During the Montclair Film Festival’s ‘A Conversation with Stephen Colbert and Jon Bon Jovi’ on stage at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, Jon Bon Jovi talked about saving a life on a Nashville bridge.
“We’d all do the same,” the frontman publicly spoke about the incident for the first time on October 26.
He added, “All I can say is mental health is real and this lady, she was completely coherent, had all of her wits and she had said to me, ‘Look at me, I’m in paper scrubs with no shoes, no phone, no money, nowhere to go, they let me walk out of the hospital.’ She said, ‘I am not suicidal or homicidal.’”
“Obviously on the wrong side of the rail — in a situation,” Bon Jovi continued. “So all I know is the young lady who pointed it out as we were doing this video and I spoke with (the woman in distress), and then the wonderful police department, fire, and emergency rescue came and a therapist came and talked to her and ultimately in their care taken to get some more help. But that’s all, I was just there.”
On September 11, Bon Jovi and a film crew were on the Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge in Nashville shooting a music video when they saw a woman about to jump. A video shows Bon Jovi hugging her and helping her climb back over the railing.
Jon was filming a video for ‘The People’s House’ with the duo War and Treaty. This video was released to support Kamala Harris in her presidential campaign.
The Nashville Fire Department and Metro Nashville Police Department both came to the scene. “It takes all of us to help keep each other safe,” Metro Nashville police chief John Drake shared in a social media post.
The Metro Nashville Police Department posted the video on social media and said, “A shout out to Jon Bon Jovi and his team for helping a woman on the Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge [on] Tuesday night. Bon Jovi helped persuade her to come off the ledge over the Cumberland River to safety.”
The musician has training in helping people in crisis through his JBJ Soul Foundation, which supports those facing issues like homelessness and hunger.