Jeremy Renner opens up about life-threatening snowplow accident: “I chose to survive”

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Jeremy Renner’s first on-camera interview since his devastating snowplow accident in January – an hourlong special airing next Thursday (April 6) – with the Marvel Cinematic Universe star declaring that he “chose to survive” in the wake of life-threatening injuries.On January 1, it was reported Renner had suffered “a weather related accident while plowing snow” at his home in Reno; he was airlifted to hospital, where he was said to be in a “critical but stable” condition.

The actor then underwent surgery and gave his first public update some two weeks later, with his family “positive” about his prospects for recovery.

He finally made it home on January 17.Over the following weeks, more details about Renner’s accident were revealed: in addition to blunt chest trauma and various orthopaedic injuries, he broke more than 30 bones during the incident, when he was crushed by a snowplow in an effort to save his nephew (Renner later shared the handwritten note his nephew gave him after the accident).February then saw Renner vow to do “whatever it takes” to recover from his injuries, and earlier this month, he reunited with the snowplow that crushed him.In his upcoming interview with ABC journalist Diane Sawyer (subtitled A Story Of Terror, Survival And Triumph), Renner will unpack the incident in intimate detail.

In the offical preview for the special, shared yesterday (March 29), the actor said he “was awake for every moment” of the incident, and declared proudly that he’d “do it again” to save his nephew.Said nephew also appears in the interview, at one point explaining the moment he saw Renner after the accident: “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.