9/11 Anniversary: America Remembers One Of Its Darkest Days Written by Reid Rosenthal on September 12, 2015 · Have a comment? Overthrow of America, and indeed the Western World. It is this horrific confrontation with the realities of cruel and radical ideology which may, in the end, have been the Paul Revere moment that saved us from far worse calamity, at least thus far. More that a tragic event, greater than a single disaster, far more significant than a jolting memory, 9-11 was an awakening…and it our responsibility to our country, our freedoms, and our children’s children to never forget.