.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell went back to ESPN to deal with the New Orleans Saints in the summertime of 2022. She left 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 actually covered the NFL since 2013. You may observe Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints security and ALS supporter Steve Gleason is actually secure and bouncing back at a local area hospital after a medical activity earlier recently, according to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett pointed out Gleason surged a high temperature and possessed very reduced high blood pressure Wednesday, prompting his medical professional to recommend he be actually needed to a hospital.However, this desired Typhoon Francine, a Type 2 tornado, brought in landfall near Morgan City, Louisiana, with sustained winds of just about 100 miles per hour. Almost 390,000 citizens all over Louisiana lost power, as well as New Orleans and encompassing regions experienced some road flooding.Durrett mentioned there was actually a problem that EMS as well as initial responders would not have the ability to reach Gleason, but "fortunately, they created it via to him each time when Steve's health was actually deteriorating."" They instantly supported him and also delivered him to Ochsner," Durrett pointed out. "He stays there as well as steady. He's continuing to be actually alleviated, and we are actually enthusiastic Steve is going to do what Steve performs and also fighter via to receive home as promptly as feasible." Gleason's representative X profile posted an upgrade Thursday morning giving thanks to the first responders as well as the medical facility for caring for Gleason.Gleason was detected along with ALS, for which there is actually presently no cure, in 2011 and also right now breathes with a ventilator. He interacts utilizing his eyes via a concentrated tablet affixed to his wheelchair.Gleason's group uploaded a message coming from him Friday: "ALS is a cyclone of a health condition. And also on 9/11 in the middle of Hurricane Francine, energy blackouts & sketchy phone service, typhoon ALS produced landfall. Thank you for the highly effective love and also assistance from each one of you. Commemorate this opportunity to become viable and also breathing. I love yall - SG." A notification coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Impossible" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints special teams leader who played 7 periods for New Orleans, is actually most known on the area for his obstructed punting versus the Atlanta ga Falcons in the Saints' first game back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 complying with Hurricane Katrina. He is actually right now an advocate for ALS understanding as well as operates using his not-for-profit Staff Gleason to offer modern technology, devices and assistance services to others living with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Guts Award in July. He and co-writer Jeff Duncan likewise just recently posted Gleason's memoir "A Lifestyle Inconceivable," which Gleason created utilizing his eyes.