.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Workers WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell returned to ESPN to deal with the New Orleans Saints in the summer season of 2022. She left the firm in 2019 after joining in 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, and also she has covered the NFL due to the fact that 2013. You may comply with Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints protection as well as ALS advocate Steve Gleason is secure and also recovering at a local area medical facility after a health care celebration previously recently, according to his publicist Clare Durrett.Durrett mentioned Gleason surged a fever as well as possessed remarkably low blood pressure Wednesday, motivating his medical doctor to recommend he be needed to a hospital.However, this was after Typhoon Francine, a Category 2 tornado, created landfall near Morgan Urban area, Louisiana, along with continual winds of nearly one hundred miles per hour. Virtually 390,000 locals all over Louisiana lost power, and New Orleans and also surrounding areas experienced some road flooding.Durrett stated there was actually a problem that EMS and initial responders would certainly not have the ability to hit Gleason, yet "fortunately, they created it via to him at once when Steve's health was actually weakening."" They immediately stabilized him as well as moved him to Ochsner," Durrett claimed. "He remains there as well as steady. He is actually remaining to be actually dealt with, as well as we are hopeful Steve is going to do what Steve carries out and soldier by means of to receive home as quickly as achievable." Gleason's official X profile submitted an update Thursday morning thanking the initial -responders and also the health center for looking after Gleason.Gleason was actually detected with ALS, for which there is actually presently no treatment, in 2011 and now breathes by means of a ventilator. He interacts using his eyes via a specialized tablet computer attached to his wheelchair.Gleason's team uploaded a notification coming from him Friday: "ALS is a storm of a health condition. And also on 9/11 in the midst of Hurricane Francine, electrical power failures & questionable phone company, typhoon ALS created landfall. Thanks for the highly effective passion and also help coming from every one of you. Celebrate this opportunity to be dynamic as well as breathing. I adore yall - SG." An information coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Impossible" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a former Saints exclusive crews leader that participated in 7 times for New Orleans, is most recognized on the area for his blocked punt against the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' first video game back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 adhering to Storm Katrina. He is now an advocate for ALS awareness and operates using his non-profit Team Gleason to supply modern technology, tools and also assistance solutions to others living with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Guts Award in July. He and also co-writer Jeff Duncan additionally just recently posted Gleason's memoir "A Lifestyle Impossible," which Gleason composed using his eyes.