Jon Bon Jovi helps woman back from ledge on Nashville bridge
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Singer Jon Bon Jovi helped bring a woman back off the ledge of a pedestrian bridge in Nashville on Tuesday night, police said, in an incident captured on video.
The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said on social media Wednesday that the musician and his team helped a woman on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge.
"A shout out to Jon Bon Jovi and his team for helping a woman in Nashville," the police said in a post on Facebook. "Bon Jovi helped persuade her to come off the ledge over the Cumberland River to safety."
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