Jeremy Renner 'chose to survive' snowplow accident: 'I was awake through every moment'
29.03.2023 - 19:33
/ foxnews.com
Jeremy Renner is opening up about his near-death experience after being run over by a snowplow in January. "I'd do it again. Yeah, I'd do it again," the actor explained.
"'Cause it’s going right at my nephew," he said, referring to the snowplow that eventually crushed him. "I chose to survive," Renner revealed of the accident, which left him with over 30 broken bones. "It's not gonna kill me.
No way." Renner said he still remembers "all" of the pain from impact. "I was awake through every moment," he told Diane Sawyer in a special for ABC News. Just 13 minutes prior to the accident, it was revealed Renner had recorded a video of himself experiencing the outdoors.The previous night, the Reno, Nevada, area where he resides received an estimated three feet of snow.
His nephew's car was stuck in the snow. Using his PistenBully, a 14,000-pound snowcat, Renner extricated the trapped vehicle from the driveway. After exiting the PistenBully and talking to a family member, the snowplow started to roll unexpectedly, striking him.
Renner's nephew divulged the moment he thought his uncle was dead. "I just perfectly see him in a pool of blood coming from his head, and I ran up to him. You know, I didn't think he was alive," he said.
Audio from the 911 call plays, while voices can be heard saying to Renner, "Keep breathing, man. Keep fighting. Hang in there, brother." However, no voice drowns out the disturbing moans of Renner in the background, described as the sounds of a person who is dying.
Renner has documented his journey from the beginning, often highlighting his supportive family while undergoing treatment in the hospital. He even enjoyed an "ICU spa moment" with his mother and sister. The actor became emotional after Sawyer
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