<Li> The last image in all three U.S. versions of the song is Thomas Dean Gibson, who disappeared from Glendale, Oregon, in 1991 at the age of 2 . He is still missing as of 2014, and age - progressed photos of him at age 19 and age 21 were released in 2009 and 2012, respectively, by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children . His father, Larry Gibson, a former deputy sheriff, was convicted of second degree manslaughter for accidentally shooting his son to death when he shot at a stray cat in his front yard even though no remains were ever found . He steadfastly denies killing his son and has worked on finding him since being released from prison in 1996 . </Li> <Li> The version shown in Australia showed a number of young backpacking tourists whose families were looking for them . Several of them turned out to be victims of Ivan Milat, the Backpacker Murderer . </Li> <P> Also featured in the video, but still missing in 2016 were Christopher Kerze, artha Dunn, Andrea Durham and Byron Eric Page . </P> <P> In 2016, Jack Hanft used the song in the 2016 disaster film The Runaway Train, for the credit sequence and a music video (featured on the DVD). </P>

Meaning of the song runaway train by soul asylum