The reality is, the viscoplasticity of steel tested by Northwestern University, shows that even a 200 degree Celsius fire significantly weakens the strength of the steel, the severing of many of the columns, the subsequent removal of fire protection from those that remained due to blast from the impact, and the heat of the fire, which would burn up to 600 degrees Celsius (and in some rare circumstances as high as 800, but that isn't actually important to the results of the studies) weakened significantly the remaining beams.
The remaining beams simply could not hold up as the building collapsed as they are simply incapable of holding the weight of impact. Think of a table made to hold up to 300 pounds with a 250 pound man standing on it. If he jumps, the weight at impact significantly would be higher than the 300 pounds causing the table to collapse. This is the same with the remaining structure, it simply could not hold up to the kinetic energy produced by so many upper levels collapsing onto them.
Like the Karyatid, she was crushed under a burden made too heavy to bear by stresses they were not designed to hold up to...
The remaining beams simply could not hold up as the building collapsed as they are simply incapable of holding the weight of impact. Think of a table made to hold up to 300 pounds with a 250 pound man standing on it. If he jumps, the weight at impact significantly would be higher than the 300 pounds causing the table to collapse. This is the same with the remaining structure, it simply could not hold up to the kinetic energy produced by so many upper levels collapsing onto them.
Like the Karyatid, she was crushed under a burden made too heavy to bear by stresses they were not designed to hold up to...