CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A country music superstar honored a fallen fire lieutenant during one of his concerts.
WTVR reported that Keith Urban recognized Lt. Brad Clark, who died when a tractor-trailer crashed into his fire truck, by dedicating his concert to the firefighter before singing “But For the Grace of God.”
“I want to make a special dedication tonight to a brother of all of you guys who lost his life,” Urban said. “Lt. Brad Clark, from Mechanicsville, Virginia. His dad is here tonight. And I want to dedicate this show tonight to him.”
Urban was made aware of Clark’s death by one of Clark’s old classmates, Matt Smith, who had the opportunity to meet Urban before the show while celebrating his anniversary with his wife.
Smith suggested that Urban make the dedication after finding out that Clark’s father would be in attendance.
“He was great, very personable,” Smith said of Urban. “As we were getting ready to take a photo, I told him about [Brad Clark] who was killed during the hurricane and that his father was in the audience.”
Smith added that Urban listened intently and asked him to share more of Clark’s story with his team. He also said that he noticed notes about Clark sitting next to Urban’s set list.
“You know how sometimes you’ll meet a celebrity and you’ll know they’re just passing the time [talking to you],” Smith said. “It did not feel that way at all with Keith. He wanted to spend two minutes minimum talking to you.”
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