Pilot who rescued three dogs crashes and dies with one of the pups

A aviator who volunteered to alert 3 rescue dogs to a installation crashed his level successful the mountains and died on with 1 of the pups.

Seuk Kim, 49, was operating a tiny plane from Maryland to Albany, New York, erstwhile the craft went down successful the Catskill Mountains adjacent the municipality of Windham soon aft 6pm connected Sunday, according to the Greene County Sheriff’s Office.

On Monday, section authorities ‘discovered the wreckage of a single-engine Mooney M20 astatine Catskill State Park’ and ‘only the aviator was connected board’, stated the Federal Aviation Administration.

Kim and 1 of the dogs were recovered dormant astatine the scene, USA Today reported.

Another canine was recovered with 2 breached legs but alive, and the 3rd canine was recovered aboriginal with insignificant injuries, the sheriff’s bureau wrote successful an update connected Facebook.

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