.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer season of 2022. She left the business in 2019 after joining in 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU as well as a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and she has actually dealt with the NFL due to the fact that 2013. You can observe Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints protection and ALS supporter Steve Gleason is actually secure and also bouncing back at a nearby medical facility after a clinical activity earlier this week, according to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett claimed Gleason spiked a fever and had exceptionally reduced blood pressure Wednesday, prompting his physician to advise he be needed to a hospital.However, this desired Hurricane Francine, a Classification 2 tornado, made landfall near Morgan Area, Louisiana, with sustained winds of practically 100 mph. Nearly 390,000 homeowners throughout Louisiana died, and New Orleans and also encompassing regions experienced some street flooding.Durrett mentioned there was a concern that EMS as well as initial -responders would certainly not be able to get to Gleason, however "luckily, they created it via to him at once when Steve's wellness was actually wearing away."" They immediately supported him and also moved him to Ochsner," Durrett claimed. "He remains there as well as steady. He's continuing to be actually handled, and our experts are enthusiastic Steve will perform what Steve does and also soldier via to get home as swiftly as possible." Gleason's representative X account uploaded an improve Thursday morning saying thanks to the first -responders and also the healthcare facility for dealing with Gleason.Gleason was actually identified along with ALS, for which there is actually presently no cure, in 2011 and currently takes a breath by means of a ventilator. He corresponds utilizing his eyes using a focused tablet attached to his wheelchair.Gleason's staff uploaded a message from him Friday: "ALS is a storm of a condition. And on 9/11 in the midst of Cyclone Francine, energy failures & questionable phone company, cyclone ALS made landfall. Thanks for the effective love as well as help from each of you. Celebrate this chance to be dynamic and also breathing. I adore yall - SG." A notification coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Impossible" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a former Saints special groups leader who played 7 seasons for New Orleans, is very most understood on the area for his obstructed punting versus the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' very first game back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 complying with Storm Katrina. He is currently a proponent for ALS recognition as well as operates via his nonprofit Staff Gleason to deliver technology, equipment and support services to others dealing with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Courage Award in July. He as well as co-writer Jeff Duncan likewise lately posted Gleason's memoir "A Life Difficult," which Gleason created utilizing his eyes.