An unidentified man is recovering at St. Luke's hospital and expected to live after slashing his wrists outside of the TODAY show studios at New York's Rockefeller Plaza Thursday, as the show was broadcasting live from their indoor facility.

"He was in the crowd, but off-camera,'' cops told the NY Daily News of the incident, which happened at around 7:50 a.m. ET.

Security took control of the man, who was wearing a white hat and believed to be in his 50s, tackling him to the ground.