The rock star has reportedly talked different individuals by way of crises together with his JBJ Soul Basis.
Jon Bon Jovi helped rescue a girl in disaster on Tuesday on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge in Nashville, Tennessee. Bon Jovi was filming a music video on the scene when he and his workforce observed a distraught girl standing on a ledge. The rock legend approached the girl slowly and persuaded her to step again towards security.
The Metropolitan Nashville Police Division introduced Bon Jovi’s actions in a social media submit on Wednesday, and included safety footage of the incident. The video has since been eliminated by YouTube for violating the platform’s group tips, however the accounts of Bon Jovi’s heroism are nonetheless selecting up. The bridge crosses over the Cumberland River, and it was open to the general public whilst Bon Jovi was filming a music video there. MNPD police chief John Drake stated: “It takes all of us to assist preserve one another protected.”
The incident was reportedly acquainted territory for Bon Jovi, who has expertise serving to individuals in disaster by way of his JBJ Soul Basis. The group helps individuals affected by starvation, homelessness and all the bags that comes with it, and sources advised PEOPLE that Bon Jovi has talked to a few of these individuals first hand. The group helps present inexpensive housing, meals and entry to job coaching packages in coordination with social companies.
Bon Jovi is a New Jersey native and frontman of the band that goes by his final identify. At 62 years previous, his philanthropic work has begun to rival his work as an entertainer. He was named the 2023 MusiCares Particular person of the 12 months for the JBJ Soul Basis’s achievements.
The bridge the place this incident happened truly noticed the same incident which is the way it bought its present identify. In line with a report by USA In the present day, legendary Nashvile journalist John Seigenthaler bodily pulled a distraught man off a ledge on that bridge within the Fifties. The person reportedly stated he would by no means forgive Seigenthaler, however the two reconnected years later and have become buddies. Siegenthaler went on to run The Tennessean, making a reputation for himself in political reporting in addition to the struggle for civil rights. In 2014, the bridge was renamed after him just some months earlier than his loss of life.
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