Jon Bon Jovi is praised for talking a woman down from the edge of a bridge in Nashville

Nashville police are praising singer Jon Bon Jovi for helping to prevent a tragedy by speaking to a woman standing on the edge of a bridge on Tuesday.

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said the singer and his crew were at the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge when a woman stood dangerously close over the Cumberland River.

According to police, Bon Jovi and others spoke to the woman and helped her get back onto the bridge.

“We all have a role to play in keeping each other safe,” Police Chief John Drake said in a brief statement to X.

The department released surveillance video of the interaction, which shows a woman in blue holding onto the railing while standing on the ledge. Other people walk past her, and further down the bridge, Bon Jovi’s crew appears to be preparing for a video or photo shoot.

A man who appears to be Bon Jovi walks toward the woman with another person while his team stands further away. The singer waves to her and then leans on the railing next to her.

The video has no sound, but it appears as though they begin to speak. The person with Bon Jovi moves closer and holds the woman’s forearm.

After about a minute, Bon Jovi goes to the other side of the woman and the two help her back onto the sidewalk.

After the woman is safe, other people come over and Bon Jovi hugs her. A few minutes later, he leaves the bridge with her.

A spokesman for Bon Jovi did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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