.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 months of 2022. She left the company in 2019 after joining in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a grad of LSU and also a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and also she has actually dealt with the NFL since 2013. You may follow Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety and security and also ALS supporter Steve Gleason is actually steady as well as recouping at a neighborhood healthcare facility after a clinical event previously recently, depending on to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett stated Gleason spiked a high temperature as well as had very reduced high blood pressure Wednesday, cuing his medical professional to propose he be actually taken to a hospital.However, this wanted Cyclone Francine, a Classification 2 tornado, created landfall near Morgan Metropolitan area, Louisiana, with sustained winds of nearly one hundred mph. Nearly 390,000 individuals throughout Louisiana lost power, as well as New Orleans and also surrounding regions experienced some road flooding.Durrett stated there was an issue that ambulance and first responders would certainly not manage to arrive at Gleason, however "thankfully, they made it via to him at once when Steve's wellness was actually wearing away."" They promptly maintained him and carried him to Ochsner," Durrett said. "He continues to be there and stable. He is actually continuing to be actually alleviated, and our team are enthusiastic Steve will definitely perform what Steve does and also warrior through to acquire home as promptly as feasible." Gleason's representative X profile published an upgrade Thursday morning thanking the initial -responders and the hospital for handling Gleason.Gleason was actually detected with ALS, for which there is actually presently no treatment, in 2011 and now breathes via a ventilator. He communicates utilizing his eyes via a specialized tablet computer connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's team published a notification from him Friday: "ALS is actually a storm of a condition. And on 9/11 in the middle of Typhoon Francine, power outages & questionable phone company, typhoon ALS helped make landfall. Thanks for the powerful passion and also assistance from each one of you. Commemorate this opportunity to be vital and also breathing. I enjoy yall - SG." An information from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Difficult" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a former Saints special groups leader that participated in 7 periods for New Orleans, is actually most known on the industry for his shut out punt versus the Atlanta ga Falcons in the Saints' initial video game back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 observing Storm Katrina. He is actually right now an advocate for ALS awareness and also works through his not-for-profit Crew Gleason to provide modern technology, devices and also assistance companies to others living with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Guts Honor in July. He as well as co-writer Jeff Duncan likewise just recently posted Gleason's memoir "A Lifestyle Impossible," which Gleason wrote utilizing his eyes.