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Dwayne Johnson mentioned he’s counting his blessings after his mom survived a automobile accident.
The 50-year-old actor and former WWF icon shared a photograph to his Instagram account Thursday, displaying a badly wrecked purple automobile. He mentioned that his mom, Ata Johnson, 74, had been within the car.
“Angels of mercy watched over my mother as she was in a automobile crash late final night time,” Johnson wrote within the caption. “She’ll survive and proceed to get evaluated.”
He added a number of phrases of reward for his mom’s resilience: “This girl has survived lung most cancers, powerful marriage, head on collision with a drunk driver and tried suicide. She’s a survivor, in ways in which make angels and miracles actual.”
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Johnson didn’t give any particular particulars of the accident, however thanked first responders. “Thanks LAPD & LAFD for being so caring & targeted,” he wrote. “Thanks for staying on telephone and speaking me via all of it.”
He concluded: “I obtained one mum or dad left, so in the event you nonetheless obtained your mother and pop be sure to hug ’em laborious, cos you by no means know if you’ll get that 3am name we by no means wish to get.”
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His publish was responded to by quite a lot of names from each the sports activities and performing worlds, together with effectively needs from Olympian Michael Phelps and Bond star Pierce Brosnan.
Johnson has spoken earlier than of his mom’s power and has shared candy sentiments about her throughout social media for years. In honor of her 72nd birthday in October 2020, he celebrated “Mama Rock” with a touching publish on Instagram.
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“We go down this unpredictable street of life and we by no means know what’s across the nook – so we do our greatest to deal with each day for what it’s – a real blessing,” he wrote. “And nobody epitomizes that philosophy greater than my mother. She’s a survivor so each single day, she lives life to the fullest and is a shining beacon of affection, pleasure and kindness.”
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Johnson’s father, skilled wrestler Rocky Johnson, died of a pulmonary embolism in 2020 at age 75.
