.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer months of 2022. She left the firm in 2019 after taking part 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a grad of LSU and also a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, and also she has dealt with the NFL because 2013. You may observe Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety and ALS proponent Steve Gleason is dependable as well as recovering at a local health center after a health care celebration earlier recently, depending on to his publicist Clare Durrett.Durrett said Gleason spiked a fever and possessed incredibly reduced blood pressure Wednesday, causing his medical professional to propose he be actually required to a hospital.However, this was after Cyclone Francine, a Group 2 hurricane, created landfall near Morgan Urban area, Louisiana, with sustained winds of just about one hundred mph. Nearly 390,000 locals all over Louisiana died, as well as New Orleans as well as neighboring regions experienced some street flooding.Durrett said there was a problem that EMS and also 1st responders would certainly not manage to get to Gleason, yet "fortunately, they created it via to him at once when Steve's wellness was actually wearing away."" They instantly stabilized him and also moved him to Ochsner," Durrett pointed out. "He continues to be there and also stable. He's remaining to be treated, as well as our team are enthusiastic Steve will certainly do what Steve does and also soldier via to acquire home as quickly as achievable." Gleason's official X profile published an upgrade Thursday early morning saying thanks to the first responders and also the medical facility for caring for Gleason.Gleason was actually diagnosed along with ALS, for which there is actually presently no remedy, in 2011 and now inhales with a ventilator. He connects using his eyes by means of a specialized tablet affixed to his wheelchair.Gleason's group submitted a message from him Friday: "ALS is a cyclone of a condition. As well as on 9/11 in the middle of Hurricane Francine, energy blackouts & skimpy phone service, typhoon ALS produced landfall. Thanks for the highly effective affection and also assistance from each one of you. Commemorate this possibility to be dynamic as well as breathing. I like yall - SG." A notification from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Difficult" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints special teams leader who played seven seasons for New Orleans, is actually most recognized on the industry for his blocked punting versus the Atlanta ga Falcons in the Saints' very first activity back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 following Hurricane Katrina. He is right now an advocate for ALS understanding as well as functions using his non-profit Crew Gleason to offer technology, equipment and support companies to others living with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Tenacity Award in July. He and co-writer Jeff Duncan also lately published Gleason's narrative "A Life Inconceivable," which Gleason created using his eyes.