Jon Bon Jovi praised for talking woman off the ledge of a Nashville bridge

Police in Nashville, Tennessee, praised singer Jon Bon Jovi for helping prevent a tragedy by speaking to a woman who was on the ledge of a bridge Tuesday.

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said Bon Jovi and his team were at the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge as a woman stood precariously over the Cumberland River.

Bon Jovi and others talked to the woman and helped her come back onto the bridge, police said.

“It takes all of us to help keep each other safe,” Police Chief John Drake said in a brief statement on X.

Police released security video of the interaction, in which a woman in blue holds on to the railing while she stands on the ledge. Other people pass her, and farther down the bridge, Bon Jovi’s team appears to be setting up for a video or photo shoot.

A man, who appears to be Bon Jovi, walks over to the woman with someone else as his team stands farther away. The man waves hello at her and then leans on the railing near her.

There is no audio, but it appears they begin speaking. The person with Bon Jovi gets closer and holds on to the woman’s forearm.

After about a minute, Bon Jovi walks to the woman’s other side, and the pair help her back onto the pedestrian walkway.

Other people walk over after the woman is safe, and Bon Jovi embraces her in a hug. A few minutes later, he leaves the bridge with her.

A representative for Bon Jovi did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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