Police in Nashville, Tennessee, are crediting rock legend Jon Bon Jovi for helping a woman on the Seigenthaler pedestrian bridge on Tuesday night (10).
According to a statement posted on the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department’s X page on Wednesday (11), the musician “helped persuade her to get off the ledge over the Cumberland River to safety.”
“It takes all of us helping to keep each other safe,” added Nashville Police Chief John Drake.
A spokesperson for the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department told CNN on Wednesday that the woman, whose name has not been released, was taken to a local hospital for treatment and evaluation.
In video of the incident released by the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department on Wednesday, captured by what appears to be a surveillance camera, Bon Jovi is seen walking across the bridge with a camera crew when he notices the woman holding onto the edge facing the river.
Bon Jovi, accompanied by an unidentified person, appears to speak to the woman in distress and eventually helps her lift her back over the ledge to safety. The singer is then seen giving the woman a hug moments later.
THE CNN has reached out to a Bon Jovi rep for comment.
A source close to the situation told CNN on Wednesday that Bon Jovi was filming a music video on the public bridge when the incident occurred.
Bon Jovi has experience and training in helping people in crisis, thanks to his JBJ Soul Foundation, which he started in 2006.
The foundation, according to its website, works “to break the cycle of hunger, poverty and homelessness” through various programs and by supporting community organizations.
This content was originally published in Bon Jovi convinces woman to give up jumping off bridge in the US, says police on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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