Jeremy Renner is honoring the women and men who helped save his life on the second anniversary of his near-fatal snowplow accident.
On Jan. 1, Renner took to Instagram to share a photograph of himself from two years in the past, sitting in a hospital mattress surrounded by medical employees.
“Happy New Year blessings to you all…. Ringing in my second ‘ReBirthday’ today,” his emotional caption started. “I ship out my love, respect, and gratitude for the military of folks that it took to place me again collectively once more. Thanks to each nurse, physician, first responder… I actually 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. I’m so sorry all the haunting images I imprinted on you all (I’ll spare you all from the meat grinding images )….”
On Jan. 1, 2023, Renner was airlifted to a hospital after he was run over by his personal Sno-Cat whereas trying to tow a automobile caught within the snow close to his residence within the Sierra Nevada mountains.
He broke greater than 30 bones and was handled for blunt chest trauma and orthopedic accidents.
“My gratitude list is very long …. With the amount of love and prayers that flooded in from you all around the world (needing each and every one 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,” Renner’s caption continued.
“More Open. More Loved. More Connected. And f–king 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,” he concluded, including a pink coronary heart emoji and #MyNextBreath.
Bodycam footage confirmed what unfolded throughout Renner’s traumatic snowplow accident close to his residence in Lake Tahoe, California, the place he was “completely crushed” by his 14,000-pound PistenBully Sno-Cat.
Washoe County Sheriff’s Division officers responded to the accident, which was reported by a neighbor shortly earlier than 9 a.m. Renner was trying to assist his nephew, Alex Fries, transfer a truck that was caught within the snow. Renner exited the snowplow to examine on his nephew, however it saved transferring. So, he jumped again on to cease the snowplow solely to get caught within the tread.
After Renner was transported to a hospital, a paramedic may very well be heard saying, “I’ve never seen anything like this.”
“What a f—ing disaster, dude,” Renner informed Males’s Well being of his restoration. “Showering, going to the bathroom — everything was a disaster.”
“They give you medications so you don’t go to the bathroom, so you get constipated. And you pee in a jar. It was awful. That’s when you know things aren’t going great — you’re peeing in a plastic jug. It took me 17 minutes to get out of bed.”
Because the accident, Renner has given his followers a number of updates on his street to restoration on his social media platforms.
