.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Team WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer season of 2022. She left the company in 2019 after joining in 2016 to deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU as well as a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, indigenous, as well as she has actually covered the NFL since 2013. You can comply with Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety and security and ALS advocate Steve Gleason is actually stable and also recouping at a nearby medical facility after a medical event earlier recently, depending on to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett pointed out Gleason increased a fever and had very reduced blood pressure Wednesday, causing his physician to suggest he be taken to a hospital.However, this wanted Cyclone Francine, a Type 2 hurricane, brought in landfall near Morgan Area, Louisiana, along with continual winds of virtually one hundred miles per hour. Nearly 390,000 homeowners across Louisiana lost power, and also New Orleans and encompassing locations experienced some street flooding.Durrett mentioned there was a worry that ambulance as well as very first -responders will certainly not be able to reach Gleason, however "fortunately, they made it by means of to him each time when Steve's wellness was deteriorating."" They quickly maintained him as well as moved him to Ochsner," Durrett pointed out. "He remains there and also steady. He's remaining to be addressed, and our experts are actually hopeful Steve is going to perform what Steve carries out and also fighter by means of to receive home as promptly as feasible." Gleason's official X profile published an update Thursday morning giving thanks to the initial -responders as well as the hospital for taking care of Gleason.Gleason was actually diagnosed along with ALS, for which there is currently no treatment, in 2011 and currently inhales with a ventilator. He corresponds utilizing his eyes through a concentrated tablet computer connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's crew submitted an information coming from him Friday: "ALS is actually a typhoon of an illness. As well as on 9/11 in the midst of Typhoon Francine, electrical power blackouts & skimpy phone service, cyclone ALS created landfall. Thank you for the effective affection and help from all of you. Commemorate this possibility to become viable and also breathing. I love yall - SG." An information coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Inconceivable" (@SteveGleason) September 13, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints unique teams captain who played 7 times for New Orleans, is actually very most recognized on the field for his shut out punt against the Atlanta Falcons in the Saints' very first activity back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 complying with Hurricane Katrina. He is currently a proponent for ALS awareness as well as functions via his nonprofit Crew Gleason to offer innovation, devices and assistance companies to others coping with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Tenacity Honor in July. He as well as co-writer Jeff Duncan additionally just recently published Gleason's narrative "A Lifestyle Impossible," which Gleason wrote using his eyes.