The Hurt Locker and Avengers star looks back on the life-changing accident of two years ago and gives love to everyone for the New Year.
Yesterday was a celebration for many. The New Year is a mark of a rebirth for a lot of people seeking to move forward from the past year — whether it’d be good or bad. Jeremy Renner would have a very incredible journey after a snowplow accident left him in critical condition. The Mayor of Kingstown and Avengers star took the day yesterday to show appreciation and reflect on being rescued and rehabilitated from his harrowing accident in January of 2023. Renner posted an image to his Instagram that showed him in his most vulnerable state following the incident and wrote a lengthy text to accompany it.
In his post, Renner writes, “Happy New Year blessings to you all…. Ringing in my second ‘ReBirthday’ today
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 . 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 )….
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 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 ❤️. #MyNextBreath”
Renner also announced that he is writing a book that recounts a lot of the details of his journey. Last month, at the Red Sea Film Festival, the actor said, “While I’ve been here this whole trip, I’ve been doing the final edit on it, so it’s kind of fresh in my brain, because I tried to push it away a lot of times. And there’s so many wonderful gifts that come from being tested to your limits of death. Because I did die, and I came back, and I came back for a reason, and nothing to do with me. If it was my choice, I’d rather stay. But I came back, and I’m glad I’m back.”
