A young woman in the East Village restaurant hit by a massive gas explosion miraculously survived being blown all the way across Second Avenue, sources told The Post on Friday.
Theresa Galarza had been on a date with Nicholas Figueroa, who was still missing late Friday.
Galarza was blasted into the street from inside the Sushi Park restaurant and landed in front of the Orpheum Theatre, home of “Stomp,” the sources said.
Photos shot after the Thursday disaster show Galarza, 22, standing dazed and bloodied before emergency workers put her in a neck brace and rushed her to Bellevue Hospital.
Besides Figueroa, 23, who lives in Harlem, a restaurant busboy, Moises Locon, 27, of Elmhurst, Queens, was unaccounted for.
Galarza recalled Figueroa getting up to pay the check before the explosion. Authorities believe he was standing near Locon at the time of the blast in the basement.
Both were likely blown upward, then sucked into the cellar and buried in rubble.
Cops brought a police dog to the scene to search for victims.
NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said cops were “vetting” the names of six others reported missing but added that “they were not inside as far as we know.”
Figueroa worked at the Bowlmor gaming center at Chelsea Piers, where colleagues said he was a “floater” who staffed the front desk as well as laser-tag games.
“He’s a good guy, just a really good guy,” one worker said. “I’m praying for him.”
Employees at the Bowlmor near Times Square said Galarza worked there as a bartender before quitting several months ago.
Locon, meanwhile, was a teacher in Guatemala before immigrating to America, relatives said. He was hired about a year ago at Sushi Park, where he worked six days a week, 12 hours a day, sending much of his pay to his mom.
“He said, ‘I love my job,’” said cousin Pablo Bernabe Yac Sacuj.
Joe Ticur, the super in a nearby building, nearly walked right into the blast zone but was saved by a well-timed call on his cellphone.
“I was about to cross the street when my brother called me,” Ticur said. “I stopped and sat on the sidewalk to talk to him. Two seconds later I heard: Boom!
“I called [back] my brother and said: ‘Thank you, thank you. You saved my life,’” Ticur said.
Additional reporting by Ben Feuerherd, Georgett Roberts and Bruce Golding.