Matt Lauer and the Today show team watched in horror this morning as a crazed man tried to kill himself as they broadcast live to the nation at Rockefeller Plaza.
At around 7.50 a.m. the individual, believed to be in an Asian male in his 50s, began to cut his own wrists with a boxcutter as he stood in the crowd which gathers year-round to watch the iconic breakfast show air.
Dramatic pictures and video from the scene reveal how Today show security staff and the NYPD rushed to intervene as the man – who never attempted to harm anyone else – collapsed in a pool of his own blood on the floor.

Suicide Attempt: With blood clearly visible on the floor – the man who apparently tried to kill himself is subdued by security and the NYPD this morning while the Today show aired