 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pruss akanga ari mutungamiri wengarava yemhepo panguva yenjodzi yeHindenburgyaMay 6, 1937. Iyi yakanga iri nguva yake yokutanga yokutungamirira rwendo rwokuenda kuLakehurst. Pruss nenhengo dzinoverengeka dzevashandi vakatasva Hindenburg kusvika pasi sezvo yaipfuta, ipapo vakarayira munhu ari wose kubuda. Akatakura anoshanda panhepfenyuro Willy Speck kubva mumarara acho, ipapo akatsvaka vapukunyuki kutozosvikira vanunuri vakamanikidzwa kumubata. Zvisinei, Pruss akapiswa zvakaipisisa uye aifanira kuendeswa neamburenzi kuPaul Kimball Hospital muLakewood. Kupiswa kwacho kwakanga kwakakomba kwazvo zvokuti akaitwa tsika dzokupedzisira, asi kunyange zvazvo chiso chake chakanga chakaremara kwoupenyu hwake hwose, mugariro wake wakavandudzika mumwedzi mishomanene yakatevera. Pruss akakundikana kupupurira mumakomiti okunzvera, asi pamutemo haana kupiwa mhaka. 