Jon Bon Jovi actually wants to shoot a new music video on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge in Nashville, Tennessee. But suddenly it turns into a rescue operation.
Everything is captured on one of the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridges: A woman is standing on the edge of the abyss, has already climbed over the parapet and is clearly thinking about a potentially fatal jump. People walk past her, and at first no one pays her any attention. A video is being shot in the background.
This video is not about holiday memories, but rather about recordings by singer Jon Bon Jovi, who is there to capture scenes for his new song “People’s House”. In the video, you can see how the crew and the singer first notice the woman and then carefully approach her.
Jon Bon Jovi then goes near the woman with a production assistant, and the assistant begins to hug her lovingly, but probably also for safety. It takes less than a minute before the two of them help the apparently suicidal woman over the parapet and bring her to safety. The singer then speaks to the woman for several minutes, while other people make phone calls and take pictures. A little later, the woman leaves the bridge with Bon Jovi.
Police thanks Jon Bon Jovi
On X, formerly Twitter, the local police thanked him. They said: “Thank you to Jon Bon Jovi and his team who helped a woman on the Seigenthaler Ped Bridge on Tuesday night. Bon Jovi helped her get to safety from the edge above the Cumberland River.” Police Chief John Drake added: “It takes all of us to protect each other.”
The video shared by the police on YouTube has since been blocked; according to the platform, it violates the “community guidelines”. Local TV stations have uploaded copies, but YouTube also warns that the video “may contain content about suicide or self-harm”.
The singer has so far kept a low profile on social media and has not yet publicly responded to the authorities’ messages of thanks.
Source: Stern
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