.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell went back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer season of 2022. She left the company in 2019 after taking part 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, and she has actually dealt with the NFL since 2013. You may observe Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety and security as well as ALS supporter Steve Gleason is secure and also bouncing back at a regional health center after a clinical celebration earlier this week, depending on to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett stated Gleason surged a fever and possessed exceptionally low high blood pressure Wednesday, cuing his doctor to suggest he be required to a hospital.However, this desired Hurricane Francine, a Group 2 storm, made landfall near Morgan City, Louisiana, with sustained winds of virtually one hundred miles per hour. Almost 390,000 citizens all over Louisiana lost power, and also New Orleans and also neighboring places experienced some street flooding.Durrett pointed out there was actually a problem that ambulance as well as initial -responders would not manage to arrive at Gleason, but "luckily, they made it by means of to him at a time when Steve's health and wellness was falling apart."" They promptly stabilized him and transferred him to Ochsner," Durrett claimed. "He stays there and also stable. He is actually remaining to be actually handled, as well as we are actually confident Steve is going to perform what Steve performs as well as soldier by means of to receive home as rapidly as achievable." Gleason's representative X account submitted an update Thursday early morning giving thanks to the 1st responders as well as the healthcare facility for handling Gleason.Gleason was actually diagnosed with ALS, for which there is currently no cure, in 2011 and now takes a breath with a ventilator. He corresponds utilizing his eyes through a focused tablet computer affixed to his wheelchair.Gleason's crew published a message coming from him Friday: "ALS is actually a typhoon of an illness. As well as on 9/11 in the middle of Cyclone Francine, electrical power interruptions & questionable phone service, cyclone ALS helped make landfall. Thank you for the effective passion as well as help coming from each of you. Celebrate this opportunity to be vital and breathing. I adore yall - SG." A message from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Difficult" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a past Saints special crews leader that participated in 7 seasons for New Orleans, is very most recognized on the field for his obstructed punting versus the Atlanta ga Falcons in the Saints' first activity back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 observing Hurricane Katrina. He is actually now an advocate for ALS recognition and operates using his not-for-profit Group Gleason to provide technology, tools and also assistance services to others coping with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Courage Award in July. He and also co-writer Jeff Duncan also just recently published Gleason's narrative "A Life Difficult," which Gleason wrote using his eyes.