Jeremy Renner returns to Reno Hospital one year after a snowplow accident
Jeremy Renner thanked the doctors, nurses and first responders who helped him during his near-fatal snowplow accident a year ago.
“Roll through Reno, NV with joy, blessings and 🍕!!!! I came by to see kids/superheroes, first responders and doctors, nurses and staff at Renown Hospital,” Renner, 53, said via Instagram on Friday, December 29. “I pay my respects and celebrate the love, life and blessings it brings to all of us. Thank you and this community for keeping me here.. I am forever in your debt with gratitude #loveandtitanium.”
The Avengers star visited Renown Regional Medical Center and Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue in Reno to thank the teams for their service. Renner was run over by a snow plow on January 1, resulting in more than 30 broken bones.
“One year ago, our friend Jeremy Renner suffered a catastrophic injury that nearly ended his life,” the firefighters wrote via Instagram alongside a photo of Renner and crew. “Our skilled firefighters/paramedics from Station 39 were the first to respond to the scene and took action that helped save his life. Today he visited our crews to express gratitude. Thanks for stopping by @jeremyrenner. 🚒🇺🇸🙏🏻.”
He brought the Nozzleman Pizza rescue team to show his gratitude before heading to the hospital to visit the nurses and doctors who cared for him for weeks.
Jimmy Laothe director of nursing and emergency medicine at Renown Health said 2News Renothat Renner “just wanted to say hello and thank everyone who cared for him and the entire hospital staff.”
Lao added, “I think one of the best things about working as a healthcare provider and nurse is caring for a seriously ill patient who is on the brink of death. To be able to see them a year later and see how well they are doing. We are very proud of the progress he has made.”
On New Year’s Day, Renner was afraid to use his snow plow when he lost sight of his cousin Alex. He feared the machine would roll back and crush his cousin Alex. When Renner tried to disconnect the vehicle, he was accidentally run over.
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“I just happened to be the dummy kind of standing on the dang court, checking to see if my cousin was there. You can’t be outside the vehicle when you’re driving it, you know what I mean? It’s like driving a car with one foot out of the car,” Renner said Diane Sawyer during an interview in April. “But it is what it was. And it’s my fault, and I paid for it.’
The Oscar winner was conscious during the ordeal. “I was awake every moment. It’s exactly what you would imagine it would feel like,” he added. “It’s hard to imagine what that feels like, but when you look at the machine and you look at it: I was standing on asphalt and ice. I wish I was in the snow. It felt like someone was taking the wind out of your hands. There are too many things happening in the body to feel pain, it’s all. It’s like your soul could be in pain.”