“Thank you to each and every nurse, doctor, first responder… I literally owe you my life,” actor writes of January 1, 2023 incident
Jeremy Renner celebrated his “ReBirthday” Wednesday on the two-year anniversary of the New Year’s Day 2023 snowplow accident that severely injured the actor.
Renner sustained “30 plus broken bones” in the Lake Tahoe-area accident on January 1, 2023, when he was “completely crushed under a large snowcat,” with injuries including a “collapsed” chest and “crushed” upper torso. The actor was attempting to save his adult nephew from a hydroplaning snowplow when he was crushed by the vehicle.
“I send out my love, respect, and gratitude for the army of people that it took to put me back together again. Thank you to each and every nurse, doctor, first responder… I literally owe you my life,” Renner wrote on Instagram Wednesday next to a photo of the hospitalized actor and the medical staff.
“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 )….”
Renner previously recounted the accident — which left him in critical condition — in a Diane Sawyer interview. “I chose to survive. That’s not gonna kill me, no way,” Renner told Sawyer in March 2023. “I’ve lost a lot of flesh and bone in this experience, but I’ve been refueled and refilled with love and titanium.” In May 2024, Renner talked about the incident on The Tonight Show, revealing that while in the ICU, host Jimmy Fallon texted the actor to alert him that he was trending.
“My gratitude list is very long,” the actor continued Wednesday on the two-year anniversary. “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.”
