Jon Bon Jovi’s legendary status has been further underlined in a life-saving intervention in the United States this week.
As per reports from Deadline, the veteran musician managed to talk a distressed woman from taking her own life as she precauriously stood on the ledge of a bridge in Nashville on Tuesday night.
Bon Jovi and the other person were then seen to approach the woman before striking up a conversation with her in a police-released video that has since been removed.
Deadline reports that it took the 62-year-old star a moment or so to come over to the woman’s side before they convinced her to climb back down onto the pedestrian pavement.
In a response to the incident, Chief of Police John Drake said in a social media statement, “It takes all of us to help keep each other safe.”
The rocker has often his sympathetic side, especially being the founder of the JBJ Soul Foundation, which aims to battle hunger, poverty and homelessness.
“Nearly two decades ago when I formed the JBJ Soul Foundation and JBJ Soul Kitchens, I saw firsthand and continue to see today the impact of charitable, community-based work.”
Bon Jovi said in a statement earlier this year. “I know this for sure: Helping one’s community is helping one’s self.”
A shout out to @jonbonjovi & his team for helping a woman on the Seigenthaler Ped Bridge Tue night. Bon Jovi helped persuade her to come off the ledge over the Cumberland River to safety. "It takes all of us to help keep each other safe,"–Chief John Drake https://t.co/1YejKJ2WgM
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) September 11, 2024
