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alphacyberranger to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months ago

Jon Bon Jovi helped persuade a woman to come off the ledge of a Nashville bridge, police say

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Jon Bon Jovi helped persuade a woman to come off the ledge of a Nashville bridge, police say

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alphacyberranger to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months ago
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Police in Nashville are crediting rock legend Jon Bon Jovi with coming to a woman’s aid on the Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge on Tuesday night.
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  • @NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    He has a restaurant in Red Bank NJ that serves free meals to the needy as a core tenet of their business. The guy is a real treasure.

    • @dizzy@lemmy.ml
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      12•9 months ago

      *tenet

      • @NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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        8•9 months ago

        Fixed, thanks

        • FenrirIII
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          3•9 months ago

          An easy way to remember the spelling is to never forget that the 2020 film Tenet sucked.

  • @ravhall@discuss.online
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    Humorously, I talked a person off a bridge while scouting for a bridge to jump off of. It was a bad bridge choice and wouldn’t be a guarantee. I like to assume they chose not to find another.

    • @PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
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      28•9 months ago

      I’m glad you didn’t choose to find another, either. I hope that things in your life are going better for you now, and thank you for helping the other person.

    • @Vathsade@lemmy.ca
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      12•9 months ago

      Hope you’re doing alright now.

      • @ravhall@discuss.online
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        11•9 months ago

        Marginal.

        • @Vathsade@lemmy.ca
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          8•9 months ago

          Step the the right direction. I hope you get better.

    • greenskye
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      9•9 months ago

      I how you’re doing better, but also this sounds like the start to a fun romantic comedy or bro movie. Two strangers doing research on the best bridge to jump off of becoming unlikely friends.

      • @ravhall@discuss.online
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        You may appreciate this then. I told them it was a terrible bridge to use, citing the distance it would take to reach terminal velocity, and the surface of the ground below. It was high, sure, but the ground below was at an angle, and soft dirt. It wasn’t possible to get to the “good spot” because of how the walkway was. The chances of failure were a lot higher than I was willing to risk.

        So I think I actually bored them out of it with all my planning 😅

        • @Shard@lemmy.world
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          5•9 months ago

          Sometimes all it takes for them to step back, it is to be faced with having to go through with the action in detail, not just the presumed relief at the end.

          Perhaps it was also the fact they saw someone in the same situation and it made them stop and think for a moment.

          Either way, good on you, a life saved is a life saved. Whether through love, empathy or boredom.

    • JackbyDev
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      Ironically this might be the best course of action regardless of the bridge. Because it’s usually crisis based it doesn’t mean they’ll necessarily find a different bridge to try it on.

  • @Luminocta@lemmy.world
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    Bojack has the best poem for people that look for the bridge.

    • @QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works
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      The horse?!

      • @Luminocta@lemmy.world
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        Yeah, well it’s not BoJack that reads the poem. Secretariat does, before he “dies”.

    • @EnderMB@lemmy.world
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      Genuinely one of the best episodes of any show I’ve ever watched.

  • @rsuri@lemmy.world
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    How I imagine it went down.
    “Don’t do it!”
    “But I can’t go on anymore!”
    “But I’m Bon Jovi. You can’t kill just yourself in front of Bon Jovi, that’s messed up.”
    “…Fine.”

  • AtomicHotSauce
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    Well, he DID say “I’ll be there for you.” He wasn’t lyin’.

    • @corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      These 5 words he said to you.

  • @JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world
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    “Holy fucking shit is that John Bon Jovi?”

  • @HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Now we need Rick Astley to save someone by reciting never gonna give you up

  • @ZeroGravitas@lemm.ee
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    6•9 months ago

    Hero.

  • @SplashJackson@lemmy.ca
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    5•9 months ago

    Woaaah we’re halfway there, woaaah, come on down from there

    • @sik0fewl@lemmy.ca
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      4•9 months ago

      You’ll make it, I swear

  • @jenny_ball@lemmy.world
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    5•9 months ago

    wow so he finally aged

    • @BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world
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      Still has a lot of hair though.

  • @phoneymouse@lemmy.world
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    He did so by playing a cover from Third Eye Blind

  • The Pantser
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    Did he sing Living on a Prayer? Glad it wasn’t Third eye blind that was there.

    • alphacyberrangerOP
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      5•9 months ago

      And she sang back “It’s my life”

      • Captain Aggravated
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        1•9 months ago

        And then “Have A Nice Day.”

  • Linux is for pussies
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    He’s so old, he isn’t even recognizable anymore

    • @corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      Nah, he’s not changed in 20 years.

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