.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Workers WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell went back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summertime of 2022. She left the firm in 2019 after participating 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a grad of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, and she has actually dealt with the NFL given that 2013. You can easily observe Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints security and ALS proponent Steve Gleason is actually secure as well as bouncing back at a local area medical facility after a clinical celebration earlier recently, according to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett claimed Gleason increased a high temperature and possessed incredibly low blood pressure Wednesday, motivating his medical professional to advise he be required to a hospital.However, this was after Cyclone Francine, a Type 2 tornado, created landfall near Morgan City, Louisiana, along with sustained winds of practically one hundred miles per hour. Almost 390,000 residents across Louisiana lost power, and New Orleans and also neighboring locations experienced some road flooding.Durrett pointed out there was actually a problem that EMS and very first responders would certainly certainly not be able to hit Gleason, however "luckily, they made it with to him each time when Steve's health was actually degrading."" They instantly stabilized him and moved him to Ochsner," Durrett mentioned. "He continues to be there as well as steady. He's continuing to be actually dealt with, as well as our team are hopeful Steve will certainly do what Steve performs and enthusiast by means of to receive home as quickly as achievable." Gleason's representative X account published an upgrade Thursday morning saying thanks to the initial -responders and also the health center for looking after Gleason.Gleason was identified along with ALS, for which there is currently no treatment, in 2011 and also now takes a breath via a ventilator. He communicates utilizing his eyes by means of a concentrated tablet computer affixed to his wheelchair.Gleason's staff published a notification from him Friday: "ALS is a storm of an ailment. And also on 9/11 in the midst of Storm Francine, energy failures & sketchy phone service, typhoon ALS created landfall. Thank you for the highly effective passion and also assistance coming from each one of you. Commemorate this opportunity to be vital and breathing. I like yall - SG." A message from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Impossible" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints special crews captain that played seven times for New Orleans, is actually most recognized on the field for his blocked out punt against the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' very first activity back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 observing Hurricane Katrina. He is actually currently a proponent for ALS understanding as well as works through his nonprofit Staff Gleason to offer innovation, tools as well as support companies to others living with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Guts Award in July. He and also co-writer Jeff Duncan also lately published Gleason's memoir "A Life Impossible," which Gleason created utilizing his eyes.