.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Team 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 firm in 2019 after joining in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU as well as a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, as well as she has actually covered the NFL given that 2013. You can follow Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints security and ALS supporter Steve Gleason is steady as well as recovering at a regional health center after a medical celebration earlier this week, depending on to his publicist Clare Durrett.Durrett said Gleason increased a high temperature and possessed very reduced blood pressure Wednesday, motivating his medical professional to recommend he be actually required to a hospital.However, this was after Typhoon Francine, a Classification 2 tornado, brought in landfall near Morgan Urban area, Louisiana, along with sustained winds of nearly one hundred miles per hour. Almost 390,000 individuals across Louisiana died, as well as New Orleans and bordering regions experienced some street flooding.Durrett stated there was a worry that EMS and first responders would certainly certainly not have the capacity to arrive at Gleason, yet "thankfully, they made it by means of to him at a time when Steve's health and wellness was actually weakening."" They promptly maintained him as well as transferred him to Ochsner," Durrett pointed out. "He continues to be there as well as steady. He's remaining to be handled, and also our team are enthusiastic Steve will definitely do what Steve performs and soldier by means of to get home as rapidly as feasible." Gleason's representative X profile uploaded an update Thursday morning thanking the initial -responders and also the health center for handling Gleason.Gleason was actually identified with ALS, for which there is currently no remedy, in 2011 and also currently takes a breath via a ventilator. He interacts using his eyes via a specialized tablet connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's crew published an information coming from him Friday: "ALS is actually a storm of an ailment. And also on 9/11 in the middle of Cyclone Francine, electrical power blackouts & questionable phone service, cyclone ALS helped make landfall. Thank you for the powerful love and also help coming from each one of you. Commemorate this opportunity to be viable as well as breathing. I like yall - SG." A message from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Inconceivable" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a past Saints special crews leader that played 7 seasons for New Orleans, is most understood on the industry for his shut out punting versus the Atlanta Falcons in the Saints' initial activity back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 observing Typhoon Katrina. He is actually currently a proponent for ALS recognition and operates using his nonprofit Group Gleason to deliver innovation, tools and also support services to others dealing with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Tenacity Honor in July. He and also co-writer Jeff Duncan also recently posted Gleason's narrative "A Lifestyle Difficult," which Gleason composed utilizing his eyes.