A 16-year-old girl credits the selfie stick she took out into the ocean for saving her life. She and her family got caught in a rip current and says this latest invention craze helped save her. 

Erynn Johns says that the stick, which had the GoPro attached to it, aided her in getting back to the shore line. A good Samaritan did enter the water to help her family back onto the beach, but without the stick she isn't sure she'd have made it back!!!

Perhaps selfie sticks aren't so bad after all. Or are they? In any case, we're glad to report that her family is doing fine after this ordeal and that the selfie stick also survived this scary moment in the water.

Experts suggest that if ever you get caught in a rip current to swim parallel to the beach. Or if you have a selfie stick, use it to your advantage. Okay, that was my lil bit of advice here.

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