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.

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,

When Seuk Kim took off from Maryland last weekend with three small dogs aboard his small plane, it turned out to be the last of his many volunteer flights to