.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Workers WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer season of 2022. She left the provider in 2019 after participating in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is actually a graduate of LSU and also a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, as well as she has actually dealt with the NFL since 2013. You can easily observe Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints security and ALS proponent Steve Gleason is secure and also recouping at a regional healthcare facility after a health care celebration earlier this week, depending on to his publicist Clare Durrett.Durrett stated Gleason surged a high temperature and also had remarkably low blood pressure Wednesday, cuing his medical professional to advise he be taken to a hospital.However, this was after Typhoon Francine, a Group 2 tornado, made landfall near Morgan City, Louisiana, with sustained winds of just about one hundred mph. Nearly 390,000 homeowners all over Louisiana lost power, as well as New Orleans and also surrounding places experienced some road flooding.Durrett pointed out there was actually a problem that ambulance and also 1st -responders will certainly not manage to get to Gleason, however "luckily, they made it by means of to him at once when Steve's wellness was wearing away."" They promptly maintained him as well as transported him to Ochsner," Durrett mentioned. "He remains there and steady. He is actually remaining to be actually alleviated, and our company are enthusiastic Steve is going to do what Steve performs as well as soldier through to obtain home as swiftly as achievable." Gleason's official X profile submitted an update Thursday early morning thanking the first responders and the healthcare facility for dealing with Gleason.Gleason was identified with ALS, for which there is currently no cure, in 2011 as well as currently takes a breath via a ventilator. He corresponds using his eyes by means of a concentrated tablet computer connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's team published a message from him Friday: "ALS is a storm of a health condition. And on 9/11 in the midst of Hurricane Francine, electrical power blackouts & questionable phone service, hurricane ALS helped make landfall. Thank you for the effective passion and help coming from each one of you. Commemorate this chance to become dynamic and breathing. I love yall - SG." A message from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Inconceivable" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a past Saints unique staffs leader who played seven periods for New Orleans, is actually most recognized on the area for his shut out punting against the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' 1st activity back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 following Hurricane Katrina. He is actually currently a proponent for ALS recognition and functions by means of his non-profit Crew Gleason to give modern technology, tools and support services to others living with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Courage Award in July. He as well as co-writer Jeff Duncan also just recently published Gleason's narrative "A Life Inconceivable," which Gleason composed utilizing his eyes.