.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer months of 2022. She left behind the firm in 2019 after taking part 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is actually a grad of LSU as well as a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, and also she has actually covered the NFL given that 2013. You may observe Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety and security and also ALS advocate Steve Gleason is dependable and recuperating at a neighborhood hospital after a health care celebration previously this week, depending on to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett mentioned Gleason increased a high temperature and also had exceptionally low blood pressure Wednesday, triggering his doctor to suggest he be actually required to a hospital.However, this was after Typhoon Francine, a Classification 2 tornado, brought in landfall near Morgan Metropolitan area, Louisiana, with sustained winds of almost one hundred mph. Virtually 390,000 locals across Louisiana lost power, as well as New Orleans as well as neighboring areas experienced some street flooding.Durrett said there was actually an issue that ambulance and also very first -responders would not have the ability to get to Gleason, however "the good news is, they made it through to him each time when Steve's health was falling apart."" They immediately stabilized him and transferred him to Ochsner," Durrett pointed out. "He remains there as well as dependable. He's remaining to be addressed, as well as our company are hopeful Steve will perform what Steve performs and soldier by means of to get home as rapidly as feasible." Gleason's official X account uploaded an upgrade Thursday early morning saying thanks to the first -responders as well as the medical center for caring for Gleason.Gleason was actually diagnosed with ALS, for which there is presently no cure, in 2011 and now inhales via a ventilator. He connects using his eyes via a concentrated tablet computer connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's group uploaded a message coming from him Friday: "ALS is actually a typhoon of an ailment. As well as on 9/11 in the middle of Cyclone Francine, electrical power failures & skimpy phone service, typhoon ALS produced landfall. Thanks for the effective love and also support from all of you. Commemorate this possibility to become vital as well as breathing. I love yall - SG." An information from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Inconceivable" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a former Saints exclusive teams leader that played seven periods for New Orleans, is very most known on the field for his blocked out punt versus the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' initial video game back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 complying with Hurricane Katrina. He is now an advocate for ALS awareness and also operates using his nonprofit Staff Gleason to offer technology, devices and also assistance solutions to others dealing with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Nerve Honor in July. He and co-writer Jeff Duncan likewise just recently published Gleason's narrative "A Lifestyle Difficult," which Gleason composed using his eyes.