Snopes: Does this video show Alex Pretti receiving 'honor walk' at Minneapolis VA hospital he worked at?

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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/alex-pretti-hospital-video/

Does this video show Alex Pretti receiving 'honor walk' at Minneapolis VA hospital he worked at?

Some internet users said the video, which spread widely after Pretti's death, showed medical staff honoring a patient during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Laerke Christensen
Published Jan. 27, 2026

Claim:
A video authentically showed colleagues of Alex Pretti lining a hospital hallway to pay tribute to the ICU nurse who died at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis in January 2026.

Rating:
Miscaptioned


Context
A spokesperson for the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center said in an emailed statement the video was not recorded on that campus. Elements of the video appeared to suggest it was recorded at a VA medical center in Colorado during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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[Kaleva]

1. Thanks for fact checking

I had showed it to my wife but I’ll tell her the truth about the video.

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2. De nada. I just saw it in my newsfeed this morning. nt

[Niagara]

3. I never noticed an exact location of this honor walk in this video

However, this deceased covid patient is one of the 1,232,898 American covid deaths that inept Donald Trump and his former inept administration are still responsible for.


Anyway, it's still a death that's on Trumps hands.

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4. I thought so. I couldn't understand why his body would have been at VA.

[Kaleva]

5. I wondered that too

But didn’t fact check it.