.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Team WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell returned to ESPN to deal with the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left the provider in 2019 after joining in 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a grad of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and she has actually covered the NFL due to the fact that 2013. You can easily comply with Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints security and also ALS supporter Steve Gleason is actually dependable and also bouncing back at a nearby medical center after a medical occasion previously today, according to his public relations consultant Clare Durrett.Durrett pointed out Gleason surged a fever as well as had exceptionally reduced blood pressure Wednesday, urging his medical doctor to suggest he be actually required to a hospital.However, this sought Cyclone Francine, a Classification 2 hurricane, brought in landfall near Morgan Metropolitan area, Louisiana, along with sustained winds of just about one hundred mph. Virtually 390,000 individuals throughout Louisiana died, and also New Orleans and also bordering areas experienced some road flooding.Durrett stated there was actually a problem that EMS and first responders would not manage to arrive at Gleason, however "the good news is, they made it via to him at a time when Steve's health was wearing away."" They right away stabilized him as well as delivered him to Ochsner," Durrett claimed. "He remains there as well as dependable. He's remaining to be dealt with, and our company are actually enthusiastic Steve will certainly do what Steve carries out as well as soldier with to obtain home as swiftly as achievable." Gleason's representative X account uploaded an upgrade Thursday early morning thanking the very first responders as well as the medical facility for looking after Gleason.Gleason was actually detected with ALS, for which there is actually currently no cure, in 2011 and now takes a breath by means of a ventilator. He communicates utilizing his eyes by means of a specialized tablet computer connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's team uploaded a message coming from him Friday: "ALS is a typhoon of a condition. As well as on 9/11 in the middle of Typhoon Francine, electrical power outages & sketchy phone company, cyclone ALS created landfall. Thank you for the effective affection and support coming from each of you. Commemorate this odds to be dynamic and also breathing. I like yall - SG." A message coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Difficult" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a past Saints unique teams captain that participated in seven seasons for New Orleans, is very most recognized on the area for his obstructed punting versus the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' first activity back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 complying with Hurricane Katrina. He is currently a proponent for ALS recognition and works through his nonprofit Team Gleason to offer innovation, devices as well as assistance services to others coping with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Guts Honor in July. He and also co-writer Jeff Duncan likewise recently published Gleason's narrative "A Life Difficult," which Gleason wrote using his eyes.