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.

A pilot who flew countless missions to rescue animals across the country died in a plane crash in the Catskill Mountains in Southeastern New York. Seuk Kim is being remembered as a man with a big heart who found joy in the animals he saved.

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.