Twenty-two years ago this morning, mass murder, mayhem, and — for many — misinformation visited the world, mostly through televised news. Each anniversary the story is at least slightly different, relying less on official accounts. For today, here are links to a small selection of reports and commentary, from National Public Radio, the Associated Press, the Springfield Republican, Newsweek, and the Substack account of the founder of Global Research. — MCM

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Latest Marine recruits at Parris Island, S.C., were all born after Sept. 11 attacks. Reported by Tom Bowman | NPR  Twenty-two years after the Sept. 11 attacks, different motivations are drawing Marine recruits into service. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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The U.S. marks 22 years since 9/11 with tributes and tears, from ground zero to Alaska, by Jennifer Peltz and Karen Matthews | AP  NEW YORK — From ground zero to small towns, Americans looked back today on 9/11 with moments of silence, tearful words and appeals to teach younger generations about the terror attacks that struck the nation exactly 22 years before. “For those of us who lost people on that day . . . READ MORE . . .

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For his sister, life’s joys help keep sadness at bay, by Cynthia Simison | The Springfield Republican  There are moments of sadness as Ann Murphy Fraro reflects on all the celebratory moments in their family’s life that her brother Brian J. Murphy has missed since that morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Brian, 41, was at work in the offices of Cantor Fitzgerald on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center’s North Tower when . . . READ MORE . . .

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Timeline: How September 11 attack on WTC, Pentagon, Flight 93 unfolded, by Nick Mordowanec | Newsweek Twenty-two years ago, the United States was the target of the deadliest attack on its soil when 19 men hijacked four airplanes as part of a mission orchestrated by Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Almost 3,000 people lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, and more die each year because of related . . . READ MORE . . .

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From Reagan’s Al Qaeda sponsored war on Afghanistan to George W. Bush’s 9/11, by Michel Chossudovsky | Substack Osama bin Laden, America’s bogeyman, was recruited by the CIA in 1979 at the very outset of the U.S.-sponsored jihad. He was 22 years old and was trained in a CIA-sponsored guerrilla training camp. The architects of the covert . . . READ MORE . . .