Family recounts sea lion attack in Long Beach linked to toxic algae poisoning

“She’s got this. She’s a swimmer in water polo, this is a walk in the park for her,” Bibi Beltran, 52, told her husband Sunday afternoon on March 30, as the pair watched their 15-year-old daughter Phoebe swim a 1,000-yard lap at a junior lifeguard cadet tryout in Long Beach.
Her comment was cut short by two loud, excruciating screams coming from the water near the area of Ocean Boulevard and Cherry Avenue, in front of the Long Beach Lifeguards Headquarters.
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