yankee451
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The floor was supported by the interior core and the exterior, load-bearing cladding. Of course, as you correctly point out, this was an unsustainable situation. The weight on the floor as well as the deformation of the steel due to fire would soon cause it to collapse. I'm surprised you hadn't heard.
That's a lot of weight concentrated on a small point in the middle of a sixty foot truss system with a very thin layer of concrete over a corrugated floor pan. It's a wonder anything could destroy them if dozens of tons falling dozens of feet didn't snap the few truss seats holding it up, eh? That's some kinda angle iron!
