.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Team WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer season of 2022. She left the company in 2019 after participating in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and also she has actually dealt with the NFL due to the fact that 2013. You can easily adhere to Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety as well as ALS advocate Steve Gleason is actually stable and recuperating at a neighborhood medical facility after a medical event previously recently, according to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett mentioned Gleason surged a high temperature as well as possessed exceptionally low high blood pressure Wednesday, motivating his physician to propose he be required to a hospital.However, this sought Hurricane Francine, a Category 2 hurricane, created landfall near Morgan City, Louisiana, along with sustained winds of nearly one hundred miles per hour. Virtually 390,000 residents throughout Louisiana lost power, and New Orleans and bordering regions experienced some road flooding.Durrett mentioned there was actually a concern that ambulance and initial -responders would certainly certainly not manage to get to Gleason, however "the good news is, they made it via to him at once when Steve's wellness was falling apart."" They right away supported him and also moved him to Ochsner," Durrett stated. "He remains there as well as stable. He is actually remaining to be dealt with, and our team are enthusiastic Steve will definitely perform what Steve does as well as enthusiast through to receive home as quickly as feasible." Gleason's official X profile uploaded an upgrade Thursday early morning thanking the 1st -responders and the hospital for caring for Gleason.Gleason was identified with ALS, for which there is currently no cure, in 2011 as well as currently breathes through a ventilator. He connects utilizing his eyes through a focused tablet computer affixed to his wheelchair.Gleason's group published a message from him Friday: "ALS is a cyclone of a disease. And also on 9/11 in the middle of Storm Francine, energy outages & sketchy phone service, hurricane ALS produced landfall. Thanks for the effective love and also support coming from each of you. Celebrate this possibility to be viable and breathing. I like yall - SG." An information coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Difficult" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a former Saints special teams leader who participated in seven seasons for New Orleans, is most understood on the field for his blocked out punting versus the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' initial activity back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 adhering to Typhoon Katrina. He is now a supporter for ALS understanding and also operates through his nonprofit Staff Gleason to give technology, equipment as well as assistance companies to others dealing with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Tenacity Award in July. He and co-writer Jeff Duncan additionally recently released Gleason's memoir "A Lifestyle Impossible," which Gleason wrote using his eyes.