.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Team WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left the firm in 2019 after participating in 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is actually a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, and also she has actually dealt with the NFL given that 2013. You can easily adhere to Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety and security and also ALS supporter Steve Gleason is actually steady and also recovering at a nearby hospital after a health care event previously today, according to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett pointed out Gleason spiked a fever as well as had extremely reduced high blood pressure Wednesday, cuing his doctor to propose he be actually needed to a hospital.However, this was after Hurricane Francine, a Type 2 storm, brought in landfall near Morgan Metropolitan area, Louisiana, along with sustained winds of virtually 100 miles per hour. Nearly 390,000 homeowners across Louisiana lost power, as well as New Orleans as well as neighboring places experienced some road flooding.Durrett pointed out there was actually a worry that EMS and also very first responders would certainly certainly not manage to get to Gleason, however "thankfully, they created it with to him at once when Steve's health and wellness was actually falling apart."" They instantly stabilized him and also moved him to Ochsner," Durrett stated. "He remains there and stable. He is actually continuing to be actually treated, as well as our company are enthusiastic Steve will do what Steve performs and also warrior with to get home as rapidly as achievable." Gleason's representative X profile published an upgrade Thursday early morning thanking the initial responders as well as the medical center for taking care of Gleason.Gleason was actually diagnosed along with ALS, for which there is actually currently no treatment, in 2011 and now inhales with a ventilator. He connects using his eyes through a concentrated tablet computer attached to his wheelchair.Gleason's crew published a notification coming from him Friday: "ALS is actually a typhoon of a disease. And on 9/11 in the midst of Typhoon Francine, power blackouts & skimpy phone company, typhoon ALS produced landfall. Thanks for the highly effective passion and also support coming from all of you. Commemorate this odds to become vital and breathing. I love yall - SG." A message coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Difficult" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints unique staffs leader who played 7 times for New Orleans, is very most understood on the field for his blocked punting versus the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' initial video game back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 observing Hurricane Katrina. He is actually right now a supporter for ALS understanding and also operates by means of his non-profit Crew Gleason to offer innovation, equipment and also help solutions to others coping with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Guts Award in July. He as well as co-writer Jeff Duncan also recently published Gleason's memoir "A Life Impossible," which Gleason composed using his eyes.