Jeremy Renner reveals 'last words' to his family after horrific snowplow accident: ‘Just let me go’
foxnews.comJeremy Renner is sharing just how serious the situation truly was after he was crushed by a 7-ton snowplow on New Year's Day.
In his new tell-all interview about the accident, his neighbors, who he credits with saving his life, reveal that they thought he had passed away in the snow at one moment, and he thought he was near death too – so much so that he wrote some "last words" for his family. "Don’t let me live in tubes on a machine," he recalled writing in a note on his phone, "and if my existence is going to be on drugs and painkillers, just let me go now." He typed the note out because he could not speak after his chest and back were completely crushed by the snowplow, but he also remembered telling his family "I'm sorry" in sign language, "because I am sorry I did that to them, and it’s my responsibility.
I feel bad my actions caused so much pain." "Jeremy Renner: The Diane Sawyer Interview – A Story of Terror, Survival and Triumph" aired Thursday on ABC, and featured a detailed explanation by Renner and his nephew, Alex Fries, on exactly how the accident happened.
The actor's large family was staying with him in his Reno, Nevada, home, located up in the Sierra Mountains, and they had decided to go skiing on New Year's Day after a snowstorm had hit the town.
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