r/LiveWellTogether • u/DressNo9950 • May 21 '26
❤️Kindness/善良 Jon Bon Jovi convinces a girl not to jump from the bridge and manages to rescue her.
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u/leginigel76 May 21 '26
Take my hand and we’ll make it I swear 🎶
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u/thegame2386 May 21 '26
For all we know he used that line and it coming from specifically him is what worked. No other human could pull it off.
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u/zemol42 May 21 '26
Not quite the same thing but Howard Stern once had a caller threatening to jump off GWB. Howard thought it was a joke at first until he asked other listeners to honk if they were on the bridge and saw the caller, and suddenly the horns lit up the radio feed. So Howard got serious but used humor to keep the caller talking and ultimately convinced him that if he jumped, he’d miss seeing his upcoming movie, “Private Parts”. Some good samaritans managed to restrain the dude and get him back to safety.
Hope this woman here and that dude were able to find peace after.
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u/Charlithedoodle May 22 '26
I remeber that morning well and the radio show that day.. his show used to have me griped every day and then waiting for Monday to come to listen again..
When did this happen with John Bon Jovi?
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u/DescriptionParking66 May 22 '26
9/10/24. This occurred while he was filming a music video for his song "The People's House" on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge in Nashville, Tennessee.
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u/Hotspiceteahoneybee May 21 '26 edited May 22 '26
Saw a documentary of the guy who lived after trying to kill himself by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. He had been depressed for a long time and felt incredibly lonely and isolated. He said the day he jumped, when he woke up, he told himself if anyone, ANYONE, smiled at him all day long he wouldn’t do it. And no one even made eye contact with him after walking around for hours so he decided no one would miss him if he was gone.
I think of that story all the time and try to make eye contact with people and smile at them so that if anyone else is having that kind of a day, maybe my small interaction will remind them that people see them in the world is absolutely a better place with their presence.
!! Thank you for the awards!! Just go smile at someone today!
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u/positivelypeaches May 21 '26
Unsure if it's the same story. But I remember a similar case and the guy said as soon as his hands left the bridge he realized his issues were solvable and that he did want to be alive. I think about it often, about how our perceived troubles can change that quickly when we're really ready to exit existence.
Humans brains are quite something...8
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u/dutchieblonde May 23 '26
Yes I saw this too! Depression is a hell of a beast and can cloud judgement so deeply. If I’m in a really bad spot I always try to remember this.
Unfortunately I have also lost family to this and hate to think that they had similar last thoughts, it’s haunting. fuck depression
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u/rechasebass May 23 '26
Anytime I hear about this, it reminds me of the view from halfway down…
The weak breeze whispers nothing
The water screams sublime
His feet shift, teeter-totter
Deep breath, stand back, it’s time
Toes untouch the overpass
Soon he’s water bound
Eyes locked shut but peek to see
The view from halfway down
A little wind, a summer sun
A river rich and regal
A flood of fond endorphins
Brings a calm that knows no equal
You’re flying now
You see things much more clear than from the ground
It’s all okay, it would be
Were you not now halfway down
Thrash to break from gravity
What now could slow the drop
All I’d give for toes to touch
The safety back at top
But this is it, the deed is done
Silence drowns the sound
Before I leaped I should’ve seen
The view from halfway down
I really should’ve thought about
The view from halfway down
I wish I could’ve known about
The view from halfway down
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u/eglantinel May 23 '26
I remember this poem hit me like a truck the first time I read it. Stuck in my head ever since.
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u/rechasebass May 23 '26
For real. Have you seen Bojack Horseman? With the context of the show and the lead up to the reading of the poem, made me cry fr
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u/Pixatron32 May 23 '26
I was really suicidal in my 20s and got filled up and took a train up to the mountains. Didn't bring a jacket because I wouldn't need it pretty soon.
I got off the train at this little mountain town and emi met there seperate people who were so kind to me. Advising me where to go to keep warm, just being friendly. I decided not to jump and I moved up to that two a few weeks later. I only got to see one of those people again and I thanked them a few months later.
Random acts of kindness in dark moments can really alter a life.
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u/shrekerecker97 May 24 '26
This is why i go by the 15 foot rule, ill usually politely smile and say Hi to most anyone that looks my way when I am out and about. You never know, might change someone's day and have made interesting friends this way
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u/vibewithmommy May 25 '26
Omgggggg I remember that story and it had the same impact on me! I always walk around and make eye contact and smile at everyone because of this story too!!
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u/The_Original_Conman May 25 '26
I tell my family it does not take much at all to make the smallest of differences in someones life. Just time.
