Video shows Bon Jovi helping woman to safety

Nashville Police Chief John Drake praised the singer, saying, "It takes all of us to help keep each other safe".

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The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department shared a video of the Bon Jovi frontman and his team who were at the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge when the woman was standing precariously over the Cumberland River.

Bon Jovi, 62, and others talked to the woman and helped her come back on to the bridge, police said.

"It takes all of us to help keep each other safe," Police Chief John Drake said in a brief statement.

Bon Jovi appeared to be in Nashville shooting a music video on the bridge, according to separate footage posted on social media.

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