If you hear an unanswered distress signal on an amateur radio band where you do NOT have privileges to communicate:

In a genuine emergency involving the immediate safety of life or property, standard frequency privileges and restrictions are temporarily waived to allow for critical, life-saving communications. If you hear an unanswered distress signal on a frequency where your certification normally does not allow you to transmit, you are fully permitted to respond and offer assistance. Preserving human life always takes precedence over standard band privilege regulations. Distractors incorrectly suggest you must wait for government permission or rely solely on Morse code, but in a true emergency, you should use whatever means are immediately available to help.