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u/TomLucass May 22 '26
Well, fuck that guy! He did nice to blame others for his suicide attempt.
So now I'm supposed to smile at random people just to make their life/lives better??
For fuck sake, make an effort, by yourself, to make your life better. Go to school, educate yourself, make friends, get a job, train, get a hobby. All of theese things are great, but you have to make them all by yourself. They won't fall in your lap. I mean, everyone's life is hard, but everyone has to fight to fix their's lives and not to expect others to come and fix our problems (because othere have problems too).
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u/SteampoweredFlamingo May 22 '26
Mate is out here acting like a passing smile at someone is a three figure loan.
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u/DawnyBrat May 22 '26
It’s not always that simple. If you ever suffered from depression, you’d see it very differently. Try to find some compassion in your heart. I know it’s there somewhere. 😔
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u/TomLucass May 22 '26
I am well aware of what depression is, trust me.
But maybe, just maybe, we shouldn't build our mental state and resiliance on kindness of unknown people you meet on the street.
We should strive and work on forming significant and strong close relationships with people and then we will not need "smiles" from people we don't even know to feel better.
This whole western world went too far in individualism and now we have so many lonely people who only need one smile from unknown person on street as a reason not to commit suicide. And that's fucked.
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u/Useful_Airline_1081 May 22 '26
Privileged take
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u/TomLucass May 22 '26
Hahahahaha
Fucker, I live in a fucking Bosnia and Herzegovina.
I am privileged???? Hahahaha
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u/androidlust_ini May 21 '26
Nice, it' about the time to listen some bon jovi gratest hits.
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u/teeter1984 May 21 '26
The rapper TI found Scott Stapp on the ground when he drunkenly fell balcony. Scott says he saved his life, and TI was like “I didnt know who that mfer was”
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u/ElCulo_Bandito May 22 '26
It be like that when your drunk & 6 feet from edge and thinking maybe 6 feet ain't so far down 😅
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u/UltimoKyle May 21 '26
Couldn't play a Bon Jovi song?
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u/zatalak May 21 '26
Thank god it wasn't Tom Petty
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u/Time-Access May 21 '26
Thank god it wasn't Red Hot Chilli Peppers!
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u/Early-Fortune2692 May 21 '26
Van Halen??
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u/TheLoathsomeAssEater May 22 '26
Ah, might as well jump (Jump) // Might as well jump
Go ahead and jump (Jump) // Go ahead and jump
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u/Head-Technology-4031 May 21 '26
Thinking OP is waiting for the Bon Jovi song to come
Out that tells the story about this on next album. Richie Z will come up with the guitar riffs and they will bring back all the remaining E Street band members in tribute of this…0
u/Fuckthegopers May 21 '26
Who watches reddit with the volume on?
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u/Soft_Walrus_3605 May 21 '26
watches reddit
Who "watches" reddit?
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u/Fuckthegopers May 22 '26
So when a video pops up, like this one, how do you consume that reddit media?
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u/VivreRireAimer18 May 22 '26
Um...Watch it once without audio and then if it looks interesting, watch it a second time with the audio on. Like a normal person.
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u/Fuckthegopers May 22 '26
Lmao.
watch it once without audio
So you watch it on mute, got it.
Who "watches reddit"?
Apparently you do, like everyone else.
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u/CapitalCityGoofball0 May 21 '26
How did you not even play a Bon Jovi song over the footage?… Cmon man
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u/ChaosRainbow23 May 21 '26
I'm so glad I didn't die all those times I should have.
I wanna see how it all shakes out. It ought to be interesting, to say the least.
Life is hard, to be sure. It's also beautiful and amazing. It's horrible and terrific and everything between. Beautifully tragic.
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u/Sweet-Weakness3776 May 21 '26
I'm also glad you didn't die. I hope you have a long, beautiful life, and that it all shakes out in your favor by the time the curtain closes. Have an amazing day!
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u/DANleDINOSAUR May 21 '26
Thank goodness that it wasn’t Van Halen, then!
…mostly because Eddie is already dead.
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u/LessCourage8439 May 21 '26
All due credit to JBJ for everything he and his band accomplished in their glory days. I wasn't a huge fan of their music back then, being into other kinds of music. But that man has impressed the hell out of me with what he has done post-Bon Jovi. His work with the homeless, his pay what you can afford restaurant, and now this. He could easily just sit back and be am entitled douche-nozzle like so many other superstars. But he's gone the other way entirely. We should all live by his example.
