Jon Bon Jovi saves woman’s life in heroic act on Nashville bridge while filming music video

Jon Bon Jovi was filming a music video when he helped a woman on a Nashville bridge, likely saving her life.

Jon Bon Jovi helped a woman on a Nashville bridge on Wednesday, likely saving her life.

The legendary rocker encountered the woman around 6pm local time as he was filming a music video for his song People’s House on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge, the New York Post reports.

In surveillance video shared on X by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, the Livin’ on a Prayer singer can be seen approaching the woman on the ledge.

Bon Jovi then spoke to the woman with another bystander.

Jon Bon Jovi helped stop a woman from jumping off the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge in Nashville, likely saving her life. Picture: Metropolitan Nashville Police Department

The rocker encountered the woman around 6pm local time as he was filming a music video for his song People’s House. Picture: Metropolitan Nashville Police Department

Shortly after, Bon Jovi and the fellow good Samaritan helped pull the woman over the railing and away from danger.

After the woman was back on the pedestrian path, she and Bon Jovi hugged.

The bridge was completely open to the public when Bon Jovi was filming the video, and the incident subsequently occurred.

Bon Jovi and a fellow good Samaritan helped pull the woman over the railing and away from danger. Picture: Metropolitan Nashville Police Department

The bridge was open to the public at the time Bon Jovi was filming and that’s when the incident occurred. Picture: Metropolitan Nashville Police Department

The Post understands that Bon Jovi won’t be making any public comments out of respect for the person and their privacy.

A source told The Post that Bon Jovi did what any person who found themselves in that situation would have done, offering a helping hand to the person in need.

Though in some ways the singer may have been uniquely poised to help the distressed individual. Bon Jovi created the JBJ Soul Foundation in 2006 to help provide pragmatic ways out of homelessness, poverty and hunger for families across the US.

The singer won’t be making any public comments out of respect for the person. Picture: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

As the organisation’s founder, he has been thoroughly trained in speaking to people who find themselves in crisis situations. He’s also put that training to use in the real world, having worked with people in crisis, dealing battles such as hunger and homelessness.

The Nashville Fire Department and Metropolitan Nashville Police Department arrived on the scene shortly after Bon Jovi’s heroic action.

Metropolitan Nashville Police Department Chief John Drake praised Bon Jovi in a “shout out” the department posted on X.

“It takes all of us to help keep each other safe,” Drake said.

The rock star was lauded by others on social media.

“[T]he man is a goddamn saint,” one person wrote on X. “Jon bon jovi really a legend !!! What a guy man,” another posted.

Eerily, the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge was named for a reporter who stopped a man from jumping off the bridge and taking his own life in the 1950s.

Prior to the filming his video on Wednesday and helping save a life, Bon Jovi performed in Nashville on Tuesday night at — where else? — the Jon Bon Jovi Bar. He even stepped behind the bar at one point during the evening and served drinks to patrons.

This article originally appeared in New York Post and was reproduced with permission

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