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Ellen Moynihan, Rocco Parascandola, Larry McShane

Manhattan parking garage collapse survivor says running for his life saved him: ‘I’m still shaking’

NEW YORK — Parking garage worker Pierre Vancol considers himself twice blessed.

The 55-year-old Flatbush resident survived the Tuesday afternoon collapse at the Lower Manhattan facility — bringing back memories of escaping with his life from 2010′s devastating earthquake in Haiti.

“I’m still shaking,” Vancol told the Daily News on Thursday. “This is the second time this thing’s happened to me. God saved me two times.”

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