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Jon Bon Jovi is responsible for saving a woman in crisis.

The 62-year-old music star was filming a music video on Tuesday (September 10) when he encountered a woman in crisis on a Nashville pedestrian bridge, and helped carry her to a safer part of the bridge.

On Wednesday (September 11), the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department shared surveillance footage from the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge showing the musician approaching the unidentified woman standing on the ledge.

After a few minutes, he and another woman are seen carrying the woman in crisis to a safer part of the bridge as he continues to speak with her before they walk away.

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“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.

Jon Bon Jovi, Lead singer of Bon Jovi was filming a music video in Nashville, Tennesse when he stepped in to stop a woman’s attempt at ending her life on Tuesday, September 10.

In an “in the right place at the right time” moment, he talked the woman off the ledge of a bridge in the city.

More details on this story, below.

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Jon came across the woman as he was filming his music video.

Metropolitan Nashville Police Department shared the following tweet on X, regarding the incident.

“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 Nashville Pd also released a video of Jon along with another bystander, helping the lady to safety. The department chief,...

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 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.

“It takes all of us to help keep each other safe,...

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 unidentified 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...

Jon Bon Jovi is credited with helping to save a woman’s life after persuading her not to jump from a bridge in Nashville on Tuesday.

According to TMZ, Bon Jovi was filming a music video on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge around 6:00 p.m. local time, when he noticed a woman standing on the bridge’s edge. Along with another pedestrian, he managed to talk her down and help her back over the railing. The Nashville Fire Department and Metro Nashville Police Department responded to the scene and credited Bon Jovi for his actions. Nashville Pd Chief John Drake said in a statement, “It takes all of us to help keep each other safe.”

TMZ notes that through his Jbj Soul Foundation, Bon Jovi has training in speaking with individuals experiencing a crisis.

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