.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Workers WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell returned to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer season of 2022. She left behind the provider in 2019 after taking part 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a grad of LSU as well as a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, as well as she has actually dealt with the NFL due to the fact that 2013. You can easily follow Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety and ALS supporter Steve Gleason is dependable as well as recouping at a nearby medical center after a health care occasion earlier today, depending on to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett said Gleason increased a fever as well as had remarkably reduced blood pressure Wednesday, triggering his doctor to recommend he be taken to a hospital.However, this desired Hurricane Francine, a Category 2 tornado, brought in landfall near Morgan City, Louisiana, along with continual winds of nearly 100 mph. Almost 390,000 homeowners all over Louisiana died, as well as New Orleans and also surrounding areas experienced some street flooding.Durrett stated there was actually an issue that ambulance and 1st -responders would certainly not be able to get to Gleason, but "the good news is, they made it via to him each time when Steve's health and wellness was falling apart."" They immediately stabilized him as well as carried him to Ochsner," Durrett said. "He continues to be there and also steady. He is actually remaining to be treated, and also we are actually confident Steve will definitely do what Steve carries out and enthusiast by means of to get home as swiftly as achievable." Gleason's representative X account posted an update Thursday morning thanking the initial responders and the health center for taking care of Gleason.Gleason was actually diagnosed with ALS, for which there is currently no remedy, in 2011 and now breathes by means of a ventilator. He interacts utilizing his eyes via a focused tablet computer connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's group posted an information coming from him Friday: "ALS is actually a typhoon of an illness. And also on 9/11 in the midst of Hurricane Francine, electrical power outages & sketchy phone company, cyclone ALS produced landfall. Thanks for the powerful passion and help coming from every one of you. Celebrate this opportunity to become vital and also breathing. I like yall - SG." An information coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Impossible" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a past Saints exclusive crews leader who participated in 7 times for New Orleans, is very most known on the area for his shut out punt versus the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' initial video game back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 following Typhoon Katrina. He is actually now a supporter for ALS recognition and also operates via his not-for-profit Team Gleason to provide innovation, devices and also assistance solutions to others dealing with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Nerve Award in July. He and co-writer Jeff Duncan additionally lately released Gleason's narrative "A Lifestyle Inconceivable," which Gleason created utilizing his eyes.