On January 1st, Jeremy Renner was in a near-fatal accident with his 7-ton snowplow trying to save his nephew who was in the machinery’s path. Now, nearly four months later, he is talking to Diane Sawyer about the day that changed his life forever.
They discuss all of the bones he broke, including eight ribs, both ankles, a kneecap, a tibia, a clavicle, a shoulder, an eye socket, and his jaw. Because most of his body was crushed, he thought he was just going to be a spine and a brain.
He told Sawyer, “I’ve lost a lot of flesh and bone in this experience, but I’ve been refueled and refilled with love and titanium.”
With all that he has gone through and is going through, would he go through it all again? Yes, he would to save his nephew. And his nephew told Sawyer that he thought his uncle was dead when he saw all of that blood.
Instead of giving up that day, he “chose to live.” And now he sees himself as “a lucky man.”
You can watch their ABC News interview April 6th at 10p.
