Disappearance of Nancy Ng
On October 19th, 2023, a group of ten people rented kayaks and paddleboards from a small outfitter on the shore. They're not experienced paddlers. They're a yoga group and most of them were strangers to each other just a week earlier. And they’re out for one more excursion before they fly home. Two of the women drift away from the rest of the group, out past where the guides can clearly see them. When the group paddles back to shore that afternoon, one of the two women who went out further doesn't come back to shore.
Her name is Nancy Ng. She's twenty-nine years old. On that day in October, she went out onto the water and was never seen again.
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