{"id":1994472,"date":"2023-08-08T15:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T19:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hank-williams-jr-marks-48th-anniversary-of-his-near-fatal-accident-says-hes-very-blessed\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T15:44:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T19:44:52","slug":"hank-williams-jr-marks-48th-anniversary-of-his-near-fatal-accident-says-hes-very-blessed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hank-williams-jr-marks-48th-anniversary-of-his-near-fatal-accident-says-hes-very-blessed\/","title":{"rendered":"Hank Williams Jr. celebrates 48 years since his near-fatal accident, feeling incredibly blessed."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhank-williams-jr-marks-48th-anniversary-of-his-near-fatal-accident-says-hes-very-blessed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1994472&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Country Legend \u200dHank Williams\u200d Jr. Reflects on Near-Fatal Accident<\/h2>\n<p>Country legend Hank Williams Jr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fmr-cpb-head-slams-bidens-new-guidelines-on-ice-arrests\/\" title=\"Fmr CPB head slams Biden\u2019s new guidelines on ICE arrests\">recently marked<\/a> the 48th anniversary of his near-fatal \u2062accident in the 1970s, expressing how &#8220;very blessed&#8221; and\u2062 thankful he is to still be alive.<\/p>\n<p>The 74-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hank-williams-jr-marks-48th-anniversary-of-his-near-fatal-accident-says-hes-very-blessed\/\" title=\"Hank Williams Jr. celebrates 48 years since his near-fatal accident, feeling incredibly blessed.\">country singer captured<\/a>\u200d everyone&#8217;s attention on Tuesday when he shared an aerial\u2064 picture on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hankjr\/status\/1688941181017694210?s=51&#038;t=yVg_AIbZC0FnyCtU4qPVYw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> of the exact location\u200b where he almost lost his life. It was on a mountain in\u2063 southwestern Montana, where\u2064 he fell more than 500 feet while hiking with \u200ba friend on August 8, 1975.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;48 years \u200cago today, 530 feet\u200d and 17 operations later, this picture says it\u2063 all,&#8221; Williams Jr. tweeted to his hundreds of thousands of followers. The post showcased \u200dthe spot where he fell and landed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">48 years ago today, 530 feet\u200c and 17 operations later, this picture says it all. I am a very blessed and thankful man. HWJR <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yU8nY70a5s\">pic.twitter.com\/yU8nY70a5s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2063 Hank Williams, Jr. (@HankJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HankJr\/status\/1688941181017694210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I am a very blessed and thankful man. HWJR,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred when Williams \u200dJr. and his friend, Dick Willey, \u2062went hiking\u2062 near Ajax Lake,\u2064 close to the \u200dIdaho border.\u200b The peak they were exploring stands at 10,000 feet, and they encountered a snow-covered field. As they attempted to cross, Williams Jr. stepped on unstable snow, causing him to plummet 500 feet \u200ddown the mountain.<\/p>\n<p>In his autobiography, &#8220;Living\u200d Proof: The Hank Williams Story,&#8221;\u200c Williams Jr. vividly recalled the aftermath of the fall. He touched his face and felt it crushed, realizing that a boulder had fractured his skull, leaving part of his brain exposed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I put my hands up to feel\u2064 my nose,&#8221; \u2064Williams Jr. wrote. &#8220;Where my nose should be, there&#8217;s nothing there. My teeth and parts of my jaw fall out in my hand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I raise my hand to my forehead, \u2062and where \u2063my forehead should \u2063be, there&#8217;s something soft and squishy,&#8221; \u200bhe added. &#8220;That&#8217;s my brain, I think.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After \u2063Willey found him, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/siriusxm-pandora-cmt-iheartradio-pull-morgan-wallen-music-following-n-word-video-recorded-by-neighbor\/\" title=\"SiriusXM, Pandora, CMT, iHeartRadio Pull Morgan Wallen Music Following N-Word Video Recorded By Neighbor\">country star<\/a> was airlifted to Missoula Community Hospital. He underwent a seven-hour \u200dsurgery to stabilize his condition. As Hank himself tweeted, he survived and persevered through 17 operations, defying the odds \u200cand continuing to share his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-real-life-iron-man-the-incredible-story-of-elon-musks-rise-to-worlds-richest-man\/\" title=\"\u2018A Real Life Iron-Man\u2019: The Incredible Story Of Elon Musk\u2019s Rise To World\u2019s Richest Man\">incredible story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/country-legend-hank-williams-jr-mourning-loss-of-wife-of-more-than-thirty-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Country Legend Hank Williams\u2064 Jr. Mourning Loss Of Wife Of More\u200d Than Thirty Years<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country legend Hank Williams Jr. celebrated the 48th anniversary of his near-fatal accident, expressing gratitude for being alive. The 74-year-old singer captivated everyone with an aerial photo on Twitter, showcasing the spot where he narrowly escaped death in the 1970s. Williams Jr. emphasized feeling &#8220;very blessed&#8221; and thankful for his continued existence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1994473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1994472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1994472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1994473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1994472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1994472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1994472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}