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Line 152: In 2004, Souter was [[mugged]] while jogging between his home and the [[Fort Lesley J. McNair]] Army Base in Washington, DC. He suffered minor injuries from the event, visiting the [[MedStar Washington Hospital Center]] for treatment.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/02/us/justice-souter-is-attacked-while-jogging.html|title=Justice Souter Is Attacked While Jogging|date=May 2, 2004|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 9, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=August 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824021227/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/02/us/justice-souter-is-attacked-while-jogging.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The problem led to public questioning of the [[Supreme Court Police]]'s security detail, which was not present at the time.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Blackmun, Harry A. (1908-1999), Supreme Court justice|last=Yarbrough|first=Tinsley E.|date=January 2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|series=American National Biography Online|doi = 10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1101205}}</ref> According to [[Jeffrey Toobin]]'s 2007 book ''The Nine'', Souter has a decidedly low-tech lifestyle: He writes with a [[fountain pen]], does not use [[e-mail]], and has no [[cell phone]] or [[answering machine]]. While serving on the Supreme Court, he preferred to drive back to New Hampshire for the summer, where he enjoyed mountain climbing.<ref name="biography" /> Souter has also done his own home repairs<ref name="NYT">[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/us/04souter.html A No-Frills Embrace for a Low-Key Justice] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403195925/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/04/us/04souter.html |date=April 3, 2016 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 3, 2009</ref> and is known for his daily lunch of an apple and unflavored yogurt.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/node/13611101|title=Following Souter|date=May 7, 2009|newspaper=The Economist|access-date=March 13, 2017|issn=0013-0613|archive-date=July 31, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731045016/http://www.economist.com/node/13611101|url-status=live}}</ref> Former Supreme Court correspondent [[Linda Greenhouse]] wrote of Souter: "to focus on his eccentricities—his daily lunch of yogurt and an apple, core and all; the absence of a computer in his personal office—is to miss the essence of a man who in fact is perfectly suited to his job, just not to its trappings. His polite but persistent questioning of lawyers who appear before the court displays his meticulous preparation and his mastery of the case at hand and the cases relevant to it. Far from being out of touch with the modern world, he has simply refused to surrender to it control over aspects of his own life that give him deep contentment: hiking, sailing, time with old friends, reading history."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/weekinreview/03greenhouse.html|title=David H. Souter: Justice Unbound|last=Greenhouse|first=Linda|date=May 2, 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 13, 2017|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=June 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626230006/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/weekinreview/03greenhouse.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||