.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 firm in 2019 after joining in 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and also a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, and also she has actually covered the NFL given that 2013. You may adhere to Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety and security as well as ALS advocate Steve Gleason is actually stable and recouping at a local area hospital after a health care event earlier this week, according to his public relations consultant Clare Durrett.Durrett claimed Gleason surged a fever and had very low blood pressure Wednesday, urging his physician to advise he be actually needed to a hospital.However, this sought Storm Francine, a Classification 2 tornado, made landfall near Morgan Area, Louisiana, along with continual winds of just about one hundred mph. Nearly 390,000 locals all over Louisiana lost power, and also New Orleans and bordering locations experienced some road flooding.Durrett claimed there was a concern that ambulance and very first -responders would certainly not have the ability to arrive at Gleason, yet "the good news is, they created it by means of to him at once when Steve's health was falling apart."" They right away supported him and also transferred him to Ochsner," Durrett claimed. "He continues to be there and also secure. He's continuing to be treated, and we are hopeful Steve will certainly do what Steve does and soldier via to get home as swiftly as feasible." Gleason's official X profile posted an upgrade Thursday early morning thanking the very first -responders and the health center for handling Gleason.Gleason was identified with ALS, for which there is actually currently no remedy, in 2011 and right now takes a breath by means of a ventilator. He corresponds utilizing his eyes by means of a specialized tablet connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's crew posted a message coming from him Friday: "ALS is a storm of a condition. And on 9/11 in the middle of Typhoon Francine, electrical power failures & skimpy phone company, typhoon ALS helped make landfall. Thank you for the strong passion as well as assistance coming from each one of you. Commemorate this chance to be dynamic and breathing. I adore yall - SG." A message from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Impossible" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a former Saints special crews leader that played 7 seasons for New Orleans, is actually very most known on the area for his obstructed punting against the Atlanta ga Falcons in the Saints' first video game back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 complying with Typhoon Katrina. He is actually now an advocate for ALS awareness and also operates via his nonprofit Group Gleason to give modern technology, equipment and support companies to others coping with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Courage Honor in July. He and also co-writer Jeff Duncan also lately released Gleason's memoir "A Lifestyle Impossible," which Gleason created using his eyes.