Jeremy Renner came close to death during his January 2023 snowplow accident — maybe too close. In the Marvel actor’s new book, Catching My Breath, he wrote that he believes he died while awaiting for emergency responders.
The Mayor of Kingstown actor appeared on CBS Mornings on April 29, 2025, and admitted his hesitation in writing the memoir, which he “didn’t think … was valuable” at one point in time.
“I lived it. It was a private incident that happened in my driveway. Why does anybody care about it?” Jeremy asked during his interview while promoting the book. “But the act of writing it is — what I want people to take away from the book [is] getting out of your own way is quite important to achieve and get anything you want in your life, and that’s the lesson that I had to learn to get of my own way and share the story because I knew it was valuable. It would be silly of me not to share it.”
Below, learn what happened to Jeremy and find out his perspective on what really happened to him.
While in Nevada on January 1, 2023, Jeremy was operating his snowcat and prevented his nephew from being run over by the 14,000-pound rig. As a result, Jeremy was plowed by the machine and had to be airlifted to a hospital. He was treated in the intensive care unit and was released from the hospital nearly three weeks later.
Within three months of his accident, Jeremy was able to walk with a cane and gradually rebuild his strength for public appearances and to return to work.
