Today in history: Hatteras weather station got distress call from sinking Titanic

On April 14 in 1912, the Titanic famously sent a distress telegram to the Weather Bureau Station in Hatteras.

According to Cape Hatteras National Seashore, the North Carolina station picked up the following message around 11:25 p.m. after the Titanic stuck an iceberg:

"CQD CQD CQD CQD CQD CQD. Have struck an iceberg. We are badly damaged. Titanic. position 41 degrees 44 minutes north 50 degrees 20 minutes west.'"

On the anniversary of the distress call, Cape Hatteras National Seashore said Hatteras is the only known wireless station in the United States to have received the first distress call from the RMS Titanic.

"Record of this transmission was lost to history for almost 100 years, and was only discovered in 2009 during a restoration project when it was found rolled up in a wall as insulation," according to a Facebook post.

WITN reports the historic Hatteras Bureau Weather Station will commemorate the event Friday at 1 p.m.

The Titanic sank into the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912.