The musician was filming a music video when he stopped to help a woman hanging off the ledge of a Nashville bridge
Jon Bon Jovi has been credited with helping save a woman who was hanging off a bridge in Nashville on Tuesday night.
According to the Metro Nashville Police Department, the musician helped persuade an unnamed woman come off the ledge of the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge, which spans Tennessee’s Cumberland River, and back to safety. “It takes all of us to help keep each other safe,” said Chief of Police John Drake in a statement posted to social media.
Video posted by authorities shows Bon Jovi filming a music video on the bridge with a crew and stopping when he sees the woman hanging off the ledge. The artist and another individual approach the woman and are seen speaking to her, then at some point helping her to safety. Bon Jovi is seen embracing the woman before walking off camera together, along with the rest of the crew.
In 2006, Jon Bon Jovi formed the JBJ Soul Foundation to provide solutions out of homelessness, poverty and hunger for families across the United States through programs that provide food, affordable housing, social services, and job training.
“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.”