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Pilot Known For Rescuing Dogs Killed In Plane Crash In Capital Region: 'A Friend To All' Pilot Known For Rescuing Dogs Killed In Plane Crash In Capital Region: 'A Friend To All'
Pilot Known For Rescuing Dogs Killed In Plane Crash In Capital Region: 'A Friend To All' This story has been updated. A Virginia pilot who regularly flew dogs in need to safe homes around the country was killed when his small plane crashed in a remote area of New York. The Greene County incident happened in the Town of Windham at around 6:10 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24. Sheriff’s officials said a single-engine Mooney plane was traveling from Maryland to Albany carrying the pilot and three dogs when it crashed in a remote area. The impact killed the pilot, 49-year-old Seuk Kim, of Springfield, Virginia, and one of the dogs. A second dog, a lab mix puppy, survived but suffered two bro…

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