Ronnie Dabal was fishing for tuna in the choppy waters of Puerto Princesa Bay in the Philippines. when a sudden storm came upon him and turned his boat upside down. After battling with punishing waves for the next 24 hours on top of a piece of styropor, Dabal was losing his strength when, From out of nowhere, a school of around 30 dolphins and a pair of whales came and started to flank him on both sides. The dolphins started alternately to nudge his tiny life raft using their pectoral fins towards the direction of land. Dabal said he passed out while all this was happening and work up on the beachof Barangay where he was finnally rescued by local residents.