“IT BROKE MY HEART…” — ONE OF ALEX PRETTI’S FINAL ICU PATIENTS SPEAKS OUT AGAINST ‘TERRORISM’ ACCUSATIONS AFTER HIS DEATH. As the nation continues to grapple with the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, voices of those who knew him in life are cutting through the controversy with heartbreaking clarity. One of Pretti’s final patients, who spent time in his care at the Minneapolis VA ICU, described him as a source of comfort and strength during one of her worst days, recalling how he sat with her, held her hand, and prayed with her — treating every veteran as if they were his only patient. When she heard top officials and some federal leaders label Pretti as a “domestic terrorist,” her reaction was visceral: those words, she said, “broke my heart” because they struck at the memory of a man who brought peace and reassurance to those in pain. Her testimony underscores the deep contradiction between the personal impact he had on patients and the political rhetoric that has since swirled around his killing, and it has become one of the most emotionally charged responses in the ongoing public reckoning surrounding the incident…. Details below👇

“IT BROKE MY HEART…” — ONE OF ALEX PRETTI’S FINAL ICU PATIENTS SPEAKS OUT AGAINST ‘TERRORISM’ ACCUSATIONS AFTER HIS DEATH. As the nation continues to grapple with the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, voices of those who knew him in life are cutting through the controversy with heartbreaking clarity. One of Pretti’s final patients, who spent time in his care at the Minneapolis VA ICU, described him as a source of comfort and strength during one of her worst days, recalling how he sat with her, held her hand, and prayed with her — treating every veteran as if they were his only patient. When she heard top officials and some federal leaders label Pretti as a “domestic terrorist,” her reaction was visceral: those words, she said, “broke my heart” because they struck at the memory of a man who brought peace and reassurance to those in pain. Her testimony underscores the deep contradiction between the personal impact he had on patients and the political rhetoric that has since swirled around his killing, and it has become one of the most emotionally charged responses in the ongoing public reckoning surrounding the incident.

One of Alex Pretti’s final ICU patients says terrorism accusations “broke my heart”

Alex Pretti, the man fatally shot Saturday by Border Patrol officers, was a nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital, where he worked with the sickest of the sick in the ICU.

“I had a real bad day and he sat in my room for a little over 20 minutes, holding my hand, talking to me, letting me know things were gonna be OK,” Crownheart said. “He prayed with me and let me know I was gonna be OK.”

Crownheart thought she had had a stroke, then Pretti delivered her good news.

And when Alex found out I didn’t have a stroke, he came right away and let me know that I didn’t, and he calmed me and he treated me like I was his only patient,” she said. “And I knew I wasn’t, and he treated every vet like they were his only patient.”

That gentleness has been seen around the world in a video that shows Pretti honoring a veteran who had just died.

“He told me about his protest he did because he felt so strongly about how Renee Good had died, and he wanted to make that difference,” she said. “I remember telling him to be careful, and it’s just been very difficult.”

And now Crownheart joins the masses in caring about what happened to the man who cared for her.

“I think that hurts worse than anything, calling him a domestic terrorist. I think that hurt worse than anything,” she said. “It just broke my heart to see what they did to him, and he did not deserve it.”

Green Bay community mourns the death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis – WPR

WCCO also heard for the first time Tuesday from Micayla Pretti, his younger sister, who said in part, “Alex always wanted to make a difference in this world, and it’s devastating that he won’t be here to witness the impact he was making.”