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". 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. — PHOTO: Drew Gurian/Invision/AP, File

Rock and 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.