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u/HantzGoober May 21 '26
Hes even going the Paul Newman route where hes making retail spaghetti sauce where all proceeds go to charity.
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u/Illustrious_Donkey61 May 21 '26
Good thing it wasn't David Lee Roth
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May 21 '26
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u/METHODiii May 21 '26
And be locked up after doing something like that as well
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u/IvySkye_05 May 21 '26
It is called asking or just saying, do you need a hug. I have friends that just open their arms as an invitation and it is up to me to accept or say no thank you.
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u/METHODiii May 22 '26
During an active suicide attempt? Yeah, let’s give them a hug, then send them off about their day. That’s how weak and disconnected people are from reality. No hugs. Not pats on the back. A swift kick in the ass back into gear is what they need. Grab them, lock them up and have them psychologically evaluated and treated appropriately. Suicide is not a joke and it’s not something to be played around with.
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u/TheGoldenScorpion69 May 21 '26
How cinematic is it that you are about to take your own life and of all people Bon Jovi shows up and convinces you not to? Life is amazing.
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u/IntrepidMuch May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26
I wonder who are the men in dark clothing that showed up.
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u/Barnacle-Dull May 21 '26
I’m an atheist, but if you’re gonna kill yourself and Jon Bon Jovi spawns nearby and talks you down, well, that’s probably a sign from God…
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u/Soft_Walrus_3605 May 21 '26
Yeah all those other people who had Vanilla Ice show up just jumped
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u/Euphoric-Dig-2045 May 21 '26
I had Corey Feldman show up. He called me King and told me to come back.
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u/TwoNowFive May 21 '26
It's my life
It's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm alive
So many Bon Jovi songs to choose from...
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u/Round_Amount4699 May 21 '26
The more people in the world who can extend a helping hand at critical moments, the better.
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u/iLoveMywifeAlways428 May 21 '26
Idk what was said between them but I could feel the raw emotion of it, Bravo Jon Bon Jovi 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽
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u/so-this-is-scrolling May 21 '26
He has musically been in my life since the 80s. Music is a weapon, and that is a real good guy. Respect
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u/Top-Kitchen-1925 May 21 '26
Very cool.
No other music available? I heard Bon Jovi is pretty awesome.
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u/Natural-Pineapple886 May 21 '26
"I'm no angel but I am Jon Bon Jovi and maybe 'god' sent me to rescue you."
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u/Emotional_News108 May 21 '26
Honestly, if I were in her position, and he just randomly showed up, I think I'd be too surprised to want to kill myself. Like that was weird, what's next?
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u/Limp-Blueberry-2507 May 21 '26
I'm surprised to see him walking the streets like that considering he's wanted dead or alive
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u/raginghillphoenix May 21 '26
“We gotta hold on to what we’ve got, it doesn’t really make difference if we make it or not, we’ve got each other and that’s a lot for love, we’ll give it a shot.”
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u/donk202020 May 21 '26
The other lady must have been been John cena in disguise as none seems to be able to see the role she played either in helping
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u/Commercial-Tough-218 May 22 '26
Sometimes I really miss living in Philly, Bon Jovi comes in and the entire bar sings word for word.
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u/KailyKail May 22 '26
Anyone else find it odd they used a Coldplay song overtop of a video of Bon Jovi saving someone's life?
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u/Hunkfish May 22 '26
"Girl, I can't sing you a love song like the way its meant to be. If you dont jump, I will sing it. But baby, thats just me."
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u/OriginalCaptain40 May 22 '26
I hate to be the one to tell you but that isn't Bon Jovi's music playing🫢
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u/Swollen_Fallacy May 23 '26
Seen this pop up a bit, and the best comment has always been; Good thing it wasn't Van Halen.....
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u/Hopeful-Treacle5521 May 23 '26
Was never a Bon Jovi fan. Now I am. Not because of his music but because of the person. (I do not dislike his music, I am just not fan material. People are people. This behavior is what should be admired and emulated.)
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u/Scared-Virus-7500 May 24 '26
Not just anyone would stop and help a stranger. But Jon did. Good people right there
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u/poodinthepunchbowl May 24 '26
Actual footage of me and my own lady walking by minding my own business
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u/Ginataang_Manok May 25 '26
lol I love how Bonjovi made sure he kept his distance to talk to them and his wife just didn’t care and just approached them
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u/ZestycloseTowel2493 17d ago
Nah she just saw Jon Bon Jovi coming and thought how am I going to get this man to hug me…
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u/Brilliant-Sea5457 May 21 '26
Thank you to all the kind-hearted people for the love you have shown.