Response from barber

Marty Grassia, the barber in mantua, N.J., whom I wrote about last week, called today with an update.  "It's been crazy," he said. "There is some great humanity left in this world. Incredible how many phone calls I've gotten."

He said strangers call, write, drop things off at his barber shop, including one man who "dropped off a case" of expensive medication that Grassia needs but can little afford, so he's only been taking half the prescribed dose.

"When all is said and done," Grassia said, "there are people left out there who care."