.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Workers WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell came back to ESPN to deal with the New Orleans Saints in the summer months of 2022. She left behind the company in 2019 after taking part 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU as well as a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, and also she has dealt with the NFL due to the fact that 2013. You can adhere to Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints security and also ALS advocate Steve Gleason is actually secure and also recovering at a nearby health center after a medical occasion earlier today, according to his publicist Clare Durrett.Durrett claimed Gleason increased a fever and also had remarkably low high blood pressure Wednesday, cuing his physician to recommend he be actually taken to a hospital.However, this wanted Cyclone Francine, a Classification 2 tornado, brought in landfall near Morgan City, Louisiana, with sustained winds of practically one hundred mph. Virtually 390,000 locals all over Louisiana lost power, and New Orleans and encompassing locations experienced some street flooding.Durrett stated there was a problem that ambulance as well as very first responders will not be able to get to Gleason, yet "luckily, they created it through to him at once when Steve's wellness was actually falling apart."" They immediately maintained him and also moved him to Ochsner," Durrett claimed. "He stays there and also dependable. He is actually continuing to be actually managed, and also our experts are confident Steve is going to do what Steve does as well as soldier via to get home as rapidly as achievable." Gleason's authorities X account published an update Thursday early morning thanking the first responders and also the hospital for handling Gleason.Gleason was diagnosed with ALS, for which there is currently no cure, in 2011 and currently takes a breath with a ventilator. He communicates utilizing his eyes by means of a concentrated tablet computer affixed to his wheelchair.Gleason's group submitted a message from him Friday: "ALS is a typhoon of an ailment. And also on 9/11 in the midst of Hurricane Francine, power outages & skimpy phone service, hurricane ALS produced landfall. Thank you for the strong love as well as support coming from each one of you. Commemorate this chance to be vital as well as breathing. I really love yall - SG." An information coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Difficult" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints exclusive groups leader who participated in seven times for New Orleans, is actually most understood on the industry for his obstructed punt versus the Atlanta Falcons in the Saints' very first video game back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 observing Cyclone Katrina. He is now an advocate for ALS recognition and also operates using his non-profit Crew Gleason to offer modern technology, equipment as well as support companies to others living with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Guts Award in July. He and co-writer Jeff Duncan additionally lately released Gleason's narrative "A Life Difficult," which Gleason created using his eyes.