.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell came back to ESPN to deal with the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left the firm in 2019 after joining in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a grad of LSU and also a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and she has actually dealt with the NFL since 2013. You may comply with Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints security and ALS advocate Steve Gleason is secure and also recuperating at a local area health center after a clinical occasion previously recently, depending on to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett said Gleason spiked a fever and also had incredibly reduced high blood pressure Wednesday, urging his doctor to recommend he be taken to a hospital.However, this wanted Typhoon Francine, a Category 2 tornado, created landfall near Morgan Metropolitan area, Louisiana, with continual winds of virtually 100 mph. Almost 390,000 citizens across Louisiana died, and New Orleans as well as surrounding regions experienced some road flooding.Durrett said there was actually a worry that ambulance and also very first -responders would certainly certainly not have the ability to arrive at Gleason, yet "thankfully, they made it with to him at a time when Steve's wellness was actually falling apart."" They promptly maintained him as well as transported him to Ochsner," Durrett stated. "He continues to be there and also steady. He is actually remaining to be alleviated, and our team are actually confident Steve will perform what Steve performs and fighter by means of to receive home as swiftly as possible." Gleason's authorities X profile submitted an improve Thursday morning thanking the first -responders and also the medical center for handling Gleason.Gleason was identified along with ALS, for which there is actually presently no remedy, in 2011 as well as currently takes a breath with a ventilator. He interacts using his eyes through a specialized tablet attached to his wheelchair.Gleason's group posted an information coming from him Friday: "ALS is actually a cyclone of a health condition. And also on 9/11 in the midst of Storm Francine, power failures & sketchy phone company, storm ALS helped make landfall. Thank you for the strong affection and assistance coming from all of you. Celebrate this chance to be dynamic as well as breathing. I adore yall - SG." A notification from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Impossible" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints special crews captain that played seven times for New Orleans, is actually very most known on the industry for his blocked punt against the Atlanta Falcons in the Saints' initial game back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 adhering to Typhoon Katrina. He is right now a supporter for ALS awareness as well as functions via his non-profit Staff Gleason to offer innovation, tools and also support solutions to others coping with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Tenacity Award in July. He as well as co-writer Jeff Duncan likewise just recently published Gleason's narrative "A Life Inconceivable," which Gleason composed utilizing his eyes.