Monitoring picture A photo taken Tuesday evening on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge in Nashville shows a woman in a blue shirt standing on the wrong side of the railing, looking down at what could have been a fall into the Cumberland River.
As several pedestrians passed the confused woman with no sign of slowing down, rock star Jon Bon Jovi approached her and tried to encourage her to stop.
According to According to The Tennessean, Bon Jovi was filming a music video for their song “The People House” on the bridge.
Musician Bon Jovi and a production assistant approach the distressed woman while other staff members keep their distance. While Bon Jovi interacts with the distressed woman, the female production assistant places her hand on her back and touches her reassuringly.
“We all need to work together to keep each other safe.”
Soon, Bon Jovi and a production assistant are seen grabbing the woman and carrying her over the railing to the right side of the footbridge, where Bon Jovi embraces the woman in blue as the video crew begins to close the gap.
Metro Nashville Police Department attention X wrote, “Thank you to @jonbonjovi and his team for rescuing a woman on the Seigenthaler Footbridge Tuesday night. Bon Jovi convinced the woman to evacuate the cliffs above the Cumberland River to safety.”
“It takes all of us working together to keep each other safe,” Minnesota State Police Chief John Drake said.
The Tennessean reported that Bon Jovi declined to discuss details about the incident out of respect for the woman's privacy, but a source told the New York Post that the musician did what anyone in that situation would do: lend a hand.
The bridge where the incident occurred is named after journalist John Seigenthaler, who once saved the life of a man attempting suicide on the same bridge.
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