For country singer Brett Kissel, singing for STARS fundraiser is personal
(WorldNews Music)

One night last July, Brett Kissel’s father Gordon was riding his ATV on the family ranch in Flat Lake, northeast of Edmonton, when he lost control. The vehicle flipped and trapped him underneath for nearly 24 hours. When his family found him, he was clinging to life. STARS — Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service — was dispatched to the ranch and airlifted the elder Kissel to Edmonton’s University Hospital where he slowly recovered after a month-long stay. His son later met the first responder from the STARS team. “I have never in my life met a real-life hero until I met her, the lady who saved my dad’s life,” says the 27-year-old country singer in an...