.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Team WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell returned to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left behind the business in 2019 after joining in 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a grad of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and she has actually dealt with the NFL since 2013. You may observe Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety as well as ALS supporter Steve Gleason is actually stable and also recuperating at a nearby healthcare facility after a clinical activity previously this week, according to his publicist Clare Durrett.Durrett said Gleason surged a high temperature as well as had remarkably low blood pressure Wednesday, prompting his doctor to recommend he be needed to a hospital.However, this sought Typhoon Francine, a Category 2 hurricane, brought in landfall near Morgan Metropolitan area, Louisiana, with sustained winds of almost one hundred mph. Nearly 390,000 citizens all over Louisiana lost power, as well as New Orleans as well as neighboring locations experienced some road flooding.Durrett mentioned there was actually a concern that ambulance as well as very first -responders will certainly not have the capacity to hit Gleason, but "thankfully, they made it via to him at once when Steve's wellness was actually wearing away."" They quickly stabilized him and also delivered him to Ochsner," Durrett stated. "He stays there and secure. He is actually continuing to be actually dealt with, as well as our company are enthusiastic Steve will definitely perform what Steve does and fighter via to receive home as rapidly as achievable." Gleason's authorities X account published an improve Thursday early morning thanking the first -responders as well as the hospital for taking care of Gleason.Gleason was actually identified along with ALS, for which there is presently no remedy, in 2011 as well as currently inhales via a ventilator. He communicates using his eyes using a focused tablet computer affixed to his wheelchair.Gleason's staff posted a notification coming from him Friday: "ALS is a hurricane of an ailment. As well as on 9/11 in the middle of Cyclone Francine, energy blackouts & skimpy phone service, hurricane ALS produced landfall. Thank you for the strong affection and also help coming from each of you. Celebrate this odds to be vital and breathing. I love yall - SG." An information from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Inconceivable" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints special crews leader that played 7 times for New Orleans, is most recognized on the area for his blocked punt against the Atlanta Falcons in the Saints' initial activity back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 adhering to Storm Katrina. He is right now a proponent for ALS recognition as well as functions through his nonprofit Staff Gleason to provide technology, tools as well as assistance solutions 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 additionally just recently released Gleason's memoir "A Lifestyle Inconceivable," which Gleason created utilizing his eyes.