.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Workers WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell returned to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer season of 2022. She left behind the firm in 2019 after participating 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is actually a graduate of LSU and also a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, and also she has covered the NFL considering that 2013. You can easily comply with Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety and also ALS proponent Steve Gleason is secure as well as recovering at a neighborhood hospital after a health care activity earlier recently, according to his public relations consultant Clare Durrett.Durrett stated Gleason increased a fever and possessed extremely low high blood pressure Wednesday, triggering his medical doctor to advise he be actually needed to a hospital.However, this sought Typhoon Francine, a Classification 2 hurricane, created landfall near Morgan City, Louisiana, with continual winds of just about one hundred miles per hour. Nearly 390,000 residents all over Louisiana lost power, and also New Orleans and also encompassing regions experienced some street flooding.Durrett mentioned there was a concern that ambulance and very first -responders will certainly not have the ability to hit Gleason, however "fortunately, they created it via to him each time when Steve's wellness was actually falling apart."" They right away maintained him and also moved him to Ochsner," Durrett pointed out. "He remains there and also secure. He is actually remaining to be actually treated, and also our company are enthusiastic Steve is going to perform what Steve performs as well as enthusiast by means of to get home as promptly as feasible." Gleason's authorities X profile published an improve Thursday morning thanking the initial responders as well as the hospital for taking care of Gleason.Gleason was actually diagnosed along with ALS, for which there is presently no remedy, in 2011 and also right now inhales by means of a ventilator. He connects utilizing his eyes using a concentrated tablet connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's team submitted an information from him Friday: "ALS is a storm of an illness. And on 9/11 in the midst of Hurricane Francine, energy interruptions & skimpy phone company, cyclone ALS helped make landfall. Thank you for the strong love as well as assistance coming from every one of you. Commemorate this odds to become dynamic and breathing. I enjoy yall - SG." An information from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Difficult" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a former Saints special groups captain who participated in 7 seasons for New Orleans, is actually very most recognized on the industry for his shut out punting against the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' 1st activity back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 adhering to Cyclone Katrina. He is now a proponent for ALS awareness and operates using his not-for-profit Team Gleason to supply innovation, tools and assistance services to others living with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Courage Award in July. He as well as co-writer Jeff Duncan also lately released Gleason's narrative "A Lifestyle Inconceivable," which Gleason wrote utilizing his eyes.