When Seuk Kim took off from Maryland last weekend with three small dogs aboard his plane, it was the latest of many volunteer flights he had made to rescue animals in need. After realizing a childhood dream of becoming a pilot,

When Seuk Kim took off from Maryland last weekend with three small dogs aboard his plane, it was the latest of many volunteer flights he had made to rescue animals in need.

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.

Seuk Kim, a 49-year-old father of three, was flying three dogs from “high euthanasia shelters” to a rescue shelter in New York when the plane went down.

A pilot who became renowned for rescuing animals has died in a plane crash in New York state while transporting three rescue dogs said officials. Seuk Kim, 49, of Springfield had been piloting a small aircraft with the animals on board from Maryland to Albany on Sunday when he reportedly lost control and smashed into a woodland in Windham,

The Virginia pilot and father of three was described by loved ones as “witty, spontaneous, and full of boundless generosity.”