The comic says he doesn't remember the accident and is "not interested yet" in seeing the pictures of the blaze
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- Eugene Mirman was rescued from his burning car by witnesses, including a state trooper, after a toll plaza crash on March 31
- The comedian sustained a concussion, broken ribs, and a broken wrist, but said he feels lucky to have survived
- Mirman said he hasn’t looked at the photos from the crash, adding, “I’m not interested yet”
Bob's Burgers star Eugene Mirman, who voices Gene Belcher on the animated Fox hit, is "back in life" after his car crashed into a toll plaza, erupting in flames on March 31.
“I obviously went through an insane accident,” Mirman, 51, told Variety in an article published on Tuesday, May 5. “For the first few days, people didn't know it was me! But I am doing really good. I was injured, but not nearly as much as probably the images that were out there in the world potentially made it seem. So I'm doing not bad. I was just at the Lego store for ‘May the Fourth' with my son [Ollie], looking at Star Wars Legos. So I'm back in life.”
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Mirman was pulled from his car after crashing into the Bedford Toll Plaza on New Hampshire's F.E. Everett Turnpike. The car erupted into flames, and he was rescued from the wreckage by a group of witnesses, including a state trooper on the security detail of New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte, who happened to be nearby.
Mirman called it his "only near-death experience. I guess I would say I'm doing pretty good considering how insane it was.”
Although he sustained a concussion, broken ribs and a broken wrist, Mirman told the outlet that he doesn't remember the crash itself.
“I remember certainly being in the ambulance and seeing a little bit of fire. I don't know exactly when it started," he told Variety. "I know that obviously the vehicle was quite engulfed in flames, but I wasn't burned myself — which is obviously incredibly lucky."
He also hasn't seen the photos of the crash — and doesn't plan to seek them out — saying, "I'm not interested yet. I don't know if there'll be a time when I'm 78 and like, ‘Oh, you know what? I should really look up all those videos to see how truly traumatized I should I should be moving forward!' ”
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Of the images, he said, "I'm sure they were terrifying. And I feel bad that everyone was put into an emotional place of being so concerned. Ultimately, I'm just so incredibly thankful to be OK."
Mirman, who just released a new comedy special, Here Comes the Whimsy, said, “I will probably do stand up about this. It would be probably odd to not mention it … I'm sure I'll talk about it and try to work out material. Ultimately, that's what comedians do. It is funny to be like, ‘I'll hopefully turn this near death experience into 15-20 great minutes!' Or four extraordinary minutes. We'll find out!”
But for now, Mirman is focused on figuring out why he crashed. “I don't know what happened or caused it, though I am trying to figure out or do anything I can for myself to avoid anything like that,” he said. “Mostly I'm sort of happy to be here.”
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