Greg Manning , who worked in the original World Trade Center along with his wife Lauren , wrote an article in The New York Times supporting the Twin Towers II project . Greg worked for Euro Brokers on the 84th floor of the South Tower and Lauren was a partner for Cantor Fitzgerald on the 105th floor of the North Tower . Manning was late , so he was not in his office when United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the building , destroying the Euro Brokers offices . His wife Lauren was burnt by the fireball that blew out the lobby of the North Tower after American Airlines Flight 11 hit the building . Greg said the following about the project : Trump , on May 18 , 2005 , held a press conference at his residence on Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan , to address the proposed Twin Towers II design . Along with him was engineer Ken Gardner and architect Herbert Belton , Trump presented the Team Twin Towers designed twin-towered complex model . The Freedom Tower plan , according to Trump , " looks like a junkyard , a series of broken-down angles that do n't match each other . And we have to live with this for hundreds of years ? It is the worst pile of crap architecture I 've ever seen in my life . " Though Trump was supporting the proposed twin-towered project , he was leaving the decision up to Larry Silverstein , which his company Silverstein Properties was the lease holder of the site . " I only have the power of persuasion " , Trump said . At the press conference , he read from a letter sent to him by Daniel Libeskind , whose plan was planned to be built . Trump quoted Libeskind as saying the shape of the tower was " the product of David Childs " , while he wanted a more slender , classical tower set back farther from the street . Libeskind added in a statement Wednesday : " The site plan is not just about commercial buildings . The memorial is its crucial centerpiece . It is there for a reason . " Trump , finishing his speech , said that " If we rebuild the World Trade Center in the form of a skeleton , the terrorists win . " and that if tenants could not be found for the project , to build a memorial park instead
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