A woman perched on the ledge of a pedestrian bridge in Nashville, Tennessee, as she contemplated jumping found an advocate just feet away to help talk her to safety — an advocate who just happened to be rock star Jon Bon Jovi.
The part-time Palm Beach resident and “Bed of Roses” singer was filming a music video for his new song “The People’s House” on the Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge on Tuesday evening when he and a production assistant spotted a woman who appeared to be distress, The Tennessean reported .
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The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department shared video on social media of the incident captured from a nearby camera on the bridge, which The Tennessean reported was named after John Seigenthaler, a former editor for the newspaper who saved a man from jumping off the bridge in the 1950s.
In the video, a woman in a blue shirt is seen standing on the bridge’s ledge. People involved in the music video — the bridge remained open to pedestrians during filming — can be seen in the background.