Phoebe Beltran, 15, has always been a "water baby," according to her mom, Bibi Beltran. She has always had a love for ...

Phoebe Beltran was in the homestretch of her 1,000-yard swim when she suddenly felt an intense pain as the sea lion bit her ...

A 15-year-old girl was attacked during her swim test in Long Beach by a sea lion sickened by a recent toxic algae bloom, ...

Phoebe Beltran sustained several cuts on her right arm and had to be hospitalized after she was attacked by a sea lion in ...

Phoebe Beltran was swimming about 25 feet off the coast of Long Beach in California on Sunday, March 30 when the incident ...

Phoebe Beltran, 15, was doing her swim test for her lifeguard certification in Long Beach on March 30 when she felt something clamp down on her arm. 'Out of nowhere, I feel something biting my ...

Fifteen-year-old Phoebe Beltran has several cuts on her right arm and was hospitalized following the confrontation with the ...

Phoebe Beltran was swimming about 25 feet off the coast of Long Beach in California on March 30 when the incident occurred Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working ...

A teenage girl was attacked by a sea lion off the coast of Long Beach, southern California, prompting fears that recent algae ...

"All I'm thinking is, 'Please, don't be a shark. Please, don't take off my arm, and please, don't kill me,'" Phoebe Beltran ...

A 15-year-old Long Beach girl is recovering from a sea lion attack that happened while she was swimming over the weekend at ...

Phoebe Beltran was finishing a 1,000-yard swim on Sunday at Alamitos Beach when she felt a sudden pain in her arm, and a shadow beneath her. “I assume it’s a shark, obviously. Worst thing that ...