Dean of the School of Natural Sciences, Saeid Rahimi, and other faculty and staff at Sonoma State University, are proposing that the people of the North Bay area take steps to rebuild part of the destroyed World Trade Center towers in smaller centers throughout their own community, one floor at a time.
Rahimi says the floors, each amounting to 40,000 square feet of office space, could be constructed into local science, technology, business and art centers that "will send a decisive and powerful message to the world that
this great nation has become stronger as a results of the attacks."
"Education is a cornerstone of freedom and democracy, thus the symbolism and practice of building education facilities is even more compelling, " the dean says.
The building could include a monument for displaying the names of the heroes killed in the attacks. The names of all the individuals and companies that helped bring back part of the destroyed WTC buildings could also be displayed in the building.
"Building hundreds of structures throughout the country in response to the destruction of two buildings will send the strongest message to the world that our constructive power is as impressive as our military might," Rahimi said.
