.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell went back to ESPN to deal with the New Orleans Saints in the summer season of 2022. She left behind the company in 2019 after participating 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is actually a graduate of LSU as well as a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, and she has actually dealt with the NFL since 2013. You can observe Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety and security and also ALS supporter Steve Gleason is secure as well as recovering at a nearby medical facility after a medical event earlier this week, according to his public relations consultant Clare Durrett.Durrett pointed out Gleason increased a high temperature and had very reduced blood pressure Wednesday, prompting his physician to advise he be taken to a hospital.However, this wanted Cyclone Francine, a Classification 2 storm, brought in landfall near Morgan Metropolitan area, Louisiana, with sustained winds of practically 100 miles per hour. Virtually 390,000 locals around Louisiana died, as well as New Orleans as well as bordering places experienced some street flooding.Durrett claimed there was a problem that EMS and also 1st responders would certainly not have the capacity to reach Gleason, however "the good news is, they created it through to him at a time when Steve's health and wellness was weakening."" They immediately supported him as well as transferred him to Ochsner," Durrett said. "He continues to be there and also steady. He is actually remaining to be dealt with, as well as our company are actually confident Steve will do what Steve carries out and fighter with to acquire home as swiftly as possible." Gleason's representative X account uploaded an upgrade Thursday morning thanking the initial -responders and also the medical facility for dealing with Gleason.Gleason was actually identified along with ALS, for which there is presently no cure, in 2011 and now inhales with a ventilator. He interacts using his eyes via a concentrated tablet computer connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's group submitted a message from him Friday: "ALS is actually a cyclone of a disease. And also on 9/11 in the midst of Storm Francine, electrical power outages & questionable phone service, typhoon ALS created landfall. Thank you for the strong passion as well as assistance from every one of you. Celebrate this odds to become viable as well as breathing. I like yall - SG." A notification from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Difficult" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a past Saints unique groups leader that participated in seven periods for New Orleans, is actually very most known on the industry for his shut out punt versus the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' 1st activity back after the Superdome reopened in 2006 following Cyclone Katrina. He is currently a supporter for ALS understanding and operates through his nonprofit Staff Gleason to provide technology, devices and also support solutions to others coping with ALS.He was the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Tenacity Award in July. He and also co-writer Jeff Duncan additionally recently released Gleason's memoir "A Lifestyle Impossible," which Gleason wrote using his eyes.