.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Team 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 joining in 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a grad of LSU and also a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, 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 safety as well as ALS advocate Steve Gleason is secure as well as recovering at a neighborhood medical center after a health care activity earlier this week, depending on to his publicist Clare Durrett.Durrett said Gleason spiked a fever as well as possessed very low high blood pressure Wednesday, cuing his physician to propose he be required to a hospital.However, this sought Storm Francine, a Type 2 hurricane, created landfall near Morgan City, Louisiana, with sustained winds of virtually 100 miles per hour. Almost 390,000 locals all over Louisiana died, and also New Orleans as well as neighboring locations experienced some road flooding.Durrett pointed out there was a worry that ambulance and initial -responders will certainly not be able to reach Gleason, however "luckily, they made it via to him at once when Steve's wellness was actually degrading."" They quickly stabilized him as well as transported him to Ochsner," Durrett pointed out. "He remains there as well as steady. He's continuing to be actually handled, and we are hopeful Steve is going to do what Steve carries out as well as soldier through to obtain home as swiftly as possible." Gleason's representative X profile posted an upgrade Thursday morning saying thanks to the 1st -responders and also the hospital for dealing with Gleason.Gleason was detected with ALS, for which there is currently no cure, in 2011 and now takes a breath by means of a ventilator. He connects using his eyes by means of a specialized tablet computer attached to his wheelchair.Gleason's staff submitted an information coming from him Friday: "ALS is a cyclone of an ailment. And also on 9/11 in the midst of Typhoon Francine, energy blackouts & questionable phone company, storm ALS helped make landfall. Thanks for the effective affection as well as assistance from each of you. Celebrate this opportunity to be dynamic and also breathing. I really love yall - SG." A message from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Impossible" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a past Saints exclusive crews captain that played seven seasons for New Orleans, is actually very most understood on the field for his obstructed punt versus the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' first game back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 adhering to Typhoon Katrina. He is actually right now a supporter for ALS recognition and also functions through his non-profit Crew Gleason to give modern technology, devices and assistance companies to others coping with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Courage Award in July. He and co-writer Jeff Duncan also just recently posted Gleason's memoir "A Life Difficult," which Gleason wrote utilizing his eyes.