.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Team WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell returned to ESPN to deal with the New Orleans Saints in the summer season of 2022. She left the company in 2019 after participating 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is actually a grad of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, as well as she has actually covered the NFL because 2013. You can comply with Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints protection and also ALS supporter Steve Gleason is actually secure and bouncing back at a local area health center after a clinical activity earlier this week, according to his public relations consultant Clare Durrett.Durrett claimed Gleason increased a fever as well as had exceptionally low blood pressure Wednesday, prompting his doctor to propose he be needed to a hospital.However, this sought Cyclone Francine, a Category 2 tornado, created landfall near Morgan Urban area, Louisiana, with sustained winds of nearly one hundred miles per hour. Nearly 390,000 citizens across Louisiana lost power, and New Orleans and also surrounding areas experienced some road flooding.Durrett claimed there was actually an issue that EMS and initial responders would certainly not have the capacity to reach Gleason, however "fortunately, they created it by means of to him at once when Steve's health was actually weakening."" They promptly supported him as well as delivered him to Ochsner," Durrett said. "He remains there and steady. He's remaining to be actually handled, and our team are actually enthusiastic Steve is going to do what Steve performs and also fighter by means of to receive home as rapidly as possible." Gleason's official X account published an upgrade Thursday early morning thanking the very first -responders as well as the hospital for caring for Gleason.Gleason was actually identified along with ALS, for which there is actually presently no treatment, in 2011 as well as now breathes by means of a ventilator. He connects utilizing his eyes by means of a focused tablet computer connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's group published a message from him Friday: "ALS is actually a storm of an illness. As well as on 9/11 in the midst of Typhoon Francine, energy failures & questionable phone service, cyclone ALS created landfall. Thanks for the highly effective love and help from each of you. Commemorate this chance to be alive and breathing. I enjoy yall - SG." An information coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Inconceivable" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a past Saints special crews captain that participated in seven seasons for New Orleans, is most recognized on the industry for his shut out punting versus the Atlanta ga Falcons in the Saints' initial activity back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 adhering to Hurricane Katrina. He is actually now an advocate for ALS awareness and functions using his non-profit Crew Gleason to supply innovation, equipment and also support services to others living with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Guts Award in July. He and also co-writer Jeff Duncan likewise lately released Gleason's memoir "A Lifestyle Difficult," which Gleason wrote utilizing his eyes.