.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Personnel 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 behind the business in 2019 after participating in 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a grad of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and also she has covered the NFL because 2013. You can easily follow Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety and ALS advocate Steve Gleason is actually dependable and also recovering at a local health center after a health care occasion earlier today, depending on to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett pointed out Gleason increased a high temperature and had exceptionally low blood pressure Wednesday, causing his medical professional to propose he be actually required to a hospital.However, this desired Storm Francine, a Category 2 tornado, created landfall near Morgan Urban area, Louisiana, with continual winds of virtually one hundred mph. Nearly 390,000 residents throughout Louisiana lost power, and New Orleans and neighboring areas experienced some street flooding.Durrett stated there was actually a concern that EMS and also 1st responders would certainly certainly not have the capacity to arrive at Gleason, yet "the good news is, they made it by means of to him each time when Steve's health and wellness was actually weakening."" They promptly stabilized him as well as moved him to Ochsner," Durrett mentioned. "He stays there as well as dependable. He's remaining to be actually dealt with, and also we are enthusiastic Steve is going to do what Steve performs as well as enthusiast through to obtain home as quickly as feasible." Gleason's representative X profile posted an upgrade Thursday morning saying thanks to the very first responders and also the medical facility for handling Gleason.Gleason was actually identified with ALS, for which there is actually presently no treatment, in 2011 and also currently takes a breath with a ventilator. He interacts utilizing his eyes through a focused tablet computer affixed to his wheelchair.Gleason's crew submitted a notification from him Friday: "ALS is actually a hurricane of a health condition. And also on 9/11 in the midst of Hurricane Francine, power interruptions & sketchy phone service, cyclone ALS produced landfall. Thank you for the powerful passion and also support from all of you. Commemorate this chance to be vital and breathing. I love yall - SG." A message coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Inconceivable" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a former Saints unique teams leader that played seven seasons for New Orleans, is very most understood on the industry for his obstructed punt against the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' 1st activity back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 observing Typhoon Katrina. He is now a proponent for ALS awareness and also functions by means of his not-for-profit Crew Gleason to offer technology, devices as well as assistance companies to others living with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Tenacity Honor in July. He and co-writer Jeff Duncan additionally lately released Gleason's narrative "A Lifestyle Inconceivable," which Gleason created using his eyes.