Fitzgerald posted his cell phone number on a You Tube video for anyone who needs to call and talk. He has now received 5000 calls and text messages.
He did not want to miss any one's call and planned to take and return all calls he received. T-mobile will turn his free service off and begin charging him for each as of Monday.
Some people's own mothers won't take the time to sit down and talk with them and have a conversation," Fitzgerald said. "But some stranger on You Tube will. After six seconds, you're not a stranger anymore, you're a new kid I just met."