

You might ask your son if he thinks that if $100 was given to his class and each student could pick what they wanted there.......would they ever agree?

[girlangler]

Sounds like an awesome, very intelligent kid. Congrats.

[RedStateRocker]

I don't understand it either. To heck with memorials and all that, we should have started building it, exactly the same but even taller, as soon as the last ambulances and hearses were pulling away. If i had been in there, or if i die in a terrorist attack, the only memorial i want is one made out of fissionable materials delivered to the mosque of my next-of-kin's choice.
They'll be time to mourn after we build a Hustler Club over the bulldozed remains of the last mosque and the last Mullah is being devoured by swine.

[Darkwolf377]

Your son is smarter than anyone on DU. Granted that may be faint praise, but it gives me a little more hope for the future. You may not have intended that but you've given me a little boost on this dark anniversary. Best to you both.