Time was running out when Mark Rankin and Grant Cameron arrived on a Nova Scotia Beach earlier this week.

After apparently swimming too close to shore, three pilot whales were found stranded at 9 a.m., with low tide quickly approaching.

If the two friends didn’t intervene soon, the whales might never have a chance.

One bystander told the men that the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans had been called, but this dynamic duo weren’t sure the authorities would arrive in time.

So Rankin and Cameron quickly set aside their plans to help a friend winterize his cabin and sprung into action. They also stripped down to their underwear.

Saving the pilot whales required getting into the water and that wouldn’t be easy in full winter clothes, so the two men did what was required. It was t

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