.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Team WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell returned to ESPN to deal with the New Orleans Saints in the summer months of 2022. She left behind the business in 2019 after joining in 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is actually a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and also she has actually covered the NFL due to the fact 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 recovering at a neighborhood hospital after a medical occasion previously this week, depending on to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett mentioned Gleason surged a fever and possessed very low high blood pressure Wednesday, causing his medical doctor to advise he be actually required to a hospital.However, this was after Hurricane Francine, a Category 2 tornado, brought in landfall near Morgan Metropolitan area, Louisiana, with sustained winds of practically 100 mph. Almost 390,000 homeowners all over Louisiana died, and also New Orleans and neighboring locations experienced some road flooding.Durrett stated there was actually a problem that EMS as well as 1st -responders will certainly not have the capacity to reach Gleason, yet "luckily, they made it through to him at once when Steve's wellness was actually wearing away."" They instantly supported him and also transferred him to Ochsner," Durrett said. "He continues to be there as well as secure. He's continuing to be actually managed, and also we are actually hopeful Steve will perform what Steve does and also enthusiast via to receive home as rapidly as achievable." Gleason's authorities X account posted an update Thursday early morning giving thanks to the 1st responders and also the medical center for taking care of Gleason.Gleason was diagnosed along with ALS, for which there is presently no treatment, in 2011 and currently inhales through a ventilator. He communicates using his eyes via a focused tablet computer affixed to his wheelchair.Gleason's team published an information from him Friday: "ALS is a hurricane of a disease. And on 9/11 in the midst of Hurricane Francine, power failures & sketchy phone service, storm ALS helped make landfall. Thanks for the powerful affection as well as help coming from each of you. Celebrate this odds to be vital as well as breathing. I like yall - SG." An information coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Difficult" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints exclusive staffs captain that participated in 7 seasons for New Orleans, is actually most understood on the area for his blocked punt against the Atlanta ga Falcons in the Saints' first activity back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 observing Cyclone Katrina. He is now an advocate for ALS awareness and also functions through his not-for-profit Staff Gleason to provide innovation, devices and help companies to others coping with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Guts Award in July. He as well as co-writer Jeff Duncan likewise lately published Gleason's narrative "A Life Inconceivable," which Gleason created using his eyes.