Q&A on the News

Q: I have been closely following the Boston Marathon bombing and its aftermath. I have yet to hear the name of the man whose SUV was hijacked and why the brothers chose not to kill him. That decision was a key factor in their being located. What happened?

— Jerry Schwartz, Alpharetta

A: The man who was carjacked by Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has asked his name not be revealed, according to media reports. He has said he is Chinese and told police the Boston Marathon bombers said they "would not kill him because he wasn't American," according to NBCNews.com. The man was carjacked by one of the brothers around 11 p.m. Thursday, shortly after the Tsarnaevs allegedly killed Massachusetts Institute of Technology officer Sean Collier, police said. They stopped to pick up the other brother, police said, and the carjacking victim was forced to sit in the passenger seat. The car was low on fuel, forcing the Tsarnaevs to stop for gas. The carjacking victim ran when one brother pumped gas and the other went inside the station. "The guy outside the car tried to catch me using his hand," the man told Boston's WCVB. "He tried to catch me, but I ran very fast."

Q: There was recently an obit for Ed Fisher, who drew political cartoons for The New Yorker. Are there any published collections of his work?

— Gerald Wade, Stockbridge

A: Published collections of Fisher's cartoons include "Ed Fisher's First Folio," "Ed Fisher's Domesday Book" and one featuring cartoons about musicians called "Maestro, Please." All three can be found on Amazon.com. The New Yorker published more than 700 of Fisher's cartoons from 1951-2000. Fisher, 86, died April 3.