.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Personnel 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 joining in 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a grad of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, and also she has actually dealt with the NFL since 2013. You can observe Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints protection and ALS proponent Steve Gleason is dependable and also recouping at a regional health center after a medical occasion previously recently, depending on to his public relations consultant Clare Durrett.Durrett stated Gleason surged a high temperature as well as had extremely low blood pressure Wednesday, prompting his medical doctor to recommend he be actually required to a hospital.However, this desired Storm Francine, a Category 2 hurricane, made landfall near Morgan Metropolitan area, Louisiana, with sustained winds of just about one hundred mph. Almost 390,000 homeowners across Louisiana lost power, and also New Orleans and encompassing regions experienced some street flooding.Durrett mentioned there was a concern that ambulance and very first -responders would not have the ability to reach Gleason, but "luckily, they created it through to him at once when Steve's wellness was degrading."" They promptly maintained him and transported him to Ochsner," Durrett claimed. "He remains there and also secure. He is actually remaining to be actually alleviated, as well as our team are confident Steve will certainly perform what Steve carries out as well as soldier by means of to receive home as promptly as possible." Gleason's authorities X profile posted an upgrade Thursday early morning thanking the initial responders and the medical center for handling Gleason.Gleason was detected with ALS, for which there is currently no remedy, in 2011 as well as right now takes a breath with a ventilator. He interacts utilizing his eyes using a concentrated tablet computer affixed to his wheelchair.Gleason's staff published an information coming from him Friday: "ALS is actually a hurricane of an ailment. And also on 9/11 in the middle of Typhoon Francine, electrical power blackouts & sketchy phone company, storm ALS made landfall. Thank you for the strong love as well as support from all of you. Commemorate this odds to become dynamic as well as breathing. I adore yall - SG." A message from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Inconceivable" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a past Saints exclusive teams leader that participated in 7 seasons for New Orleans, is very most recognized on the area for his obstructed punting against the Atlanta ga Falcons in the Saints' first activity back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 observing Cyclone Katrina. He is actually now an advocate for ALS understanding and also operates using his non-profit Staff Gleason to deliver technology, tools and also assistance services to others coping with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Nerve Award in July. He and co-writer Jeff Duncan additionally lately published Gleason's narrative "A Life Impossible," which Gleason created using his eyes.