The ashes of a big-eyed, brown and white puppy named Lisa that died last week in a plane crash in New York’s Catskill Mountains will be delivered to the late animal rescue pilot's family.

Seuk Kim was flying three dogs from Maryland to Albany, New York, when the plane crashed in the snowy woods of the Catskill Mountains, officials said.

Seuk Kim was transporting three rescue dogs from Maryland to Albany, N.Y., when his plane crashed in the Catskill Mountains. Two of the dogs managed to survive.

A volunteer pilot known for helping transport rescue animals to shelters died in a plane crash in the Catskill Mountains in New York on Sunday while transporting three dogs to a no-kill shelter.

Animal rescue groups across the country, including one in Fayette County, are mourning 49-year-old Seuk Kim, a beloved volunteer with Pilots N Paws who died in a plane crash while rescuing dogs.

A volunteer pilot dedicated to animal rescue died in a plane crash in the Catskill Mountains of New York. Seuk Kim, 49, was transporting three dogs in his Mooney M20J airplane from Maryland to Albany when the aircraft crashed about 55 km south of its destination.

Authorities say a pilot and a rescue dog he was transporting to an animal shelter were killed when a small plane crashed in the snowy woods of the Catskill Mountains.