Jeremy Renner on ‘Happy New Year’ celebrating ‘ReBirthday’
Jeremy Renner expressed “love, respect, and gratitude” this New Yr to everybody who was there for him through the actor’s horrible snow plow accident that just about obtained him killed on Jan. 1, 2023.
The Mayor of Kingstown star, 53, took to Instagram on January 1 to commemorate the anniversary of the incident he now calls his “ReBirthday.”
“Happy New Year blessings to you all…,” Renner wrote alongside a photograph of himself in a hospital mattress, surrounded by his medical staff. “Ringing in my second ‘ReBirthday’ today.”
Renner mirrored on the assist he obtained throughout his restoration.
“I send out my love, respect, and gratitude for the army of people that it took to put me back together again,” he shared.
“Thank you to each and every nurse, doctor, first responder… I literally owe you my life.”
The actor additionally acknowledged the efforts of his nephew Alex Fries and his neighbors, who rapidly got here to his help on the icy morning of the accident.
“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 Year’s morning,” he wrote.
“I’m so sorry for all the haunting images I imprinted on you all.”
Renner’s gratitude prolonged to the worldwide outpouring of affection and prayers that sustained him by way of his restoration.
“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,” he wrote.
He ended the put up with a hopeful message, “More Open. More Loved. More Connected. And f—— 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.”
The accident, which occurred on January 1, 2023, left Renner in essential situation after being struck by a seven-ton snowplow at his dwelling close to Reno, Nevada. Renner had been utilizing the plow to clear snow and tow a automobile caught on an icy street when the incident occurred.
As his nephew Alex Fries indifferent the automobile from the plow, Renner leaned out to verify on his security however didn’t set the parking brake. When the car started to roll, Renner tried to leap again in however was pulled underneath the large machine.
The accidents have been extreme, together with life-threatening blunt chest trauma, a collapsed lung, a lacerated liver, and greater than 30 damaged bones. Regardless of being discharged from the hospital two weeks later, Renner confronted months of restoration, together with relearning find out how to stroll.
Reflecting on his ordeal throughout an interview with Diane Sawyer, Renner summed up his dedication, “I chose to survive.”