Fourteen years ago, the nation and world were still reeling from a morning forever burnished in our memories. On Sept. 13, 2001, the smoke and ash were still hanging over Manhattan, the embers of the Pentagon were smoldering and the smell of jet fuel hung in the air near Shanksburg, Pa. The shock was just as palpable two days after the terrorist attacks as Americans tried to fathom what had happened and how our world had changed.