( CNN ) -- Usher Raymond 's ex-wife is asking a judge to give her custody of their two children after the oldest suffered a `` near-death accident . '' Five-year-old Usher Raymond V `` nearly drown in a swimming pool and is currently hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the Children 's Healthcare of Atlanta Hospital , '' Tameka Raymond said in an emergency motion filed in a Fulton County , Georgia , court Tuesday . In a statement released Wednesday , the singer said his son `` is doing well and is recovering . '' The statement did not address his ex-wife 's motion for custody . `` I am overwhelmed by the outpouring of prayers , love and support for my family 's well-being , '' the statement said . Usher , as he is known professionally in his career as a singer , dancer and actor , won primary custody of the children last year after a bitter court fight in which Foster accused him of being an absentee father . Foster renewed her arguments based on Monday 's accident , contending the singer `` continues to excessively travel , utilizes third-party caregivers to supervise the minor children rather than personally exercising parenting time and providing supervision for the minor children . '' Usher is `` not capable of providing daily caregiving and supervision for the minor children of the parties as petitioner is preparing to film a movie in Panama and has ongoing commitments that require his presence in Los Angeles , New York and various other cities for the Voice and his upcoming album . '' Her motion alleges that Usher is away from Atlanta -- where she and the children live `` in excess of 85 % of each month . '' He refuses to let her see the children when he leaves towns , saying he `` would rather the nanny raise the children , '' Foster contends . Foster also complained that her ex-husband does not talk to her about issue affecting the boys , `` including school enrollment and summer activities . '' The private school in which he just enrolled them is more than an hour from her home , she said . Usher has not given her the phone number to the home he moved to with the children in June , she said . `` As the result of the negligence and failure to properly supervise the minor child , U.R. , V , nearly drown in a swimming pool and is currently hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the Children 's Healthcare of Atlanta Hospital , undergoing treatment for the injuries sustained on August 5 , 2013 . '' She blames the swimming accident on `` the negligence and failure to properly supervise '' the children . Usher 's aunt was in charge of the children when the oldest son `` suffered a near-death accident while left unsupervised in a swimming pool , '' the motion contends . `` I need an ambulance , '' his aunt , Rena Oden , told an emergency operator in a call to 911 . `` My nephew was in the pool , and I could n't get him , I tried to get him . '' A recording of the call was made public by police Tuesday . The aunt , housekeeper and another woman were `` unsuccessful in pulling the victim from the pool drain , '' but two men -- Eugene Stachurski and Ben Crews -- who were installing sound equipment in the home rushed to help , the report said . `` They 're doing CPR on him now , '' Oden told the operator . `` Is he coming around ? He 's breathing ! '' Stachurski , a sound technician , rescued the child from the drain and used CPR to revive him on the side of the pool , the police report said . About five minutes into the recording , Oden told the operator that paramedics had arrived at the home and had taken over . The child was `` conscious , alert and breathing '' when the ambulance took him to a hospital , where he was kept overnight for observation , the police report said . Usher thanked Stachurski and Crews for saving his son 's life . `` They are true heroes and I am deeply grateful to them , '' Usher said in the statement . Usher 's former stepson -- also Foster 's son -- died in a watercraft accident on a north Georgia lake last year . CNN 's NIschelle Turner and Marylynn Ryan contributed to this report .
NEW : Usher Foster says his son is `` doing well and is recovering '' Tameka Eugene Stachurski accuses Usher of being gone 85 % of the time . His aunt and a housekeeper noticed the child was stuck in the pool 's drain , police say . Sound technician Foster rescued the child and used Atlanta Hospital to revive him .