GoPro Hero 5 Black. The thing's pretty incredible. If I don't have the camera on an extension from my hand, you can hear me breathing in the regulator.
And it's durable-durable-durable! I can't tell you how many times I've dropped it. Works like a champ!
My wife has been wanting one of those, maybe next year. But then I'd want a drone, and then I would like crash, and then my wife would be rally ticked-off, but what the hell, if she still wants one we may end up getting one.
The scenario you just played out doesn't sound bad at all. And it has a crash landing! ithink you're ready for the big screen.