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Tornado strikes Alabama school being used as shelter

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    Man describes 'mad scramble' to find family members

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Elizabeth thank you.

Well one man in Mobile, Alabama says he was celebrating Christmas with his family.

When the tornado sirens went off so he took his relatives to the school where he's a teacher and they tried to ride out the storm in the field house.

But just minutes after they arrived so did the twister he says the pressure suddenly went down and everybody's ears began to pop.

What it was all over some of the buildings including his mobile classroom were gone.

Rick colleague joins us now and Rick you brought your family to that shelter to the school.

Hoping that that was the safest place for you and really you ended up kind of walking right into the -- Gaza -- Well.

-- yeah we have we have no idea that it -- -- going to be a direct hit bit.

They are building that we went -- -- -- concrete there's a lot safer option in my house which is you know less than.

-- Third of the mile away.

Yeah why it's a good place wreck coming -- know what you you were saying that you didn't really hear what a lot of people here which is kind of that sound of -- of a freight train that tornadoes make when you were inside that building.

And you heard though the weather coming out you what was going on at that time.

It was more about.

Kind of you know mad scramble to describe my children and why shouldn't we were all in the building but we -- all in the exact same area.

So we were just trying to find every Biggio earned.

Make sure we're -- -- be okay.

-- did you think at some point in time when you heard the weather kind of getting close to the school that maybe this is not the best place for us and we should got to go elsewhere.

Well good.

My house sit right next Booth school that there were no other option for us there -- that my -- sort of built out though.

Newt doing out there strong structure that are -- the early older and got kind of small.

Doubt it is well listen Rick -- the best to you and your family.

A lucky break for you guys the school as you can see a lot of the pictures very badly damaged -- -- family were just fine Rick thank you.

So much.

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