.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 months of 2022. She left the firm in 2019 after participating 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU as well as a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, and she has actually dealt with the NFL because 2013. You can easily adhere to Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints security and also ALS supporter Steve Gleason is stable and also recuperating at a nearby hospital after a medical celebration previously this week, according to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett pointed out Gleason spiked a high temperature and possessed exceptionally reduced blood pressure Wednesday, prompting his physician to recommend he be taken to a hospital.However, this was after Typhoon Francine, a Category 2 storm, made landfall near Morgan Area, Louisiana, along with continual winds of virtually one hundred miles per hour. Nearly 390,000 residents throughout Louisiana lost power, as well as New Orleans and also encompassing locations experienced some street flooding.Durrett stated there was a worry that ambulance and also initial -responders would certainly certainly not be able to hit Gleason, however "fortunately, they made it with to him each time when Steve's wellness was weakening."" They right away maintained him as well as moved him to Ochsner," Durrett said. "He continues to be there and also stable. He is actually continuing to be treated, and our experts are actually confident Steve is going to do what Steve does and soldier via to get home as promptly as possible." Gleason's official X profile uploaded an improve Thursday early morning saying thanks to the first responders and the health center for taking care of Gleason.Gleason was detected with ALS, for which there is presently no cure, in 2011 as well as now inhales by means of a ventilator. He connects utilizing his eyes through a specialized tablet affixed to his wheelchair.Gleason's group posted an information coming from him Friday: "ALS is actually a typhoon of an illness. As well as on 9/11 in the middle of Storm Francine, power blackouts & questionable phone company, cyclone ALS produced landfall. Thanks for the effective affection as well as help from all of you. Celebrate this odds to become viable and breathing. I enjoy yall - SG." A message from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Impossible" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints exclusive teams leader who participated in seven seasons for New Orleans, is actually very most recognized on the field for his obstructed punting versus the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' initial activity back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 adhering to Storm Katrina. He is actually right now an advocate for ALS awareness and also functions using his non-profit Group Gleason to supply technology, devices and also support solutions to others living with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Tenacity Honor in July. He and also co-writer Jeff Duncan also just recently posted Gleason's narrative "A Life Inconceivable," which Gleason composed utilizing his eyes.