Christian Einfeldt said he was a quarter mile from shore when a male sea lion started to track him in the water.
Transcript for Swimmer eager to get back to water after sea lion attack
Christian ninth out spoke to us from his hospital room tonight. He thinks the C line trailed him as he swam to the mouth of aquatic park. Don’t threaten that might get or. I mean they’re not I want a quarter mile offshore. And open doors are not. The sea lion bit I’m felt upper right arm it started bleeding profusely. He flagged down a nearby sailboat that raced him to assure the both saved his life of the vote had been there who knows what would happen. Doctor Chris Simeon has studied seal in sea lion attacks she says because they’re so rare it’s hard to pinpoint a reason for the aggression. Sometimes animals. Can you sick. Or injured. They need be partially behavior or. I ask the doctor Wright went right back like Greg. However he’s changing one thing about his swimming routine. I’m now going to Lexington. Probably. Water all the way up. To him so I don’t I want. World right. Live and learn in San Francisco Tiffany Wilson ABC 7 NEWS.
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