.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell returned to ESPN to deal with the New Orleans Saints in the summertime of 2022. She left behind the business in 2019 after participating 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is actually a grad of LSU and also a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and she has dealt with the NFL considering that 2013. You can follow Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety and security and also ALS supporter Steve Gleason is actually secure and also recuperating at a local medical center after a clinical occasion previously recently, according to his publicist Clare Durrett.Durrett stated Gleason surged a fever and possessed exceptionally reduced high blood pressure Wednesday, triggering his medical professional to recommend he be actually taken to a hospital.However, this wanted Typhoon Francine, a Group 2 hurricane, brought in landfall near Morgan Area, Louisiana, along with sustained winds of virtually one hundred miles per hour. Almost 390,000 homeowners throughout Louisiana lost power, and New Orleans and also encompassing places experienced some street flooding.Durrett pointed out there was actually a worry that EMS and also 1st responders would certainly certainly not manage to reach Gleason, but "the good news is, they created it with to him at a time when Steve's health and wellness was wearing away."" They quickly stabilized him as well as transported him to Ochsner," Durrett said. "He stays there as well as dependable. He's continuing to be treated, as well as our experts are hopeful Steve will certainly perform what Steve does as well as enthusiast through to get home as quickly as achievable." Gleason's authorities X account published an improve Thursday early morning giving thanks to the very first responders and also the medical facility for handling Gleason.Gleason was diagnosed with ALS, for which there is actually currently no treatment, in 2011 and also now breathes with a ventilator. He interacts using his eyes through a focused tablet computer connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's team uploaded an information from him Friday: "ALS is actually a hurricane of a disease. And on 9/11 in the middle of Storm Francine, electrical power failures & sketchy phone company, cyclone ALS made landfall. Thanks for the powerful affection and support from each of you. Commemorate this chance to become viable and breathing. I love yall - SG." An information coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Difficult" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a past Saints special crews leader that participated in 7 periods for New Orleans, is most understood on the field for his shut out punt against the Atlanta ga Falcons in the Saints' 1st game back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 complying with Hurricane Katrina. He is currently a proponent for ALS awareness and also works by means of his non-profit Staff Gleason to deliver innovation, devices and assistance services to others living with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Courage Honor in July. He and also co-writer Jeff Duncan also just recently released Gleason's narrative "A Lifestyle Inconceivable," which Gleason wrote using his eyes.