Jon Bon Jovi praised for talking woman off bridge

Jon Bon Jovi is being praised for helping bring a woman back off the ledge of a bridge in Nashville overnight.

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department shared a video of the rock icon and his team who were at the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge when the woman was standing precariously over the Cumberland River.

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," Chief John Drake said in a brief statement.

The Livin' on a Prayer singer was on the pedestrian bridge filming a music video when he saw the woman holding on to the railing over the river.

In the video released by police, a woman in blue can be seen holding on to the railing while standing on the ledge.

Other people pass her and slightly further down the bridge, Bon Jovi's team appears to be setting up camera equipment.

Bon Jovi walks over to the woman with someone else as his team stand further away.

The singer then can be seen waving hello at her and leaning on the railing near her.

After about a minute, Bon Jovi walks to the woman and with the help of another woman the pair get her back on to the pedestrian walkway on the bridge.

Accompanying the video on social media, Metro Nashville Police Department said: "A shout out to Jon Bon Joni and his team for helping a woman on the Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge [on] Tuesday night.

"Bon Jovi helped persuade her to come off the ledge over the Cumberland River to safety."

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This article was first published by the NZ Herald and is republished here with permission.