Jeremy Renner is thanking those who saved his life after the horrific snow plow accident that nearly killed him on January 1, 2023.
“Happy New Year to all of you…” the The mayor of Kingstown star, 53, wrote on Instagram in the caption of a picture of Renner in a hospital bed surrounded by his medical team. “Today marks my second ‘ReBirthday’.”
“I send my love, respect and gratitude to the army of people it took to bring me back together,” he continued. “Thank you to every nurse, doctor, EMS…I literally owe you my life.”
“With all my heart, I am with my beautiful, brave nephew and the angels (my neighbors) who came to my aid and endured the chaos for 45 long minutes on the icy New Year’s morning on the asphalt. I am so sorry for all the haunting images I have imprinted on all of you (I will spare you all the images of meat grinding)…” he added.
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“My gratitude list is very long… With the amount of love and prayers that have been poured in from you all over the world (needing each and every one of them), my family has never left me, with some divine intervention, a little luck and a lot of miracles… standing strong again,” Renner wrote.
He finished the message: “More open.” Beloved. More connected. And is—— BLESSED to take my next step, to TAKE THE NEXT BREATH. I thank you with every fiber and cell in my body. I love you ALL ❤️. #MyNextBreath
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Two years ago, Renner was in critical condition and nearly immobile after being struck and crushed by a seven-ton snowplow on his property near Reno on Jan. 1. The area near Renner’s mountain vacation home was battered by the blizzard, so the actor — who was hosting family for the vacation — jumped into a vehicle to clear the area and tow his car, which was parked on the icy road.
His nephew, Alex Fries — the son of Renner’s sister Kym — was removing the chain that connected the car to the plow, but Renner couldn’t see him and worried for his safety. He later said he leaned out of the plow but didn’t pull the handbrake and fell out. Worried he was going to roll into Fries, he tried to jump back but got caught under the 9-foot-tall vehicle that ran over him.
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Jeremy Renner attends the “We Live in Time” gala screening in December 2024.
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Fries was assisted by Renner’s neighbor Rich Kovach and his partner Barb Fletcher, who worked to keep Renner alive until emergency services arrived.
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Renner suffered life-threatening chest trauma, resulting in a collapsed lung, lacerated liver and more than 30 broken bones.
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Although he was released from the hospital after two weeks, Renner was unable to get out of bed for a month after the accident and had to learn to walk again.
He told Diane Sawyer in an interview after the accident: “I chose to survive.”
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