My family lived next to the NYC garage collapse — we were completely displaced and had to rebuild from the ground up

Just back from a family vacation in England, Suzanne Cohen was still unpacking — when she heard an earth-shattering boom.

Then came screaming sirens. She raced downstairs. “It looked like every cop and fire truck in New York was there,” swarming in the narrow Financial District street, she told The Post.

Her family of five lived next door to the Ann Street garage, which collapsed just over a year ago.

Their lives were upended, as they were forced from their home indefinitely. The saving grace was that their possessions — except for their car — were undestroyed.

“I can’t even explain the feeling, thinking you could have had a building fall down on top of you,” Suzanne, a freelance photographer who also blogs at Gotham Love, said.

When the family moved to Fidi a dozen years ago, the neighborhood was primarily a business district. Taxis were few, as were weekend trains. With three growing kids, their Pathfinder — parked next door — made it easy to visit relatives in the suburbs.