The two-time Oscar nominee nearly lost his life after a 14,000-pound snowplow crushed him two years ago.
A 2023 near-fatal snowplow accident left Jeremy Renner in critical condition. And with the release of his new memoir, the actor is revealing new details about the terrifying event.
The
memoir, titled “My Next Breath,” officially hit shelves on April 29 and relives when a 14,000-pound snowplow crushed the two-time Oscar nominee in his Nevada home driveway on New Year’s Day in 2023.
In the book, Renner said he “
died“ while waiting for EMTs as a result of his extensive injuries, which included over 35 broken bones in his body, losing six quarts of blood, a head laceration, spinal fracture, and collapsed organs.
“Writing about it has been very emotionally cathartic to have to go word by word through it all again,” he
told People magazine.
“I don’t not talk about it. It’s part of my life every day, and it’s always a wonderful reminder of the strength of the human spirit and how fragile the body is and how badass it is at recovery.”
The most excruciating detail of them all is when Renner recalled seeing “his left eye with his right eye,” while his head was smashed against the pavement.
“I’m not haunted by the incident—not too often anyway—by the images, the sounds,” he
continued. “But I am reminded of my new reality, and it’s wonderfully positive. I didn’t die.”
The “Avengers” star has spent the last two years focusing on rehabilitation and setting an example for his 12-year-old daughter, Ave, whom he shares custody of with ex-wife Sonni Pacheco.
“It was a really wonderful gift to give my daughter to see how fallible I was, but also how we can overcome such obstacles. You can’t really teach a kid that except if it just happens to you,” he told People.
“She was my fuel to get better. I refused to give my daughter that fear or insecurity that I’m not going to be around. I’ve worked so hard in my life to ensure my daughter has a lot of fortitude and is not afraid of anything.”
Appearing on the “Joe Rogan Experience”
podcast, which was released on April 29, Renner said he was committed to his recovery, undergoing extensive physical therapy, along with alternative treatments in an effort to rebuild his strength.
“I never got bored. I always had all these bands and stuff,” he said. “I remember being in a wheelchair, and I‘d wrap it around this desk and I’d be doing a leg press, you know, all these interesting ways just to try to strengthen my body and get better.”
