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To me, the ending of the Mist is tragic but thought provoking.

It's a lesson in persevering and holding onto hope. If he had waited a minute longer and held onto hope, he'd have been rescued with his kid.

I think that's why we see the woman from the beginning in the truck. She held out hope that her kids were alive and that she could make it to them, and she survived. She didn't give up, and she was one of the first to be rescued by the military.