Rock legend Jon Bon Jovi stepped into an sudden function as a hero on Tuesday (Sept. 10) when he helped discuss a distressed girl off the sting of a Nashville bridge.
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The incident, which occurred on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge, was captured on surveillance footage launched by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Division.
The 62-year-old, who was filming a music video on the time, approached the lady with one other individual and calmly satisfied her to step down from the ledge over the Cumberland River.
After a few minute of dialog, the footage reveals Bon Jovi and the opposite particular person serving to the lady climb again over the railing. The singer then embraced her, earlier than comforting her as they walked down the bridge collectively. Police confirmed that the lady was later taken to obtain psychological well being care.
“A shout out to @jonbonjovi & his staff for serving to a lady on the Seigenthaler Ped Bridge Tue night time. Bon Jovi helped persuade her to come back off the ledge over the Cumberland River to security,” Nashville police shared on X (previously Twitter).
Nashville Police Chief John Drake praised the singer, stating, “It takes all of us to assist preserve one another protected.”
Bon Jovi’s involvement within the rescue is maybe unsurprising given his in depth charity work by means of the JBJ Soul Basis, which focuses on serving to these affected by homelessness, starvation, and different crises.
This act of kindness has solely additional endeared Bon Jovi to followers, lots of whom took to social media to reward the “Livin’ On a Prayer” legend.
When he’s not saving lives, Bon Jovi stays a longtime fixture within the music business. The frontman for Bon Jovi, one of many world’s best-selling rock bands, has 4 Billboard Sizzling 100 No. 1 hits underneath his belt, together with classics like “Livin’ on a Prayer” and “You Give Love a Unhealthy Title.” Earlier this yr, the band launched their album Eternally, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s High Album Gross sales chart.
Try footage launched by Nashville PD beneath.
