One (NTFS) out of two partitions on a WD 1TB external won't mount after improper ejection

I've got a 1tb external WD My Passport hard drive that I have formatted into two partitions (One FAT32 that carries a bootable Windows 7 install for bootcamp and the like, one NTFS that holds all of my movies and TV shows). Originally, I set my MBP up to read/write to the NTFS partition via the method in this link: http://http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57588773-263/how-to-manually-enable- ntfs-read-and-write-in-os-x/. Everything was peachy; I could get onto that partition on my Bootcamped Windows and on OS X both.
So I took my trusty media library with me to Afghanistan. Seeing as I don't have a lot of options to back up all that data, whenever I wanted to watch something I would get my HD out of its safe place in my backpack, copy the file onto my MBP, replace my HD back in its sanctuary, and watch straight off of my computer.
This time, though, since I was only watching one 20-minute episode of Batman Beyond before I got in the shower while I drank my post-workout shake, I didn't bother with my safe method. SURE ENOUGH, in the middle of the episode, I knock my HD straight off of my bunk, it falls off of the cable, and lands on the floor.
My first thought was that I might have broken an armature or dislodged the spindle/platter assembly. However, the drive spins up fine, doesn't make any noise, and the vibration in it feels normal. Also, I can still see the my FAT32 partition like so: http://i.imgur.com/S0rF0wK.jpg
I can also see my old partition in Disk Utility, but can't manually mount it: http://i.imgur.com/A44Ld4P.jpg (indeed, my name is Forrest)
Nor can I mount it manually through Terminal diskutil commands, but I think I may not be doing this right: http://i.imgur.com/fx3H9QH.jpg
I realize that I may have corrupted something and that my last option might be to erase/reformat, but I would REALLY prefer not to go down that road right now; I barely have Internet much less the ability to repopulate a media library.
I tried:
-restarting my computer (of course)
-dismounting/remounting HD
-sighing heavily
-viewing the HD from Windows (which sees the FAT32, and sees a drive letter for the NTFS but won't read it, just hangs when I try to access it)
-using chkdsk from Windows (get error that I need to be running in an "elevated mode" for that operation, which is something else I'll be addressing soon)
-cursing
-mounting manually with Terminal commands (see above)
-coming here to beg the gods' forgiveness and hopefully get advice
Tell me how to fix this and keep all of my movies and TV shows and I will owe you one (1) undying gratitude.

Hi Kool G4. I think that I'll take a trip to Tek Serve tomorrow and see what they can do. I was hoping for the same luck I had with the internal one re-appearing, but so far nothing.
I guess that every once in a while when something is improperly ejected, the warning is valid. There have been so many improper ejections (not on this drive) that have not resulted in a failed drive. My luck, and on my very important drive. Bummer.
But thanks to all of you for offering your wisdom.
I'm going to leave it overnight plugged in just in case it's just a slow startup issue. *crossing fingers*
Otherwise, I do hope that a specialist can recover the data.

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