Life jacket with flexible life line

A lifejacket rescue device, comprising:

• a life jacket adapted for floating a wearer on a surface of a body of water, said life jacket having a top, a bottom, and front and back floatation panels, said floatation panels containing sufficient buoyant material to float a person having a weight up to a pre-determined weight limit, said panels defining a pair of side spaces therebetween, each side space adapted for extending an arm therethrough;
• a flexible pouch having an interior compartment and a top opening into said interior compartment being coupled to said front and back floatation panels;
• a length of flexible line having opposite ends, said flexible line being disposable in said interior compartment of said pouch such that said ends of said flexible line are extended from said pouch, one of said ends of said flexible line having a fastening clip coupled thereto, said fastening clip being detachably attachable to a portion of said life jacket for securing said one end of said flexible line to said life jacket;
• wherein said pouch has a flexible cover for generally covering said top opening of said pouch;
• wherein a hook and loop fastener detachably attaches said cover over said top opening;
• wherein said pouch comprises flexible front and back panels coupled together along their perimeters, said cover of said pouch being extended from said back panel;
• and
• wherein said pouch comprises a mesh material.