.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Workers WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summertime of 2022. She left behind the business in 2019 after joining in 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is actually a grad of LSU and also a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, and she has dealt with the NFL because 2013. You may observe Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety and ALS proponent Steve Gleason is secure as well as recuperating at a local area health center after a health care celebration earlier this week, depending on to his publicist Clare Durrett.Durrett claimed Gleason increased a fever and had remarkably low high blood pressure Wednesday, causing his physician to suggest he be actually taken to a hospital.However, this desired Hurricane Francine, a Group 2 hurricane, brought in landfall near Morgan Area, Louisiana, with sustained winds of nearly 100 mph. Virtually 390,000 individuals around Louisiana lost power, and also New Orleans as well as neighboring locations experienced some street flooding.Durrett claimed there was a concern that EMS and also first -responders would certainly not manage to hit Gleason, but "luckily, they created it via to him at a time when Steve's health was actually falling apart."" They right away supported him as well as delivered him to Ochsner," Durrett claimed. "He continues to be there and steady. He's remaining to be handled, as well as our team are actually confident Steve will perform what Steve does and also soldier via to obtain home as quickly as feasible." Gleason's official X profile published an improve Thursday early morning giving thanks to the initial -responders as well as the health center for looking after Gleason.Gleason was actually identified with ALS, for which there is currently no remedy, in 2011 as well as currently takes a breath with a ventilator. He interacts utilizing his eyes through a specialized tablet attached to his wheelchair.Gleason's crew submitted a message coming from him Friday: "ALS is actually a hurricane of a health condition. And on 9/11 in the middle of Typhoon Francine, energy outages & questionable phone company, hurricane ALS helped make landfall. Thank you for the strong passion as well as support from each of you. Celebrate this odds to become vital and also breathing. I enjoy yall - SG." A message coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Impossible" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints unique crews leader who played seven times for New Orleans, is very most known on the industry for his shut out punting against the Atlanta Falcons in the Saints' 1st game back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 complying with Storm Katrina. He is currently a supporter for ALS understanding and also functions by means of his not-for-profit Team Gleason to offer modern technology, tools and assistance solutions to others dealing with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Guts Award in July. He and also co-writer Jeff Duncan additionally lately posted Gleason's memoir "A Lifestyle Inconceivable," which Gleason composed using his eyes.