The victim who tragically died in this week’s Lower Manhattan parking garage collapse was identified Wednesday as the business’ manager — and recalled by those who knew him as a hardworking father-of-two and a great friend.

Willis Moore, who is listed on LinkedIn as the “location manager” for Little Man Parking, was just about to get off work at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday when the Ann Street facility collapsed and left him trapped and five others injured, sources said.

“I was just like dumb-struck,” Moore’s friend and neighbor, Kurt Jacobs, recalled after seeing news of the cave-in.

“I still can’t believe it,” the 69-year-old said. “To hear he is no longer here….I just can’t imagine him not being here.

“He was a pretty great friend. I have a vegetable garden and I share my vegetables with him – corn, herbs.”

Moore loved to fish and would often share his catch with his neighbors, said Jaeden Hurst, whose mother was close to him.

“Anytime he’d go, he’d always bring back something for my mom,” he said. 

Hurst recalled Moore also surprising him and his family with tickets to Six Flags. 

“He didn’t necessarily have a reason to but he was just really a nice guy and he used to help us out,” he recalled. 

“That’s like the best memory I really have of him.” 

Jacobs described Moore as a “pretty private person” who worked six long days a week.

Moore, who was originally from Jamaica Queens, lived alone in Laurelton, NY, according to his neighbors. He was divorced from his wife and had two kids, a son and a daughter.

No formal identification has been made as rescue workers are still trying to get to his body — and have been delayed by the unstable structure that remains.

Jacobs said Moore’s black SUV hasn’t been seen in the neighborhood since the collapse — but still can’t accept he was gone.

“I am hopeful he is found. At least if he is injured we can probably help him medically….but I just can’t imagine him being killed.”

Alessy Hernandez, who worked at a connecting parking business, recalled Moore as a “very nice and pleasant person to speak to.”

Hernandez said they’d talk shop about the garage and “try to get through the day and get home, but unfortunately for him, it wasn’t his time to go back home.”

Moore was just about an hour away from getting off his shift before the collapse happened just after 4:10 p.m., according to Hernandez.

“He did know people [who] thought highly of him,” Hernandez said.

Maria Mammano, a former employee at Moore’s garage, remembered her former boss as “the nicest guy you ever want to meet,” according to Gothamist.

No formal identification has been made as rescue workers are still trying to get to his body — and have been delayed by the unstable structure that remains.

The FDNY started to break down parts of the garage Wednesday in preparation for a controlled demolition on Thursday.

A fire spokesman said the first step was to get all the wrecked cars out of the structure before having to go through areas slowly, “brick-by-brick” due to the garage’s current instability.

This is a developing story.