Legendary rock singer Jon Bon Jovi helped stop a distraught woman from jumping off a Nashville bridge.
“The incident occurred Tuesday night on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge and was captured on surveillance footage,” ABC News reports.
The encounter occurred while the famous rocker was filming a music video for his song “People’s House.”
“A shout out to @jonbonjovi & his team for helping a woman on the Seigenthaler Ped Bridge Tue night. Bon Jovi helped persuade her to come off the ledge over the Cumberland River to safety,” the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department wrote.
A shout out to @jonbonjovi & his team for helping a woman on the Seigenthaler Ped Bridge Tue night. Bon Jovi helped persuade her to come off the ledge over the Cumberland River to safety. “It takes all of us to help keep each other safe,”–Chief John Drake https://t.co/1YejKJ2WgM
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) September 11, 2024
Per ABC News:
The footage, released by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department on Wednesday, shows a woman perched on the ledge of the bridge, which spans the Cumberland River.
Bon Jovi and another person can be seen in the footage approaching and talking to the woman, who turns to face them.
ADVERTISEMENT“Bon Jovi helped persuade her to come off the ledge over the Cumberland River to safety,” Nashville police said on X.
After about a minute, Bon Jovi and the other person can be seen helping the woman climb back over the railing. Bon Jovi and the woman embrace before walking down the span of the bridge with several others.
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Good man.
Bon Jovi was seen approaching a 62-year-old woman on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge.
The musician leaned over the railing before… pic.twitter.com/msyGSU3hQW
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 11, 2024
Jon Bon Jovi convinces woman not to jump off Nashville bridge while filming music video https://t.co/Am7XaKtI1Q pic.twitter.com/DPEyLerWts
— New York Post (@nypost) September 11, 2024
From the New York Post:
Shortly after, Bon Jovi and the fellow good samaritan helped pull the woman over the railing and away from danger.
After the woman was back on the pedestrian path, she and Bon Jovi hugged.
The bridge was completely open to the public when Bon Jovi was filming the video, and the incident subsequently occurred.
The Post understands that Bon Jovi won’t be making any public comments out of respect for the person and their privacy.
ADVERTISEMENTA source told The Post that Bon Jovi did what any person who found themselves in that situation would have done, offering a helping hand to the person in need.
Though in some ways the singer may have been uniquely poised to help the distressed individual. Bon Jovi created the JBJ Soul Foundation in 2006 to help provide pragmatic ways out of homelessness, poverty and hunger for families across the US.
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