.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell came back to ESPN to deal with the New Orleans Saints in the summer months of 2022. She left behind the provider in 2019 after participating in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is actually a graduate of LSU and also a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, and she has actually dealt with the NFL given that 2013. You can easily comply with Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety and ALS supporter Steve Gleason is secure and also recuperating at a local medical center after a medical event previously recently, depending on to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett stated Gleason increased a fever and possessed exceptionally reduced high blood pressure Wednesday, triggering his medical professional to advise he be actually taken to a hospital.However, this desired Storm Francine, a Classification 2 hurricane, made landfall near Morgan Metropolitan area, Louisiana, with continual winds of just about one hundred mph. Nearly 390,000 locals across Louisiana died, and also New Orleans and also neighboring areas experienced some road flooding.Durrett said there was actually a worry that EMS as well as very first responders will certainly not have the capacity to reach Gleason, however "the good news is, they created it by means of to him at once when Steve's health and wellness was degrading."" They promptly stabilized him as well as transported him to Ochsner," Durrett claimed. "He continues to be there and also steady. He's remaining to be actually dealt with, and also our team are enthusiastic Steve will perform what Steve performs and enthusiast through to get home as swiftly as achievable." Gleason's authorities X profile submitted an improve Thursday early morning saying thanks to the 1st responders and also the medical facility for dealing with Gleason.Gleason was diagnosed along with ALS, for which there is actually currently no treatment, in 2011 and also right now inhales with a ventilator. He communicates utilizing his eyes via a concentrated tablet affixed to his wheelchair.Gleason's crew submitted an information from him Friday: "ALS is actually a cyclone of a disease. And also on 9/11 in the middle of Cyclone Francine, power outages & skimpy phone company, storm ALS helped make landfall. Thanks for the highly effective love and also assistance coming from every one of you. Celebrate this chance to become vital and breathing. I love yall - SG." A notification coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Impossible" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a past Saints special crews leader who participated in 7 times for New Orleans, is very most understood on the area for his blocked out punt against the Atlanta ga Falcons in the Saints' very first game back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 complying with Storm Katrina. He is actually now a proponent for ALS recognition and also operates using his not-for-profit Crew Gleason to give modern technology, devices and also assistance solutions to others coping with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Guts Award in July. He as well as co-writer Jeff Duncan likewise recently released Gleason's narrative "A Life Inconceivable," which Gleason wrote using his eyes.