.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell came back to ESPN to deal with the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left behind the business in 2019 after joining in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is actually a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and also she has covered the NFL because 2013. You can follow Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints security as well as ALS supporter Steve Gleason is actually stable and recovering at a nearby hospital after a health care activity earlier this week, according to his public relations consultant Clare Durrett.Durrett pointed out Gleason surged a fever and also had extremely reduced high blood pressure Wednesday, prompting his medical professional to propose he be actually needed to a hospital.However, this was after Hurricane Francine, a Group 2 storm, made landfall near Morgan Metropolitan area, Louisiana, along with sustained winds of virtually one hundred miles per hour. Almost 390,000 homeowners throughout Louisiana died, and also New Orleans as well as surrounding places experienced some road flooding.Durrett stated there was actually a worry that ambulance and initial -responders would certainly certainly not be able to hit Gleason, but "fortunately, they created it with to him at once when Steve's health was deteriorating."" They immediately supported him and transported him to Ochsner," Durrett said. "He stays there and also steady. He's continuing to be managed, and our company are actually confident Steve will do what Steve performs as well as warrior by means of to receive home as quickly as possible." Gleason's representative X account submitted an upgrade Thursday early morning giving thanks to the very first -responders and also the medical facility for caring for Gleason.Gleason was actually identified with ALS, for which there is currently no treatment, in 2011 and also right now breathes with a ventilator. He connects utilizing his eyes through a specialized tablet computer connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's group published a notification coming from him Friday: "ALS is a cyclone of a condition. And on 9/11 in the middle of Storm Francine, electrical power outages & questionable phone company, hurricane ALS helped make landfall. Thank you for the highly effective love and assistance from all of you. Celebrate this opportunity to become dynamic as well as breathing. I really love yall - SG." A message from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Inconceivable" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints special teams captain who participated in 7 times for New Orleans, is very most recognized on the area for his blocked punting against the Atlanta georgia Falcons in the Saints' very first video game back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 complying with Cyclone Katrina. He is now an advocate for ALS recognition as well as functions using his non-profit Staff Gleason to give innovation, equipment and support companies to others dealing with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Guts Award in July. He as well as co-writer Jeff Duncan also lately published Gleason's narrative "A Lifestyle Impossible," which Gleason created using his eyes.