Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Saiers an haife shi ne a Denver, Colorado amma ya girma a Habasha, Afghanistan, Swaziland, Ghana da Virginia yayin da mahaifinsa, Larry, ya yi aiki ga USAID. A lokacin da suke yara Saiers sun rayu ta hanyar rikice-rikice da dama a kasashen waje. A lokacin da yake a Afghanistan, abubuwan da suka faru (Saur Revolution
da sauransu) wanda ya haifar da mamayewar Soviet da ke gudana kuma ya hada da kisan gillar shugaban Afghanistan Daud Khan da jakadan Amurka Adolph Dubs. Abubuwan da Saiers ya fuskanta sun hada da ɓoyewa a cikin ɗakin ajiya na iyalinsa da kuma ƙarƙashin matakan su yayin da tankuna suka harbe a kan hanya a gaban gidansa da kuma samun jiragen saman Su-7 ko MiG suna tashi kusa da gidansa yayin da suka kai bam a Kabul. Iyalinsa sun koma Swaziland a ƙarshen Afrilu 1979 (kamar yadda aka yanke taimako ga Afghanistan saboda kisan Dubs).