A minute's silence was held before the walk
Friends of a student who drowned in the River Avon have launched an appeal to build a monument to him and the 11 others who have died in the river.
Sam Amin, 18, fell into the Avon during a night out in Bath in September 2014.
The £25,000 fundraising appeal was launched at a memorial walk attended by Bath's mayor Paul Crossley and other families who have lost loved ones.
Last month Henry Burke, 19, from Ripon in north Yorkshire, became the latest casualty when he died near Old Orchard.
The girlfriends of Henry Burke and Christopher Taylor threw a white rose into the River Avon where the young men died
Mr Burke's girlfriend Emma Comley described him as "the most kind-hearted person" she ever met.
"That's why I fell in love with him," she said.
"I want to be doing everything I can to make him proud."
Henry Burke's body was recovered from a stretch of the river off Old Orchard
Christopher Taylor, from Southport, was studying chemistry at the University of Bath. He drowned in January 2014
The event was organised by Qamar Rafiq, a friend of the Amin family.
He said the walk was dedicated to pay tribute to the victims and also to call for the unity of the agenda for river safety.
Mr Rafiq said: "When as a family we came to know about Henry it was tragically painful, it felt like another Sam had lost his life.
"It has shattered our family again into pieces because we are going to equally mourn with his family."
Sam Amin had just finished his A-levels and was due to start university
- Published30 November 2016
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