.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 the firm in 2019 after taking part 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a grad of LSU as well as a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, and she has dealt with the NFL since 2013. You can easily comply with Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints protection and ALS proponent Steve Gleason is actually dependable as well as recovering at a regional medical facility after a medical occasion earlier today, depending on to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett mentioned Gleason surged a fever and possessed incredibly low blood pressure Wednesday, urging his physician to recommend he be actually needed to a hospital.However, this wanted Hurricane Francine, a Classification 2 hurricane, made landfall near Morgan Metropolitan area, Louisiana, along with sustained winds of practically one hundred mph. Almost 390,000 homeowners around Louisiana died, and New Orleans and bordering places experienced some street flooding.Durrett pointed out there was a worry that ambulance as well as very first -responders would certainly certainly not have the capacity to get to Gleason, but "luckily, they made it via to him at once when Steve's health and wellness was wearing away."" They right away maintained him and also transported him to Ochsner," Durrett mentioned. "He stays there and also dependable. He's remaining to be actually dealt with, as well as our team are confident Steve is going to do what Steve performs and enthusiast by means of to get home as rapidly as possible." Gleason's official X profile submitted an upgrade Thursday early morning giving thanks to the very first responders as well as the medical center for dealing with Gleason.Gleason was actually detected along with ALS, for which there is actually currently no cure, in 2011 and currently inhales with a ventilator. He connects using his eyes by means of a focused tablet connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's crew submitted an information from him Friday: "ALS is a hurricane of a health condition. As well as on 9/11 in the midst of Cyclone Francine, power outages & skimpy phone service, cyclone ALS helped make landfall. Thank you for the effective passion and also support from every one of you. Commemorate this possibility to be vital and breathing. I like yall - SG." A message coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Impossible" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a former Saints special teams captain that played 7 seasons for New Orleans, is very most recognized on the industry for his blocked punt versus the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' 1st activity back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 complying with Storm Katrina. He is now a proponent for ALS recognition and also functions through his non-profit Team Gleason to supply technology, tools and also assistance services to others living with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Guts Honor in July. He and also co-writer Jeff Duncan additionally lately released Gleason's narrative "A Life Impossible," which Gleason composed using his eyes.