Frater Survives Japan Quake, Walks 20 Hours to find Girlfriend
KUJI, Japan – Frater and Franklin College graduate Zach Branham (Rho-Upsilon) moved to Japan last summer to teach English. He was in Kuji, a town a few hours north of Tokyo, when the quake measured at 8.9 on the Richter Scale hit. Frater Branham made it through the quake but had no idea if his girlfriend Georgia, who was at a coastal town four miles away, also survived. Determined to locate her, Branham traveled by foot for 20 hours through impassable roads until he finally found his girlfriend.
March 15, 2011
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