It was not possible to independently verify the account

Visitors who were on the viewing floor at the time of Saturday’s incident told The Associated Press they heard a loud noise, then saw what looked like smoke but turned out to be dust seeping out of the crack in one of the elevator doors. «It almost sounded like a small explosion. It was a really loud bang,» said Michael Timms, 31, an American telecommunications engineer who lives in Dubai and was visiting the tower […]