Jeremy Renner Marking the two-year anniversary of the near-fatal snowfall, he sent a letter of thanks on Wednesday.
The “Hawkeye” actor took to Instagram to celebrate his “ReBirthday” and send thanks to the medical team, family and friends who helped him recover from the January 1, 2023 incident.
“Happy New Year to you all…. Ring in your second “ReBirthday” Renner captioned the photo To himself in a hospital bed, next to smiling medical staff.
“Sending my love, respect and gratitude to the army of people it took to bring me back together,” the two-time Oscar nominee’s message continued. “Thank you to every nurse, doctor and first responder… I literally owe you my life.”
Renner went on to thank onlookers who jumped into action after he was pulled under the body of a seven-ton snowplow at his compound in Reno, Nevada. The machine broke down while Renner and his nephew were trying to pull out a car stuck in feet of snow residue from a recent blizzard.
The accident left Renner with a collapsed lung, a lacerated liver, more than 30 broken bones, and left him nearly immobile for months.
“My whole 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 an icy asphalt New Year’s morning,” his caption read. “I’m so sorry for all the painful images I’ve imprinted on you all (I’ll spare you all the meat grinding images.)”
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“With the amount of love and prayers that have poured out from you all over the world (I need every one of them), my family has never left my side, with some divine intervention, a little luck and a lot of miracles.” “I stand strong again,” he continued.
The actor added that he felt “so blessed to take my next step, to take my next breath.”
He concluded his comment by saying: “Thank you with every fiber and cell in my body.” “I love you all.”
Renner gradually returned to work. At the beginning of this year, he was finally strong enough to film the third season of the Paramount+ crime thriller Mayor Of Kingstown.
While opening up about his accident In a June Men’s Health profile, Renner told the magazine how his brush with death taught him to never take anything in life for granted.
“Oh my God,” he said. “I’ll never have another bad day, buddy.”