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LEWIS | There is a photo montage in Max Thwait’s office at the Emergency Operations Center here.

Endearingly titled “Max’s First Baby,” the framed photos were a gift for his answer to a call that came into the 9-1-1 center at Lewis several years ago.

A pregnant woman in labor and alone in Long Lake had called for help and he, then an Essex County 9-1-1 dispatcher, helped her calmly and safely through the delivery, even as he sent an ambulance to her location…