Saturday, March 12, 2011

'This only happens in movies,' says Charlotte student in Japan

'This only happens in movies,' says Charlotte student in Japan: "(By Kathy Haight, khaight@charlotteobserver.com) Early Sunday in the Japanese city of Ichihara, Charlottean August Armbrister sat sleepless in his bed.

He'd had about four hours sleep since Friday's magnitude-8.9 earthquake rocked the country where he's spending his junior year abroad."