11. The American Flying Fortress also reported receiving a " faint and garbled " distress message that day. 12. She had radioed distress messages and was rescued by another Union Company ship, the " Waihemo ". 13. That evening a civilian, John " Portugee " Phillips, volunteered to carry a distress message to Fort Laramie. 14. Upon receiving distress messages , Bank worked with military responders to coordinate message traffic with information from other sources. 15. When Hedy leaves, Allie attempts to send a distress message , but Hedy catches her and angrily confronts her. 16. Drax recognizes that her ambitions are ignoble and so sends their ship to Earth with a holographic distress message . 17. This incident marked in the first time in US naval history that a distress message was transmitted by radio. 18. When the five attempted to escape Aggregor's ship, Galapagus suggests using his communicator to send out a distress message . 19. In their last distress message , the crew of the Africa said they were all wearing life jackets and needed rescue. 20. A distress message was relayed to other ships by radio, making it extremely clear that additional lifeboats were urgently needed.