.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell came back to ESPN to deal with 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 as well as a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and she has actually dealt with the NFL since 2013. You can easily comply with Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety as well as ALS supporter Steve Gleason is secure and also bouncing back at a neighborhood medical facility after a medical activity earlier recently, according to his publicist Clare Durrett.Durrett pointed out Gleason spiked a fever and also possessed extremely reduced high blood pressure Wednesday, causing his physician to suggest he be needed to a hospital.However, this sought Typhoon Francine, a Classification 2 storm, created landfall near Morgan Area, Louisiana, with sustained winds of nearly 100 mph. Almost 390,000 citizens throughout Louisiana died, and also New Orleans as well as neighboring regions experienced some road flooding.Durrett mentioned there was a concern that EMS and initial responders would not have the ability to reach Gleason, but "fortunately, they created it with to him each time when Steve's health and wellness was wearing away."" They immediately maintained him and also transported him to Ochsner," Durrett claimed. "He stays there and also dependable. He's remaining to be actually treated, and we are actually enthusiastic Steve will certainly do what Steve carries out and also soldier with to acquire home as swiftly as achievable." Gleason's official X profile submitted an upgrade Thursday early morning saying thanks to the first responders and also the medical facility for caring for Gleason.Gleason was actually detected with ALS, for which there is presently no remedy, in 2011 and now takes a breath through a ventilator. He connects utilizing his eyes through a focused tablet computer attached to his wheelchair.Gleason's group published an information from him Friday: "ALS is actually a storm of a health condition. And on 9/11 in the middle of Storm Francine, power failures & sketchy phone service, cyclone ALS made landfall. Thank you for the strong affection and assistance from each one of you. Commemorate this odds to be viable as well as breathing. I like yall - SG." A notification from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Difficult" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints unique staffs leader who participated in 7 times for New Orleans, is very most known on the area for his blocked out punt against the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' first game back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 complying with Typhoon Katrina. He is actually now an advocate for ALS understanding and operates via his not-for-profit Crew Gleason to offer modern technology, devices as well as assistance companies to others living with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Courage Honor in July. He and co-writer Jeff Duncan likewise lately posted Gleason's narrative "A Lifestyle Impossible," which Gleason composed using his eyes.