.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Workers WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell returned to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer months of 2022. She left behind the provider in 2019 after participating in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and she has dealt with the NFL because 2013. You can adhere to Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints security and ALS supporter Steve Gleason is secure as well as recouping at a local medical facility after a health care event previously today, depending on to his publicist Clare Durrett.Durrett said Gleason surged a high temperature and had incredibly reduced blood pressure Wednesday, causing his medical professional to recommend he be actually taken to a hospital.However, this was after Cyclone Francine, a Type 2 storm, created landfall near Morgan Urban area, Louisiana, along with sustained winds of nearly 100 miles per hour. Nearly 390,000 individuals throughout Louisiana lost power, and New Orleans and also surrounding places experienced some street flooding.Durrett said there was actually an issue that EMS and also initial responders would certainly certainly not have the ability to get to Gleason, but "fortunately, they made it by means of to him each time when Steve's wellness was falling apart."" They quickly supported him as well as transferred him to Ochsner," Durrett mentioned. "He continues to be there as well as stable. He is actually continuing to be actually handled, and our experts are actually hopeful Steve is going to perform what Steve does and enthusiast by means of to get home as rapidly as achievable." Gleason's representative X account uploaded an upgrade Thursday morning giving thanks to the first responders and also the healthcare facility for taking care of Gleason.Gleason was diagnosed with ALS, for which there is currently no cure, in 2011 and now inhales through a ventilator. He corresponds using his eyes by means of a concentrated tablet computer attached to his wheelchair.Gleason's group posted a message coming from him Friday: "ALS is a storm of an illness. And also on 9/11 in the midst of Cyclone Francine, energy failures & sketchy phone service, cyclone ALS helped make landfall. Thanks for the powerful passion as well as support coming from each of you. Celebrate this opportunity to become vital as well as breathing. I enjoy yall - SG." An information coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Impossible" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints unique staffs leader that participated in 7 periods for New Orleans, is actually most understood on the area for his shut out punt against the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' first game back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 observing Storm Katrina. He is actually now a supporter for ALS understanding and functions by means of his non-profit Team Gleason to supply modern technology, tools and also assistance companies to others living with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Guts Award in July. He as well as co-writer Jeff Duncan likewise just recently published Gleason's memoir "A Lifestyle Inconceivable," which Gleason created utilizing his eyes.