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(CNN) – Nashville Police credit rock legend Jon Bon Jovi with coming to the aid of a woman on the Seigenthaler pedestrian bridge this Tuesday night.
According to a statement posted on the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department’s Page
“We all need to work together to keep each other safe,” added Nashville Police Chief John Drake.
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department told CNN on Wednesday that the woman, whose name was not released, was taken to a local hospital for treatment and evaluation.
In a video of the incident released by the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department on Wednesday, captured by what appears to be a surveillance camera, Bon Jovi is seen walking across the bridge with camera equipment when he notices the woman held on the cornice facing the river.
Bon Jovi, accompanied by an unidentified person, appears to talk to the woman in distress and eventually helps her up the ledge to safety. Shortly after, the singer is seen hugging the woman.
CNN has reached out to a representative for Bon Jovi for comment.
A source close to the situation told CNN on Wednesday that Bon Jovi was filming a music video on the public bridge when the incident occurred.
Bon Jovi has experience and training to help people in times of crisis thanks to his JBJ Soul Foundation, which he started in 2006.
The foundation, according to its website, works “to break the cycle of hunger, poverty and homelessness” through various programs and supporting community organizations.
