One similar crash I remember very well was CNN on 9/11 - I tired to connect from France but is down the whole day.
Since then I am very used to it because our institutional web sites traditionally crash when there is a deadline (typically the taxes or school inscriptions).
As for that one, my son is studying in Europe (I am also in Europe), he called me desperate at 5 am or so to check if he is the only one with the problem (I am the 24/7 family support for anything plugged in). After having liberally insulted Netflix he realized he confirmed with his grandparents that he will be helping them at 10 :)