.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell returned to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left the provider in 2019 after participating in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is actually a grad of LSU and also a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and also she has covered the NFL since 2013. You can observe Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints security and ALS advocate Steve Gleason is stable and also recuperating at a nearby healthcare facility after a medical event previously today, depending on to his publicist Clare Durrett.Durrett said Gleason surged a fever and had remarkably reduced high blood pressure Wednesday, urging his medical professional to advise he be taken to a hospital.However, this desired Hurricane Francine, a Group 2 hurricane, brought in landfall near Morgan Area, Louisiana, with sustained winds of just about 100 mph. Nearly 390,000 homeowners across Louisiana died, and also New Orleans and also bordering areas experienced some street flooding.Durrett pointed out there was a problem that ambulance and also 1st -responders would not be able to get to Gleason, but "luckily, they created it with to him at a time when Steve's health and wellness was falling apart."" They right away stabilized him and also moved him to Ochsner," Durrett mentioned. "He continues to be there and also stable. He's remaining to be actually addressed, and our team are enthusiastic Steve will do what Steve performs and also soldier via to acquire home as swiftly as feasible." Gleason's representative X profile uploaded an upgrade Thursday morning saying thanks to the first responders and the medical facility for dealing with Gleason.Gleason was actually diagnosed along with ALS, for which there is actually presently no remedy, in 2011 and also now breathes through a ventilator. He communicates using his eyes using a concentrated tablet connected to his wheelchair.Gleason's group posted a message coming from him Friday: "ALS is a storm of an illness. And also on 9/11 in the middle of Storm Francine, energy interruptions & skimpy phone service, hurricane ALS produced landfall. Thank you for the effective affection and also support coming from each of you. Commemorate this possibility to be alive and also breathing. I like yall - SG." A notification coming from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Live Impossible" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints exclusive staffs captain that participated in 7 periods for New Orleans, is actually very most recognized on the field for his obstructed punting versus the Atlanta Falcons in the Saints' first game back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 following Hurricane Katrina. He is right now an advocate for ALS awareness and also functions via his nonprofit Team Gleason to deliver innovation, equipment and also assistance companies to others dealing with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Courage Honor in July. He and also co-writer Jeff Duncan also lately published Gleason's memoir "A Life Difficult," which Gleason created utilizing his eyes.