Jon Bon Jovi helps talk woman down from ledge on Nashville bridge

FILE - Jon Bon Jovi poses for a portrait in New York, Sept. 23, 2020, to promote his new album "2020". (Photo by Drew Gurian/Invision/AP, File)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Jon Bon Jovi and a video production assistant persuaded a woman standing on the ledge of a pedestrian bridge in Nashville to come back over the railing to safety.

Police say the encounter happened Tuesday on the Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge, which spans the Cumberland River.

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