Selfie sticks. Are they evil or good? Remember last week, I talked about the first ever “Death By Selfie Stick”, where a man was hit by lighting taking a selfie during a thunderstorm. Pretty crazy.
And now, this week, we’re talking about how a selfie stick helped save a young girl’s life who got caught in a nasty rip-tide. Here’s the story:
A 16-year-old girl from Texas named Erynn Johns was with her parents at a beach in Nantucket on Tuesday, when all three of them got caught in a rip current. And this will probably be the only time I ever say this . . . but thankfully she had her selfie stick with her.
Erynn was swimming with one, so her dad grabbed the end to keep her from floating away. And her GoPro was attached, so there’s video.
But the current was still pulling them out to sea, and they were all struggling to swim. Erynn’s dad is a former Marine, and says he’s never been so scared.
Luckily, a guy named Tommy Vach saw them . . . jumped in and pulled Erynn out . . . then went BACK in to help lifeguards save her parents.
Erynn and her family went to the hospital, but they’re all okay. And they were able to thank Tommy in person after the local news tracked him down.
Check out the video below: (Source: YouTube/Got The News)
