Man Mocked For Shaving On Train Says He Was Leaving Homeless Shelter

Anthony Torres poses for a photograph at his brother’s home in Atco, N.J., after revealing he was the man caught in a viral video shaving on a train.

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With a couple of clicks, a quotidian moment can take on a viral life of its own — captured and shared, context lost, shaped by whatever viewers project onto the images.

That’s what happened to Anthony Torres, 56.

On Thursday evening, Torres was caught on video shaving his face while sitting aboard a New Jersey Transit train headed out of New York City. Video also showed him with a beer.