.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summertime of 2022. She left the business in 2019 after taking part 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is actually a grad of LSU and also a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, as well as she has actually dealt with the NFL because 2013. You can follow Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints protection and also ALS advocate Steve Gleason is steady and bouncing back at a regional medical facility after a health care event previously this week, according to his publicist Clare Durrett.Durrett claimed Gleason increased a high temperature and possessed exceptionally reduced high blood pressure Wednesday, triggering his medical professional to advise he be actually needed to a hospital.However, this was after Storm Francine, a Type 2 hurricane, made landfall near Morgan Urban area, Louisiana, along with sustained winds of practically 100 mph. Almost 390,000 residents around Louisiana died, as well as New Orleans as well as neighboring regions experienced some street flooding.Durrett mentioned there was actually a worry that ambulance and also very first responders will certainly not have the capacity to reach Gleason, but "luckily, they created it via to him at a time when Steve's wellness was degrading."" They promptly supported him and also moved him to Ochsner," Durrett stated. "He continues to be there as well as stable. He is actually remaining to be actually managed, and also our experts are confident Steve will certainly perform what Steve performs as well as soldier by means of to obtain home as quickly as possible." Gleason's representative X account posted an improve Thursday early morning thanking the initial -responders and also the medical center for caring for Gleason.Gleason was actually identified with ALS, for which there is actually currently no treatment, in 2011 and right now inhales through a ventilator. He communicates using his eyes through a specialized tablet affixed to his wheelchair.Gleason's crew published an information coming from him Friday: "ALS is actually a typhoon of an illness. As well as on 9/11 in the midst of Storm Francine, power blackouts & sketchy phone company, hurricane ALS produced landfall. Thank you for the highly effective passion and also help from all of you. Celebrate this opportunity to be dynamic and also breathing. I like yall - SG." A notification coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Difficult" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a former Saints unique crews captain that played 7 periods for New Orleans, is most understood on the industry for his obstructed punting versus the Atlanta Falcons in the Saints' initial video game back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 following Hurricane Katrina. He is right now an advocate for ALS understanding and works via his non-profit Staff Gleason to deliver technology, equipment and also assistance solutions to others coping with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Guts Award in July. He as well as co-writer Jeff Duncan also lately posted Gleason's memoir "A Life Difficult," which Gleason created utilizing his eyes.