Last person to see missing Calif. woman Nancy Ng on yoga retreat speaks out

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The last person to see missing California woman Nancy Ng on a lake in Guatemala has finally spoken publicly, after repeated pleas from Ng's family.

Ng was last seen kayaking at a yoga retreat on Lake Atitlan on Oct 19. Footage released last week shows Nancy waving at the camera that day, as other kayakers paddle out nearby. After nearly four weeks, one of those kayakers, Christina Blazek, has spoken out through her attorney.

"My client did not go anywhere with Ng. They happened upon each other on the lake," attorney G. Christopher Gardner told ABC7. "She tried to tell her not to swim because it was rough out there and there was a good current," he added.

Blazek, a San Bernardino County deputy public defender, reportedly chatted to Ng on the lake and saw her get out of her kayak into the water. Blazek then attempted to retrieve Ng's kayak and, when she turned around, Ng was gone, Gardner said. Gardner denied rumors that his client fled Guatemala after the incident, and told ABC7 that she cooperated with authorities and gave a detailed account of what happened on the lake to local police.

Ng's family has recently claimed that Blazek ignored numerous emails and other attempts to speak with her. "If it is like she says, and it is an accident, I don't understand how she could choose to leave my family in the dark for almost four weeks, and not just say that from the start," Nancy's younger sister Nicky Ng told the outlet.

Ng, a 29-year-old Monterey Park resident who worked with children with disabilities at a school district in Los Angeles County, attended the same yoga retreat in the Guatemalan Highlands last year. "She loves yoga, traveling, hiking with her family, and cuddling with her cat," reads a GoFundMe organized by the family to aid search efforts. "She has a kind heart, a big smile, and can talk to anyone about anything."

A private search-and-rescue team was hired by the family to search the lake using helicopters, boats and drones in the days following Ng's disappearance. They also reportedly made repeated attempts to speak with the other kayakers out on the lake that day, to no avail, while also preparing themselves for a ransom call.

最後一個在瑜珈靜修中見到失蹤加州女子 Nancy Ng 的人說出了自己的看法

經過吳女士家人的多次懇求，最後一個在瓜地馬拉湖上見到失蹤加州婦女南希吳的人終於公開發言。

吳最後一次被看到是在10 月19 日，在阿蒂特蘭湖的一個瑜伽靜修處劃皮划艇。上週發布的影片顯示，南希那天向鏡頭揮手，其他皮划艇運動員在附近劃槳。近四個星期後，其中一位皮划艇運動員克里斯蒂娜·布拉澤克(Christina Blazek)透過她的律師發表了自己的看法。

「我的當事人沒有和吳一起去任何地方。他們在湖上偶然相遇，」律師克里斯托弗·加德納 (G. Christopher Gardner) 告訴 ABC7。 「她試圖告訴她不要游泳，因為那裡風浪很大，而且水流很大，」他補充道。

據報道，聖貝納迪諾縣副公設辯護律師布拉澤克在湖上與吳聊天，並看到她從皮划艇上跳入水中。加德納說，布拉澤克隨後試圖取回吳的皮艇，當她轉身時，吳已經消失了。加德納否認了有關他的當事人在事件發生後逃離危地馬拉的傳言，並告訴ABC7，她與當局合作，並向當地警方詳細描述了湖上發生的事情。

吳的家人最近聲稱，布拉澤克忽視了許多電子郵件和其他與她交談的嘗試。 Nancy 的妹妹Nicky Ng 表示：「如果真像她說的那樣，而且是一場意外，我不明白她怎麼會選擇讓我的家人蒙在鼓裡近四個星期，而不是從一開始就這麼說。」告訴出口。

吳是一名 29 歲的蒙特利公園居民，在洛杉磯縣的一個學區從事殘疾兒童的工作，去年她在危地馬拉高地參加了同樣的瑜伽靜修活動。 「她喜歡瑜伽、旅行、與家人一起徒步旅行以及擁抱她的貓，」該家庭為幫助尋找工作而組織的 GoFundMe 上寫道。 “她心地善良，笑容燦爛，可以和任何人談論任何事情。”

吳失蹤後的幾天裡，這家人聘請了一支私人搜救隊，使用直升機、船隻和無人機在湖中搜尋。據報道，他們當天也多次嘗試與湖上的其他皮划艇運動員交談，但無濟於事，同時也準備接受贖金電話。