in nashville, indiana, john and terry whitcomb had barely had a sip of their morning tea when the news jolted them awake. this is a very powerful earthquake. the images are stunning out of japan. an epic earthquake hit northern japan, 9.0, near the top end of the richter scale. then a huge tsunami crashing up thcoast. it was like watching a disaster movi this one horribly real. and john and terry s son zach was now right in the middle of it. what did you think? unreal. this can t be happening. are you sure it s where zach is? are you sure it s in the same region? we were looking at maps, and everything was pointing to, yeah, it s exactly where zach is. we just prayed. enormous waves you see here were hitting noda and kuji, the towns where zach and georgia were teaching.