In a heartfelt New Year’s message, Jeremy Renner reflected on the second anniversary of the snowplow accident that nearly took his life, expressing deep gratitude for the support he has received during his recovery and the opportunity to embrace another year.
Jeremy Renner nearly died in a Sno-Cat accident on New Year’s 2023. Now, two years later, he’s celebrating his “ReBirthday” by expressing “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,” he posted on Instagram. “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.”
“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,” he went on, “I stand strong again.”
Renner was seriously injured in a snowplow accident on January 1, 2023, where he broke more than 30 bones. The accident happened while he was clearing snow from the driveway of his Lake Tahoe home. He was trying to stop the tractor from sliding into his nephew when he got pulled under and crushed. The Hawkeye actor was airlifted to a hospital, where doctors treated him for chest injuries and broken bones.
All in all, Renner broke 38 bones ( per his own telling) that morning, including his right knee and ankle, left leg tibia, left ankle, right clavicle, right shoulder, and eight of his ribs which broke in 14 places. (“I’m 25% titanium, so fuck Iron Man,” he recently quipped at the Red Sea Film Festival.)
After months of recovery, Renner resumed production on Season 3 of Mayor of Kingstown in January 2024 and recently finished filming Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery alongside Daniel Craig, Josh O’Connor, and others.
In a June profile for Men’s Health, Renner shared how his accident changed his perspective on life, teaching him to appreciate everything and take nothing for granted.
“Oh, God. I’m not having another bad day ever, dude,” he said.