METAIRIE, La. -- Team Gleason once again showed off its awesome power this past week when it brought Puerto Rico hurricane victims Carmelo and Berenice Diaz and their family to New Orleans -- and onto the Superdome sideline before the New Orleans Saints' win over Chicago.
Team Gleason is proud to host Carmelo Diaz & family, our fellow citizens, from Puerto Rico. #BooDat
-SG pic.twitter.com/ECODrbcDvu— Steve Gleason (@TeamGleason) October 29, 2017
NOLA.com shared the story of how the Diazes came to New Orleans.
Carmelo was diagnosed with ALS in 1988 -- the same debilitating neuromuscular disease that former Saints special-teamer/cult hero Steve Gleason was diagnosed with in 2011.