From the editorial: In the words of former New York Gov. George Pataki: "The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, reshaped the face of the nation and the course of history," he wrote for CNN on the five-year anniversary. "Our lives and the lives of those to come. changed forever. . The date, Sept. 11, will forever evoke recollections of unimaginable tragedy, of lives callously lost and brutally cut short, and of unspeakable horror and sorrow in the hearts and minds of all of us."