.Katherine Terrell, ESPN Team WriterSep 14, 2024, 01:26 AM ETCloseKatherine Terrell went 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 deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a grad of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native, and also she has actually covered the NFL considering that 2013. You may comply with Katherine on Twitter: @Kat_TerrellFormer New Orleans Saints safety and security and also ALS proponent Steve Gleason is secure and bouncing back at a neighborhood medical center after a medical event previously today, according to his press agent Clare Durrett.Durrett pointed out Gleason surged a fever and had incredibly low high blood pressure Wednesday, triggering his medical professional to suggest he be actually required to a hospital.However, this wanted Cyclone Francine, a Classification 2 storm, created landfall near Morgan Area, Louisiana, along with continual winds of practically one hundred mph. Nearly 390,000 residents all over Louisiana lost power, and also New Orleans as well as surrounding regions experienced some road flooding.Durrett claimed there was actually a concern that EMS and also initial -responders would certainly not be able to get to Gleason, but "luckily, they created it by means of to him at once when Steve's health and wellness was actually falling apart."" They promptly stabilized him and also transferred him to Ochsner," Durrett stated. "He continues to be there and also secure. He's remaining to be actually managed, as well as our company are actually enthusiastic Steve will certainly do what Steve does and also enthusiast with to get home as rapidly as achievable." Gleason's official X profile submitted an improve Thursday early morning thanking the 1st -responders and also the medical center for taking care of Gleason.Gleason was actually diagnosed along with ALS, for which there is actually presently no treatment, in 2011 as well as currently inhales via a ventilator. He corresponds using his eyes through a concentrated tablet attached to his wheelchair.Gleason's team uploaded a message from him Friday: "ALS is actually a storm of an illness. And also on 9/11 in the midst of Cyclone Francine, energy outages & sketchy phone company, cyclone ALS created landfall. Thanks for the powerful affection and also assistance coming from each one of you. Commemorate this opportunity to be vital and breathing. I love yall - SG." A message from Steve. pic.twitter.com/pfYEwFANJEu2014 Steve Gleason - "Reside Impossible" (@SteveGleason) September thirteen, 2024 Gleason, a previous Saints unique groups leader who played 7 periods for New Orleans, is actually most recognized on the field for his blocked punting versus the Atlanta Falcons in the Saints' very first game back after the Superdome resumed in 2006 following Cyclone Katrina. He is actually right now an advocate for ALS awareness and functions using his not-for-profit Staff Gleason to provide innovation, tools and support companies to others coping with ALS.He was actually the recipient of the 2024 Arthur Ashe Nerve Award in July. He and co-writer Jeff Duncan likewise recently published Gleason's narrative "A Life Impossible," which Gleason composed utilizing his eyes.