Cyril the Nutcracker, pictured after being rescued from the River Foss by York Rescue Boat (Image: York Rescue Boat)
THE Nutcracker statue which was dumped in York's River Foss has been saved by York Rescue Boat.
Now York Rescue Boat has tweeted that it altered its flood rescue team exercise last night to encompass the Foss.
"The scenario was to locate and rescue a person in the water," it said.
"Normally we use our manikin but this time the casualty was ‘Cyril’, the missing Nutcracker.
"Cyril’ was found, transported to safety, cleaned off, dried out a bit and this morning handed over to a representative from the York BID.
"A good exercise for some of our newer flood rescue team members."
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