.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 of 2022. She left behind the business in 2019 after joining in 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and also a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, as well as she has actually dealt with the NFL due to the fact that 2013. You can follow Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety and ALS supporter Steve Gleason is secure as well as recovering at a regional medical facility after a health care celebration previously this week, according to his publicist Clare Durrett.Durrett stated Gleason spiked a fever and had very low high blood pressure Wednesday, triggering his medical doctor to propose he be taken to a hospital.However, this was after Typhoon Francine, a Type 2 hurricane, made landfall near Morgan City, Louisiana, along with sustained winds of just about one hundred mph. Virtually 390,000 homeowners throughout Louisiana died, and New Orleans as well as bordering places experienced some street flooding.Durrett said there was actually a worry that EMS and 1st responders will not have the capacity to get to Gleason, yet "luckily, they created it by means of to him each time when Steve's wellness was actually weakening."" They quickly supported him as well as moved him to Ochsner," Durrett stated. "He continues to be there and stable. He is actually remaining to be actually managed, and our company are actually enthusiastic Steve will perform what Steve does and warrior via to acquire home as promptly as achievable." Gleason's representative X account published an improve Thursday morning thanking the first responders and also the medical facility for looking after Gleason.Gleason was identified along with ALS, for which there is presently no remedy, in 2011 and currently breathes through a ventilator. He corresponds utilizing his eyes via a focused tablet affixed to his wheelchair.Gleason's team published an information from him Friday: "ALS is actually a typhoon of a health condition. And on 9/11 in the midst of Typhoon Francine, electrical power outages & questionable phone service, cyclone ALS made landfall. Thank you for the powerful love and assistance coming from all of you. Celebrate this chance to become vital and breathing. I really love yall - SG." A message coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Inconceivable" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints exclusive staffs leader who participated in seven periods for New Orleans, is most understood on the area for his shut out punt against the Atlanta Falcons in the Saints' first activity back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 following Hurricane Katrina. He is right now a supporter for ALS understanding and also operates through his non-profit Crew Gleason to offer innovation, equipment and assistance solutions to others dealing 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 lately posted Gleason's narrative "A Life Inconceivable," which Gleason created utilizing his eyes.