Rock icon Jon Bon Jovi could be seen on camera helping persuade a woman to step off the ledge of a bridge in Nashville.
The Livin’ on a Prayer singer stopped to coax the unidentified woman back over a railing on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge.
According to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, the incident happened on Tuesday night while the 62-year-old was filming a music video on the walkway.
The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department shared a video of Bon Jovi and his team who were on location when the woman was standing precariously over the Cumberland River.
Bon Jovi talks to the woman and hoists her up
He then leans in over the side railing before edging closer to the woman and hoists her up over the railing and embraces her.
Bon Jovi, 62, and others talked to the woman and helped her come back on to the bridge, police said. “It takes all of us to help keep each other safe,” Ch John Drake said in a brief statement.
Officers responded to the scene, with Nashville PD Chief John Drake applauding the actions of the star. A post to the PD’s social media said: “A shout out to Jon Bon Jovi and his team for helping a woman in Nashville on the Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge Tuesday night.
“Bon Jovi helped persuade her to come off the ledge over the Cumberland River to safety.”
The rock star has sold over 120 million records worldwide with his namesake band which he formed in 1983.
Earlier this year he revealed to People magazine that he is slowly “getting back” to performing live after he underwent a rare throat surgery in June 2022.
While at the opening of an exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his band he was asked if he has been regaining his vocals following the release of the group’s latest album, Forever, which dropped on June 7.
“I guess I am,” he informed the outlet. “Step by step, I’m getting back to it.” In regards to stepping back onto the stage to perform in front of a live audience, he added, “We performed last night in Nashville, and everything was very good.”
Jon Bon Jovi has released 15 studio albums with his band as well as two solo albums.
In the 1990s, he started an acting career, starring in the films Moonlight and Valentino, The Leading Man, Little City, Homegrown, Pay It Forward, U-571 and Cry Wolf and appearing on television in shows such as Sex and the City, 30 Rock, Ally McBeal, and The West Wing.
