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 right arm.

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 ...

Phoebe Beltran, 15, has always been a "water baby," according to her mom, Bibi Beltran. She has always had a love for swimming, she told ABC News, which was why she decided to participate in a ...

However, that's exactly what happened in Long Beach earlier this month. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Phoebe ...

LOS ANGELES — Phoebe Beltran, 15, has always been a "water baby," according to her mom, Bibi Beltran. She has always had a love for swimming, she told ABC News, which was why she decided to ...