.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell went back to ESPN to deal with the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left the business in 2019 after participating 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is actually a grad of LSU as well as a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and also she has covered the NFL given that 2013. You can easily observe Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints protection as well as ALS advocate Steve Gleason is steady as well as recouping at a neighborhood medical facility after a health care event previously this week, according to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett claimed Gleason increased a high temperature and possessed extremely low high blood pressure Wednesday, motivating his medical doctor to recommend he be actually needed to a hospital.However, this was after Cyclone Francine, a Classification 2 tornado, made landfall near Morgan Metropolitan area, Louisiana, with sustained winds of just about one hundred mph. Nearly 390,000 locals throughout Louisiana died, and also New Orleans and also neighboring locations experienced some street flooding.Durrett claimed there was a worry that EMS as well as 1st -responders would certainly certainly not manage to get to Gleason, yet "thankfully, they made it with to him each time when Steve's health was degrading."" They quickly stabilized him and also transferred him to Ochsner," Durrett pointed out. "He remains there as well as stable. He's remaining to be actually dealt with, and also our experts are hopeful Steve will definitely perform what Steve carries out and also warrior through to receive home as swiftly as achievable." Gleason's representative X account published an upgrade Thursday early morning thanking the first responders and also the medical facility for caring for Gleason.Gleason was identified with ALS, for which there is actually currently no remedy, in 2011 and also now takes a breath through a ventilator. He communicates utilizing his eyes via a concentrated tablet attached to his wheelchair.Gleason's crew posted an information coming from him Friday: "ALS is a storm of a disease. And also on 9/11 in the middle of Hurricane Francine, power outages & questionable phone service, cyclone ALS produced landfall. Thank you for the powerful passion and also support coming from all of you. Celebrate this odds to be dynamic as well as breathing. I like yall - SG." An information coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Impossible" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a past Saints special crews captain who played seven periods for New Orleans, is most known on the area for his obstructed punting against the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' initial activity back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 complying with Storm Katrina. He is actually currently an advocate for ALS understanding as well as operates through his nonprofit Crew Gleason to deliver innovation, tools and support services to others dealing with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Tenacity Award in July. He as well as co-writer Jeff Duncan likewise recently posted Gleason's memoir "A Life Difficult," which Gleason composed using his eyes.