Steering wheel collapsed but doesn't seem broken

My steering wheel came upon an sudden strong amount of force and it seemed to cave in and left a metal clip in the floorboard. Seems like I can remove trim and bolt it back up. Anyone else have this problema.

 

We’ve done been here before.
See the link below.
You’ll even know how the column works if you read to the end

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/steering-wheel-came-off.715628/

 

Someone may have been in there for some reason years ago, dropped the column down to do something and then didn't fully tighten the bolts. They probably slowly worked themselves loose over time.

If the threads are OK and you've got all the nuts just put it back together and keep rolling