It’s been two years since Jeremy Renner was hit and nearly crushed by a seven-ton snowplow at his compound near Reno, Nevada.
The Kingstown Mayor actor, 53, shared a photo from that time in his life on Instagram and wrote about how grateful he is for everyone who fought so hard to save his life.
‘Happy New Year, blessings to all of you…. Calling my second “ReBirthday” today,” her caption began.
‘Sending my love, respect and gratitude for the army of people it took to put me back together. Thank you to each and every one of the nurses, doctors, first responders… I literally owe you my life.
“My whole heart goes out to my beautiful, brave nephew and the angels (my neighbors) who came to my aid and endured the chaos for 45 long minutes on the frozen asphalt of New Year’s morning.”
It’s been two years since Jeremy Renner was hit and nearly crushed by a seven-ton snowplow at his compound near Reno, Nevada.
Renner’s emotion-filled post continued, “I’m so sorry for all the disturbing images I printed for everyone (I’ll spare you all the meat-crushing images)…”
‘My list of thanks is very long… With the amount of love and prayers that flowed from you all over the world (needing each and every one of them), my family never left my side, with some divine intervention , a little luck and many miracles… I’m standing. strong again,” he wrote.
The Hurt Locker star’s love and gratitude shone through her words as she recounted the ways she rebuilt her life from that fateful New Year’s Day accident.
‘More open. Most loved. More connected. And fucking BLESSED to take my next step, to take MY NEXT BREATH. Thank you with every fiber and cell of my body. I love you ALL .’
On January 1, 2023, Renner’s home near Reno experienced a snowstorm and he and his nephew Alex Fries set out to remove the snow.
His nephew was loosening the chain that attached the car to the plow, but Renner couldn’t see him and began to worry for his safety.
He became concerned that the plow would roll toward Alex and, in an effort to get back to the plow to set the emergency brake, he was run over.
Renner was motionless and in critical condition while his nephew and neighbors stayed with him until paramedics arrived.
The Kingstown Mayor actor, 53, shared a photo from that time in his life on Instagram and wrote about the gratitude he feels for everyone who fought so hard to save his life. Seen here on December 10, 2024.
‘Happy New Year, blessings to all of you…. As my second “ReBirthday” played today, its title began. Seen here on December 10, 2024.
Renner’s injuries included a collapsed lung, lacerated liver and more than 30 broken bones due to blunt force trauma to his chest in the crash.
He had to learn to walk again after the accident. In an interview with Diane Sawyer at the time, he said, “I chose to survive.”
He also said he refused to “be tormented by that memory.”
The snowplow that hit him weighed 14,300 pounds.
‘It ripples, because there are four sections of tires with these metal tracks; It drags him like a tank. I remember every ripple, he said. Men’s health last summer.
‘I remember my head smashing into the thing and it just pressed down on me; It’s exactly how you think it would feel. An immovable object and a crushing force, and something has to give.
Jeremy didn’t leave out any of the gruesome details, but expressed gratitude that in some ways it could have ended up worse than it actually did.
He continued: ‘But thank God my skull didn’t give way completely. And then he moved on. Wave, wave, wave, wave.’
‘Sending my love, respect and gratitude for the army of people it took to put me back together. Thank you to each and every one of the nurses, doctors and first responders. Seen here on December 10, 2024.
“My whole heart goes out to my beautiful, brave nephew and the angels (my neighbors) who came to my aid and endured the chaos for 45 long minutes on the frozen asphalt of New Year’s morning.” Seen here on December 10, 2024.
“My cheekbone was broken, my eye socket was broken and then, due to the crushing of being run over by the machine, my eye came out. I could see my left eyeball with my right eyeball. I was screaming for a breath.’
The star went into detail about how she tried to breathe as hard as she could, but everything she did just didn’t work.
He said: ‘There was no breathing. It’s hard to use your stomach muscles when you have 14 broken ribs and a burst lung. I didn’t know it at the time; I just needed to take a breath. I was going through my body checklist, figuring it out.
Once the paramedics arrived, he handed over his body to them. The recovery was long and arduous, but Renner had a remarkable perspective on it.
He said, “The only thing we can control in our lives is our perspective.”