.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell went back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left the company in 2019 after participating in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is actually a graduate of LSU and also a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, and also she has actually dealt with the NFL due to the fact that 2013. You can easily adhere to Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety and security and also ALS proponent Steve Gleason is steady and also recouping at a neighborhood medical center after a health care occasion previously today, according to his public relations consultant Clare Durrett.Durrett stated Gleason increased a fever as well as had incredibly low blood pressure Wednesday, causing his medical professional to suggest he be actually taken to a hospital.However, this sought Storm Francine, a Group 2 tornado, created landfall near Morgan Metropolitan area, Louisiana, with continual winds of virtually one hundred mph. Nearly 390,000 locals across Louisiana lost power, and New Orleans and also neighboring locations experienced some street flooding.Durrett mentioned there was a worry that EMS and 1st -responders would certainly not have the capacity to get to Gleason, yet "thankfully, they made it via to him at once when Steve's health was actually weakening."" They right away maintained him and also transferred him to Ochsner," Durrett pointed out. "He continues to be there and also dependable. He is actually remaining to be actually alleviated, as well as our experts are hopeful Steve will perform what Steve does and soldier via to obtain home as rapidly as achievable." Gleason's official X profile published an improve Thursday morning thanking the initial -responders and the health center for taking care of Gleason.Gleason was actually detected along with ALS, for which there is actually presently no remedy, in 2011 and also currently inhales by means of a ventilator. He connects using his eyes using a focused tablet connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's crew published an information coming from him Friday: "ALS is a hurricane of an illness. As well as on 9/11 in the middle of Typhoon Francine, electrical power failures & questionable phone company, typhoon ALS made landfall. Thanks for the powerful passion and also support coming from each of you. Celebrate this opportunity to become alive as well as breathing. I love yall - SG." A notification from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Difficult" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints unique teams leader that played seven times for New Orleans, is actually most understood on the field for his blocked out punting against the Atlanta Falcons in the Saints' very first video game back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 following Hurricane Katrina. He is actually now an advocate for ALS recognition and operates through his nonprofit Team Gleason to deliver innovation, devices and also support companies to others coping with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Courage Honor in July. He as well as co-writer Jeff Duncan also just recently published Gleason's narrative "A Life Inconceivable," which Gleason wrote using his eyes.