In a New Year greeting, Jeremy Renner expressed gratitude on the second anniversary of a snowplow accident that nearly claimed his life.
“Ringing in my second ‘ReBirthday’ today I send out my love, respect, and gratitude for the army of people that it took to put me back together again,” Renner wrote on Instagram Wednesday alongside a photo of himself in the hospital last year. “Thank you to each and every nurse, doctor, first responder… I literally owe you my life.”
“All my heart goes out to my beautiful, brave nephew and the angels (my neighbors) who jumped to my aid and endured the chaos for 45 long minutes on the icy asphalt New Years morning,” he continued. “I’m so sorry all the haunting images I imprinted on you all (I’ll spare you all from the meat grinding images )….”
Renner wrote his “gratitude list is very long …. With the amount of love and prayers that flooded in from you all around the world (needing each and everyone of them), my family never leaving my side , with some divine intervention, a bit of luck and a whole lot of miracles … I stand strong again. More Open. More Loved. More Connected. And fucking BLESSED to take my next step, to take MY NEXT BREATH. Thank you with every fiber and cell in my body. I love you ALL ❤️. #MyNextBreath”
You can read Renner’s full Instagram message below.
Renner was was critically injured in the January 1 snowplow accident in which he broke more than 30 bones. The accident took place while Renner was plowing snow in the driveway of his Lake Tahoe home on New Year’s Day 2023. He had been trying to stop the snow-removal tractor from sliding and hitting his nephew when he was pulled under and crushed. The Hawkeye actor was airlifted to a hospital where he was treated for “blunt chest trauma and orthopedic injuries.”
After months of recovery, Renner returned to production on Season 3 of Mayor Of Kingstown in early January 2024. He also recently wrapped filming Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, the next installment of the Knives Out saga, alongside Daniel Craig, Josh O’Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Glenn Close and Andrew Scott.
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From Deadline.com