.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Team 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 business in 2019 after participating 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, as well as she has covered the NFL since 2013. You can easily adhere to Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety and also ALS proponent Steve Gleason is actually steady as well as recuperating at a nearby hospital after a health care activity previously this week, depending on to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett pointed out Gleason spiked a fever as well as possessed incredibly reduced blood pressure Wednesday, prompting his physician to advise he be required to a hospital.However, this was after Cyclone Francine, a Type 2 tornado, created landfall near Morgan Metropolitan area, Louisiana, along with sustained winds of nearly one hundred miles per hour. Virtually 390,000 residents around Louisiana lost power, and also New Orleans and surrounding regions experienced some street flooding.Durrett mentioned there was a worry that ambulance as well as initial responders would not have the ability to arrive at Gleason, but "luckily, they created it with to him at a time when Steve's wellness was actually weakening."" They immediately maintained him and transported him to Ochsner," Durrett stated. "He remains there as well as stable. He's continuing to be addressed, and also our experts are actually confident Steve will definitely perform what Steve carries out and also soldier with to get home as rapidly as achievable." Gleason's authorities X profile published an upgrade Thursday early morning saying thanks to the 1st responders as well as the healthcare facility for handling Gleason.Gleason was detected with ALS, for which there is presently no cure, in 2011 as well as right now breathes via a ventilator. He connects using his eyes via a concentrated tablet attached to his wheelchair.Gleason's staff submitted an information from him Friday: "ALS is a cyclone of a health condition. As well as on 9/11 in the middle of Storm Francine, energy outages & sketchy phone service, typhoon ALS made landfall. Thanks for the highly effective affection as well as support from each of you. Commemorate this opportunity to be alive and breathing. I adore yall - SG." A notification from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Impossible" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a past Saints special groups leader who played 7 periods for New Orleans, is very most understood on the field for his blocked punting against the Atlanta Falcons in the Saints' first game back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 adhering to Cyclone Katrina. He is currently a supporter for ALS understanding and also works by means of his not-for-profit Group Gleason to supply modern technology, devices and also support companies to others living with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Tenacity Award in July. He as well as co-writer Jeff Duncan likewise just recently published Gleason's narrative "A Life Inconceivable," which Gleason wrote utilizing his eyes.