.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell returned to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summertime of 2022. She left the provider in 2019 after participating 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and also a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, and she has dealt with the NFL given that 2013. You can comply with Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety and ALS supporter Steve Gleason is actually stable as well as recovering at a nearby healthcare facility after a clinical occasion previously this week, according to his public relations consultant Clare Durrett.Durrett stated Gleason spiked a high temperature and also possessed exceptionally low high blood pressure Wednesday, urging his physician to suggest he be actually required to a hospital.However, this was after Storm Francine, a Category 2 tornado, made landfall near Morgan City, Louisiana, along with sustained winds of almost 100 mph. Almost 390,000 homeowners throughout Louisiana lost power, and New Orleans as well as bordering places experienced some street flooding.Durrett claimed there was a concern that EMS as well as first responders would certainly not manage to reach Gleason, yet "fortunately, they made it with to him at a time when Steve's health was actually weakening."" They quickly supported him as well as moved him to Ochsner," Durrett claimed. "He remains there and secure. He is actually continuing to be actually handled, as well as we are enthusiastic Steve will certainly perform what Steve carries out and also enthusiast with to get home as swiftly as feasible." Gleason's representative X account submitted an update Thursday early morning saying thanks to the initial -responders and also the healthcare facility for caring for Gleason.Gleason was actually diagnosed with ALS, for which there is actually currently no remedy, in 2011 and now breathes with a ventilator. He communicates using his eyes by means of a focused tablet computer connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's crew uploaded a notification from him Friday: "ALS is a typhoon of an illness. As well as on 9/11 in the middle of Storm Francine, power outages & questionable phone company, storm ALS produced landfall. Thank you for the highly effective passion and also support coming from every one of you. Commemorate this chance to become vital as well as breathing. I like yall - SG." A notification coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Difficult" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints exclusive crews leader who played 7 periods for New Orleans, is actually very most recognized on the industry for his obstructed punt against the Atlanta Falcons in the Saints' initial activity back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 adhering to Hurricane Katrina. He is actually now a supporter for ALS recognition and operates through his non-profit Crew Gleason to give innovation, equipment and help companies to others dealing with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Tenacity Award in July. He and also co-writer Jeff Duncan also lately published Gleason's narrative "A Lifestyle Inconceivable," which Gleason created using his eyes.