The «Avengers» star recalled the day of the accident, saying «I was awake through every moment,» and felt «all» the pain.
Jeremy Renner is opening up about the that left him . Sitting in his wheelchair in an exclusive interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer released on Thursday, the «Avengers» star recalls the horrifying moment, saying it was «my mistake,» and «I paid for it.»
The day of the incident, Renner was plowing the snow ahead of a day of skiing with his family in Reno, Nevada. He had used the more than several times before, and on this day, his nephew Alex was out there helping him. At one point while driving the plow, it kept slipping and Renner couldn’t see where his nephew was, so Renner opened the door and stuck one foot out to try and find him.
He told Sawyer that all he remembers next is that he lost his footing and fell off the side. He was alright at first, but worried that the machine was going to sandwich his nephew in between it and the nearby truck, he tried to immediately jump back in.
But when he jumped up on the snowplow’s tracks, they immediately threw him off — right into the vehicle’s path.
«It is what it was and it’s my mistake,» he said, «and I paid for it.»
ABC played the 911 call that was made the morning of Renner’s Jan. 1 accident. In that audio clip, Renner’s neighbor, Rich Kovach, who was helping the actor, can be heard saying, «he’s been crushed,» and begging for immediate assistance.
