Recently released footage reveals the moments after Jeremy Renner was left critically injured when his 14,330-pound snow plough ran him over on January 1.
The harrowing video captured by police body cam shows the actor laying on the ground shrouded by a crew of medics racing to save his life.
On a sunny day in the mountains close to Lake Tahoe, Nevada a surreal scene played out as rescuers desperately worked to save Renner, who can be seen laying next to a massive pool of blood.
The footage captures the tense moments of the rescue operation and shows first responders working swiftly to stabilise Renner, who sustained multiple injuries, including 35 broken bones, a collapsed lung and a punctured liver among others.
Incredibly, Renner managed to survive the incident which occurred on New Year’s Day while clearing the snow on his driveway with his nephew.
The footage sees first responders working to stabilise him before airlifting him to the hospital with a chopper having landed nearby.
The video also shows Renner’s nephew recounting the harrowing incident and explaining how the actor had bravely escaped the snowplough cab to check on him.
Alexander Fries recounted that was when it was coming full force at him. He tried to jump on it, and it took him under. Right, where the blood is at is right where it happened.
When the plough started moving towards him, Renner then tried to climb back into the cab and stop it from hitting his nephew but he was unable to prevent the accident after slipping under the metal tread of the snowplough.
He said it was horrible. He said he thought he was going to die and that he was holding him and his colour was just going.
Officers on the scene could be heard voicing their shock and admiration after hearing about Renner’s actions.
One officer could be heard saying a number of broken ribs, and a laceration to the head, apparently one side of his face swelled up immediately, like softball size, he also described the actor as conscious, alert and breathing.
With snow piled head-high along the icy road and blood on the ground, the newly released body cam footage provided a real insight into the stressful and tense minutes after authorities arrived on the scene.
According to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office incident report, Renner towed his nephew, Alexander Fries’ vehicle after it became stuck in the snow.
Jeremy Renner is fortunate this occurred in the US. If this had been in the United Kingdom he would have perished waiting for an ambulance.
He was extremely blessed to be alive after the accident, clearly, someone was watching over him, as also the amazing medical response team.
This might not seem a big deal for some people, but for once it’s excellent news that he survived, instead of the tragedy it could have been, and it’s good that he survived this ordeal, and well done to the emergency services. EMTs are a rare breed and they saved his life.
Of course, this all happened a while ago, and I’m sure there are numerous people who are fed up hearing about it and are extremely hateful, but this is a truly remarkable story of heroism. Yes, he might be a celebrity, but this is a story about a human being, what is wrong with people who hate so much, what are they jealous of? Or are these haters so screwed up because they’re told to hate, or are they just angry at themselves?
There is far too much hate in this world and not enough compassion in the world that we live in today, and this needs to change.
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