In 1961 , when Sischy was nine years old , the Sischy family left Apartheid-era South Africa after the Sharpeville massacre and moved to Edinburgh , Scotland , where Dr. Sischy re-trained as a radiologist . The family had had to leave South Africa because Sischy 's mother was in danger of being arrested for her involvement in an activist group , the Black Sash , that non-violently protested Apartheid . In 1967 , the family moved to Rochester , New York , where Sischy 's father became the head of radiation oncology at Highland Hospital
Sharpeville massacre
Sharpeville massacre
Ingrid Sischy