The family of an animal rescue pilot who was killed on Nov. 24, in upstate New York, while transporting three shelter dogs received the ashes of Lisa, a dog who also died in the incident.

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 were being delivered Sunday to the family of the animal rescue pilot who lost his life trying to give the dog a chance at a new one.

Seuk Kim, 49, was a pilot, animal rescuer and father of three. He began flying during the pandemic and, having a passion for animals, he started rescuing dogs.

A volunteer pilot flying three rescue dogs to a care facility in upstate New York died along with one of the dogs after his plane crashed in the state's Catskill Mountains, according to officials.

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.