Jon Bon Jovi Helped Talk Woman Off Ledge of Nashville Bridge, Police Say

Jon Bon Jovi poses for a portrait in New York to promote his album "2020" on Sept. 23, 2020. Drew Gurian/Invision/AP Photo

Nashville police commended rock legend Jon Bon Jovi and his team for helping a woman who was standing on the edge of a bridge in Nashville on Tuesday night.

The Metro Nashville Police Department shared a post on X on Wednesday saying the musician and his team “helped persuade her to come off the ledge over the Cumberland River to safety.” The incident occurred on the Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge in downtown Nashville.

“It takes all of us to help keep each other safe,” said Nashville Police Chief John Drake.

Footage shared on social media shows the musician with a camera crew on the bridge and a woman wearing blue standing on the ledge of the bridge, holding onto the railing and facing the river. Bon Jovi and another person later identified as a production assistant can be seen slowly walk across the bridge toward the woman.

Further down the bridge, Bon Jovi’s team can be seen hanging back watching the incident.

The footage shows the singer and the production assistant waving hello to the woman and leaning on the railing near her while talking together.

Shortly after, the two good Samaritans help pull the woman over the railing onto the pedestrian walkway. Bon Jovi continues to talk to the woman and eventually embraces her in a hug before other individuals on the bridge come over.

A representative for the singer told The Associated Press that Bon Jovi would not be commenting on the incident.

Bon Jovi is known to have compassion for others. The musician and his wife, Dorothea, formed the JBJ Soul Foundation in 2006, which helps people who are suffering from hunger, poverty, and homelessness across the United States.

The nonprofit organization creates programs that give funding to individuals in difficult situations, providing them food and affordable housing while assisting social services and job training programs, according to the website.

The bridge in question, formerly known as the Shelby Avenue Pedestrian Bridge, was renamed in 2014 to honor another man who prevented a suicide.

John Seigenthaler, a former editor for The Tennessean newspaper and a former assistant and friend to the late Robert F. Kennedy, was a reporter for the newspaper 70 years ago when he pulled a man from the ledge of the bridge to stop him from jumping.

The national suicide and crisis lifeline is available by calling or texting 988 or via online chat at 988lifeline.org.

From NTD News