.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 months of 2022. She left the company in 2019 after taking part 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a grad of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, and she has actually dealt with the NFL given that 2013. You can observe Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints security and ALS proponent Steve Gleason is actually dependable and recouping at a nearby medical facility after a health care celebration earlier recently, depending on to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett pointed out Gleason spiked a high temperature and also had remarkably reduced high blood pressure Wednesday, motivating his doctor to suggest he be taken to a hospital.However, this was after Typhoon Francine, a Group 2 storm, made landfall near Morgan Urban area, Louisiana, with sustained winds of nearly 100 mph. Almost 390,000 individuals around Louisiana died, and also New Orleans and encompassing places experienced some road flooding.Durrett pointed out there was an issue that ambulance as well as 1st -responders would certainly not be able to reach Gleason, however "thankfully, they made it through to him each time when Steve's wellness was actually deteriorating."" They instantly stabilized him and also transported him to Ochsner," Durrett claimed. "He remains there and dependable. He's remaining to be actually handled, as well as our team are hopeful Steve is going to perform what Steve carries out as well as warrior with to acquire home as promptly as possible." Gleason's official X profile uploaded an upgrade Thursday morning giving thanks to the initial responders as well as the medical center for caring for Gleason.Gleason was actually detected along with ALS, for which there is presently no remedy, in 2011 and currently takes a breath by means of a ventilator. He interacts utilizing his eyes through a focused tablet connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's staff submitted an information coming from him Friday: "ALS is a storm of a health condition. And on 9/11 in the midst of Typhoon Francine, electrical power blackouts & questionable phone company, typhoon ALS produced landfall. Thank you for the powerful love and also help from every one of you. Celebrate this odds to become alive and also breathing. I enjoy yall - SG." An information from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Difficult" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a past Saints special groups leader who participated in 7 periods for New Orleans, is most understood on the field for his shut out punting against the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' first activity back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 following Typhoon Katrina. He is now a supporter for ALS understanding and also functions using his nonprofit Team Gleason to provide modern technology, tools and assistance companies to others coping with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Nerve Award in July. He and co-writer Jeff Duncan also lately posted Gleason's memoir "A Life Inconceivable," which Gleason wrote using his eyes.