.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell went back to ESPN to deal with the New Orleans Saints in the summer months of 2022. She left behind the company in 2019 after participating in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and also a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, as well as she has actually covered the NFL because 2013. You can easily observe Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints protection as well as ALS proponent Steve Gleason is actually stable and recouping at a regional health center after a health care celebration previously today, depending on to his publicist Clare Durrett.Durrett mentioned Gleason spiked a high temperature and possessed exceptionally reduced blood pressure Wednesday, cuing his doctor to advise he be needed to a hospital.However, this wanted Hurricane Francine, a Classification 2 tornado, made landfall near Morgan Area, Louisiana, with continual winds of just about 100 miles per hour. Nearly 390,000 residents all over Louisiana lost power, and New Orleans and also bordering places experienced some street flooding.Durrett stated there was an issue that EMS and also very first -responders will not manage to get to Gleason, yet "thankfully, they created it via to him at a time when Steve's health was degrading."" They right away supported him as well as carried him to Ochsner," Durrett mentioned. "He continues to be there as well as secure. He is actually remaining to be alleviated, and also we are hopeful Steve is going to perform what Steve carries out and enthusiast via to obtain home as quickly as possible." Gleason's representative X account published an update Thursday early morning saying thanks to the 1st responders as well as the medical center for handling Gleason.Gleason was actually identified with ALS, for which there is currently no remedy, in 2011 and also now takes a breath via a ventilator. He communicates using his eyes using a specialized tablet computer connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's group uploaded an information from him Friday: "ALS is actually a hurricane of a disease. And also on 9/11 in the middle of Storm Francine, power failures & skimpy phone service, hurricane ALS made landfall. Thank you for the effective passion and also help from each of you. Commemorate this opportunity to become alive and breathing. I like yall - SG." An information from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Impossible" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a former Saints special staffs captain that played seven periods for New Orleans, is very most known on the field for his blocked out punting against the Atlanta ga Falcons in the Saints' first video game back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 complying with Hurricane Katrina. He is actually currently a supporter for ALS recognition as well as functions by means of his nonprofit Crew Gleason to supply modern technology, tools as well as help solutions to others living with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Courage Honor in July. He as well as co-writer Jeff Duncan also just recently posted Gleason's memoir "A Lifestyle Inconceivable," which Gleason wrote utilizing his eyes.