Rock legend Jon Bon Jovi stepped into an sudden position as a hero on Tuesday (Sept. 10) when he helped discuss a distressed lady off the sting of a Nashville bridge.

The incident, which occurred on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge, was captured on surveillance footage launched by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department.

The 62-year-old, who was filming a music video on the time, approached the lady with one other particular person and calmly satisfied her to step down from the ledge over the Cumberland River.

After a couple of minute of dialog, the footage reveals Bon Jovi and the opposite particular person serving to the lady climb again over the railing. The singer then embraced her, earlier than comforting her as they walked down the bridge collectively. Police confirmed that the lady was later taken to obtain psychological well being care.

“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,” Nashville police shared on X (previously Twitter).

Nashville Police Chief John Drake praised the singer, stating, “It takes all of us to help keep each other safe.”

Bon Jovi’s involvement within the rescue is probably unsurprising given his in depth charity work by the JBJ Soul Foundation, which focuses on serving to these affected by homelessness, starvation, and different crises.

This act of kindness has solely additional endeared Bon Jovi to followers, a lot of whom took to social media to reward the “Livin’ On a Prayer” legend.

When he’s not saving lives, Bon Jovi stays a longtime fixture within the music business. The frontman for Bon Jovi, one of many world’s best-selling rock bands, has 4 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hits below his belt, together with classics like “Livin’ on a Prayer” and “You Give Love a Bad Name.” Earlier this yr, the band launched their album Forever, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart.

Check out footage launched by Nashville PD beneath.