Rock legend Jon Bon Jovi stepped into an surprising position as a hero on Tuesday (Sept. 10) when he helped speak a distressed girl off the sting of a Nashville bridge.
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 girl with one other individual and calmly satisfied her to step down from the ledge over the Cumberland River.
After a couple of minute of dialog, the footage reveals Bon Jovi and the opposite particular person serving to the girl 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 girl was later taken to obtain psychological well being care.
“A shout out to @jonbonjovi & his crew for serving to a girl on the Seigenthaler Ped Bridge Tue night time. Bon Jovi helped persuade her to return 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 via 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, a lot 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 Scorching 100 No. 1 hits underneath his belt, together with classics like “Livin’ on a Prayer” and “You Give Love a Unhealthy Identify.” Earlier this 12 months, the band launched their album Endlessly, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Prime Album Gross sales chart.
Take a look at footage launched by Nashville PD beneath.
