Man attempts suicide on the Today Show

On Thursday morning, there were reports of a man attempting to hurt himself outside the Today studio. The anchors moved were inside, the crowd was evacuated, and the man is getting medical attention, Today anchor Matt Lauer reported.

“There was an incident out on the plaza…A short time ago, a man out there attempted to harm himself with a knife,” Lauer said. “He did manage to cut himself. He was controlled by our security team out there. However, he did harm himself in some way. And so he’s now being attended to by medical personnel. There was a knife involved as we just mentioned — so we’re keeping that area clear for law enforcement out there right now and not getting out there to confuse the situation at all.”