.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell returned to ESPN to deal with the New Orleans Saints in the summer season of 2022. She left the provider in 2019 after participating 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 due to the fact that 2013. You can easily comply with Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints security and also ALS supporter Steve Gleason is steady and also recuperating at a neighborhood hospital after a clinical occasion earlier recently, according to his publicist Clare Durrett.Durrett said Gleason increased a fever and had very low blood pressure Wednesday, urging his medical doctor to suggest he be actually needed to a hospital.However, this was after Cyclone Francine, a Category 2 hurricane, made landfall near Morgan City, Louisiana, along with continual winds of just about 100 mph. Almost 390,000 residents throughout Louisiana lost power, and New Orleans and also surrounding places experienced some street flooding.Durrett pointed out there was actually a worry that EMS as well as first -responders would not have the capacity to get to Gleason, yet "thankfully, they made it through to him at a time when Steve's health was degrading."" They instantly supported him and moved him to Ochsner," Durrett said. "He remains there and dependable. He is actually continuing to be addressed, as well as our team are actually enthusiastic Steve will perform what Steve performs and also fighter with to obtain home as quickly as achievable." Gleason's representative X profile uploaded an improve Thursday early morning giving thanks to the initial responders and the hospital for dealing with Gleason.Gleason was identified with ALS, for which there is actually currently no cure, in 2011 as well as currently breathes through a ventilator. He connects using his eyes using a concentrated tablet computer connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's group posted a notification coming from him Friday: "ALS is actually a storm of an ailment. And also on 9/11 in the middle of Typhoon Francine, electrical power interruptions & sketchy phone service, hurricane ALS helped make landfall. Thank you for the strong love as well as support from each one of you. Celebrate this opportunity to become dynamic as well as breathing. I really love yall - SG." A notification coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Inconceivable" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a past Saints exclusive staffs captain that played seven seasons for New Orleans, is actually very most known on the industry for his blocked punting versus the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' 1st activity back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 following Hurricane Katrina. He is actually now a proponent for ALS recognition and also operates via his non-profit Team Gleason to supply technology, equipment as well as help services to others coping with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Tenacity Honor in July. He as well as co-writer Jeff Duncan additionally just recently posted Gleason's narrative "A Lifestyle Impossible," which Gleason created utilizing his eyes.