ST. CHARLES – On behalf of her son, the mother of a teenager who witnessed a drowning at Pheasant Run Resort five years ago is seeking damages in excess of $50,000, according to Kane County court documents filed this month.

The lawsuit asserts the Belvidere teen suffers from “extreme and severe emotional distress” because of the Dec. 28, 2007, drowning of 21-year-old Garden Prairie resident Javier Gonzalez.

The teen, then 12, had been throwing a foam football and playing splashing games with kids and Gonzalez when the 21-year-old sank face down to the bottom of the indoor-outdoor pool at the main drain, according to the lawsuit.