.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Team 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 behind the firm in 2019 after participating in 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU as well as a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, and she has dealt with the NFL since 2013. You can follow Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints protection as well as ALS supporter Steve Gleason is actually secure as well as bouncing back at a local area healthcare facility after a clinical occasion earlier this week, according to his public relations consultant Clare Durrett.Durrett stated Gleason surged a fever and possessed extremely low high blood pressure Wednesday, causing his doctor to propose he be actually required to a hospital.However, this wanted Cyclone Francine, a Type 2 storm, created landfall near Morgan City, Louisiana, with continual winds of just about one hundred miles per hour. Virtually 390,000 residents around Louisiana died, and also New Orleans and neighboring regions experienced some street flooding.Durrett claimed there was actually an issue that EMS as well as 1st -responders will not be able to hit Gleason, yet "luckily, they made it with to him at once when Steve's health and wellness was actually degrading."" They promptly supported him as well as transported him to Ochsner," Durrett claimed. "He remains there and secure. He's remaining to be actually dealt with, as well as our team are actually enthusiastic Steve will certainly perform what Steve does and soldier through to obtain home as quickly as feasible." Gleason's authorities X profile published an upgrade Thursday morning giving thanks to the first responders and also the hospital for looking after Gleason.Gleason was actually diagnosed along with ALS, for which there is currently no cure, in 2011 as well as currently takes a breath via a ventilator. He communicates using his eyes through a specialized tablet computer connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's crew published an information from him Friday: "ALS is a hurricane of a condition. As well as on 9/11 in the midst of Typhoon Francine, electrical power blackouts & questionable phone service, storm ALS created landfall. Thank you for the powerful affection and also help coming from each of you. Commemorate this opportunity to be viable as well as breathing. I love yall - SG." A notification coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Impossible" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a past Saints unique staffs leader that played 7 times for New Orleans, is actually most known on the area for his blocked out punting against the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' initial activity back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 adhering to Typhoon Katrina. He is actually now a proponent for ALS understanding as well as works by means of his nonprofit Group Gleason to offer technology, equipment and support services to others dealing with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Tenacity Award in July. He and also co-writer Jeff Duncan additionally lately published Gleason's narrative "A Lifestyle Difficult," which Gleason composed utilizing his eyes.