it's a pure disgrace. it's my contention that during any generation in the past they would have been rebuilt lickity-split. if reagan were president the towers would be standing as we post. it's frustration at it's apogee.
I have been known to remind people that the Empire State Building was completed in 13 months. But these are, tragically, much different times. A nation divided. Still. More. A disgrace is right.