Eli5 why if the towers collapsed because the support structures were weakened by fire then why weren’t the main verticle columns still standing?

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Eli5 why if the towers collapsed because the support structures were weakened by fire then why weren’t the main verticle columns still standing?

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Because it fell from the top down. The added force of everything falling and piling more to fall further was enough to tear it all down.

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