Musician Jon Bon Jovi is being praised for helping save a woman who was hanging off the ledge of a Nashville bridge Tuesday night.
Metro Nashville Police said the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was taking part in a video shoot on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge overlooking the Cumberland River in Nashville, when he and another individual saw a woman standing outside the safety railing looking distraught.
A video released by police, which has seen been removed, showed Bon Jovi and the other individual approach the woman and begin talking to her. After a minute or so, Bon Jovi walks to the woman’s other side and the pair help her back onto the pedestrian walkway.
Others, apparently from his crew, walk over after the woman is safe. Bon Jovi is seen embracing her in a hug then left the bridge with her.
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“It takes all of us to help keep each other safe,” said Chief of Police John Drake in a statement posted to social media.
Bon Jovi is founder of the JBJ Soul Foundation, which works to break the cycle of hunger, poverty and homelessness through developing partnerships, creating programs and providing grant funding to support innovative community benefit organizations, according to its mission statement.
“Nearly two decades ago when I formed the JBJ Soul Foundation and JBJ Soul Kitchens, I saw firsthand and continue to see today the impact of charitable, community-based work,” Bon Jovi said in a statement earlier this year. “I know this for sure: Helping one’s community is helping one’s self.”
Jon Bon Jovi recently helped rescue a distraught woman from the ledge of a bridge in Nashville. It was caught on video. Metro Nashville PD released the amazing moment. pic.twitter.com/Ue6neq2njx
— Channing Frampton (@Channing_TV) September 11, 2024
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
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