Stonington ― A light rain began to fall Monday as attendees laid roses on the Josh Piver memorial bench in the early morning light on Monday.

Piver, a Stonington High School graduate and soccer player, was 23 when he was killed on Sept. 11, 2001, in the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City, where he worked on the 105th floor for Cantor Fitzgerald.

The annual 9/11 Memorial Service at Stonington Point was organized by the Rotary Club to remember Piver and other victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Members of the rotary spoke and sang “Let There Be Peace on Earth” before laying roses on the bench.

“We gather here each year not only to remember what happened on that day ... not only to remember the tragedy and loss of life,” said Martha Bradshaw, president of the Rotary Club of the Stoningtons. “But we also gather to remember the countless acts of kindness and compassion and empathy shown to the survivors and their families.”