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But what about the supporting steel "trusses" underneath every floor? What about the thick steel beams running vertically from deep into the ground up to the 110th floor?
So it was much more than 4 inches X 110.
And you have to account for all the dust spread all over town. And you have to account for the continuing fumes that emanated from Ground Zero for more than a year.
The steel beams around the core elevators might survive (some were quite stout), however the trusses would be bent over sideways. They're rather deep and are comprised of very light steel sections. They can't handle any forces except pure vertical.
