.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell went back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left the business in 2019 after participating in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is actually a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, as well as she has dealt with the NFL given that 2013. You can comply with Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints protection and ALS proponent Steve Gleason is actually secure and also recuperating at a regional hospital after a medical activity earlier today, according to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett said Gleason spiked a high temperature as well as had remarkably reduced high blood pressure Wednesday, urging his doctor to recommend he be actually needed to a hospital.However, this was after Cyclone Francine, a Category 2 hurricane, brought in landfall near Morgan Urban area, Louisiana, with sustained winds of just about 100 miles per hour. Virtually 390,000 locals around Louisiana lost power, and also New Orleans as well as bordering places experienced some road flooding.Durrett stated there was a problem that ambulance and also very first responders would certainly not have the capacity to reach Gleason, but "thankfully, they made it through to him at a time when Steve's wellness was actually weakening."" They promptly maintained him and also transported him to Ochsner," Durrett claimed. "He stays there and dependable. He is actually continuing to be actually handled, and also our experts are confident Steve will definitely perform what Steve carries out as well as warrior by means of to receive home as rapidly as achievable." Gleason's representative X account posted an improve Thursday morning saying thanks to the initial -responders and also the healthcare facility for dealing with Gleason.Gleason was detected along with ALS, for which there is currently no cure, in 2011 and currently inhales via a ventilator. He communicates using his eyes via a focused tablet connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's crew uploaded an information coming from him Friday: "ALS is actually a hurricane of a health condition. As well as on 9/11 in the middle of Storm Francine, energy outages & questionable phone company, hurricane ALS produced landfall. Thanks for the powerful affection and support from all of you. Commemorate this chance to become vital and also breathing. I enjoy yall - SG." A message coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Inconceivable" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints unique crews leader who participated in 7 seasons for New Orleans, is actually most known on the industry for his shut out punt against the Atlanta Falcons in the Saints' first activity back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 adhering to Storm Katrina. He is currently a proponent for ALS awareness as well as functions using his non-profit Staff Gleason to deliver technology, tools as well as support solutions to others dealing with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Nerve Award in July. He as well as co-writer Jeff Duncan additionally recently released Gleason's memoir "A Life Impossible," which Gleason created utilizing his eyes.