along the cliffs. a short while over she fell over the edge. and questions about what happened that night began to mount. >> reporter: it was the worst night of his life. and now steven in the early morning hours of september 21st, 1992, had to tell his ten year-old son his mother was dead. >> i said come on, we need to take a walk. and i told him. immediately burst into tears. and i cried. i cried like a baby. >> reporter: he remembers his distraught sons reaction. but little else from the dark hours. >> were you sleeping? were you eating? >> drinking. >> drinking. >> i lost my wife. my son lost his mom. >> there was plenty of sympathy among family and friends to be sure. for the man newly widowed with a