2 Canine Discover Properties After Surviving Airplane Crash That Killed Rescue Pilot

Two canine that survived an animal rescue aircraft crash have discovered perpetually properties. 

The crash, which occurred on Nov. 24, 2024, in upstate New York, resulted within the dying of 1 canine and pilot, 49-year-old Seuk Kim, who recurrently performed rescue flights to assist shelter pets get adopted canine.

The Greene County Sheriff’s Workplace shared shortly after the crash that the 2 surviving canines on the aircraft suffered accidents: a Labrador retriever combine pet suffered two damaged legs, whereas the opposite canine sustained minor accidents. Each animals acquired veterinary care shortly after the aircraft accident.

In an replace printed on Wednesday, Jan. 29, Maggie Pryor, director of the Animal Shelter of Schoharie County, advised the Related Press that the 2 canine survivors have discovered loving adopters.  

Six-month-old Whiskey, who suffered the 2 damaged legs, is now “on his ft,” based on the outlet. The canine underwent surgical procedures at a specialty hospital in Connecticut.

Whiskey has additionally gained over his present foster household, who plans to undertake him formally quickly.

The opposite surviving canine, Pluto, had a speedy restoration and has since discovered a perpetually dwelling.

In the meantime, the stays of the third canine, named Lisa, went to the late pilot’s family. 

“He clearly cared sufficient about [Lisa] to threat his life on an expedition to avoid wasting her,” the pilot’s 16-year-old daughter Leah Kim advised the Related Press in December. “And we simply need to ensure that she’s being taken care of. We really feel a duty to proceed what he began.”

Officers beforehand recognized the plane as a Mooney M20J aircraft flying from Maryland to Albany, N.Y.

The sheriff’s workplace stated the pilot was pronounced lifeless on the scene.

The Nationwide Transportation Security Board’s preliminary report states that Kim advised air visitors controllers he hit reasonable to heavy turbulence at 5,000 ft. He then descended to about 4,300 ft and reported that circumstances improved. The pilot didn’t contact air visitors help once more earlier than the crash and didn’t make any misery calls.

In response to an obituary, Kim labored with a nonprofit group that rescues and transports canine from overcrowded shelters to loving properties.

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“Seuk was a brilliant gentle in all our lives—witty, spontaneous, and filled with boundless generosity,” learn the tribute. “His laughter might fill a room, and his zest for all times impressed everybody lucky sufficient to know him. Whether or not by means of his daring sense of journey or his quiet acts of kindness, he left a long-lasting impression on everybody he met.”

In an announcement obtained by CBS Information, Pryer stated that “through the years, Seuk helped to avoid wasting the lives of a whole lot of animals who would have in any other case been euthanized because of overcrowding at animal shelters.”

The assertion added that Kim was flying the three canine rescued from “a euthanasia listing at a high-kill shelter” to an airport in Albany, the place they had been to be taken in by the shelter.