Scottish pool ace's home wrecked as US tornado forces family to flee
Scottish pool star Jayson Shaw feared for his and his family's lives after a tornado ravaged his house.
Glaswegian Shaw lives in Connecticut with his wife and two children but crazy storms, relentless rain and falling trees hammered his home so badly, he and the family were forced into an emergency evacuation.
And they've been living in a hotel since as Shaw looks to salvage what's left of his family home.
'It's been a nightmare, I've never known anything like it,' admitted Shaw.
'This was a mini-tornado or a cyclone, it was literally the most insane rain and wind you could imagine.
'My wife and kids were inside the house with me when it all happened. It was scary.
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'The floor filled up to a foot high of water in about 15 minute. I've had to get special machines in to get all the water out.
'Thankfully, I've got insurance to cover it but the house is such a mess.'
A seven-time Mosconi Cup winner and current captain of the European team, 36-year-old Shaw admitted he was relieved to have been able to rescue some prized memorabilia.
'I was lucky I could get downstairs and get a few things but 95 per cent of the stuff in the house has just been wrecked,' he added.
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