Jeremy Renner discusses recovering from life-threatening injuries
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Actor Jeremy Renner opening up about that accident that nearly killed him.
Diane Sawyer has the exclusive.
Do you remember the pain?
Oh, all of it.
Yeah, I was awake through every moment.
I'd do it again.
You'd do it again?
Yeah, I'd do it again.
Because it was going right up my nephew.
Someone's been run over by a snowcat.
Hurry.
He's been crushed.
There's a lot of blood over here.
Eight ribs broken in 14 places.
Right knee, right ankle broken.
Left leg tibia broken.
The left ankle broken.
Right clavicle broken.
Right shoulder broken.
Face-eyed socket.
The jaw, the mandible broken.
Lung collapsed.
Pierced from the rib bone, your liver.
Which sounds terrifying.
Yeah, and then like, what's my body look like?
Am I just going to be like a spine and a brain, like a science experiment?
I heard that you had, in sign language, you said to your family, I'm sorry.
Yeah, sorry.
I chose to survive.
He's not going to kill me.
No way.
Do you dream of doing those stunts again?
I've lost a lot of flesh and bone in this experience,
but I've been refueled and refilled with love and titanium.
You look in the mirror and do you see the same face?
No, I see a lucky man.
Jeremy Renner, The Diane Sawyer Interview.
A story of terror, survival, and triumph.
Airs next Thursday, April 6th at 10 p.m. right here on ABC.