nateee - page a GM, tell them you need the escort flag removed from a failed escort.
I had to do that just last week, and the GM came in about 20-30 minutes and handled it (didn't see them, but interacted via the GM chat channel, that uses one of the brackets the way party uses "/" and alliance uses "|"). They were polite, quick and even asked if there was any other issues I had needing taken care of, while they were there.