(around someone or something) and crash down (about someone or something)
1. and crash in (on someone or something) Lit. [for something] to collapse on someone or something. The walls crashed in around the burning house.The branches of the tree crashed down on the roof.The old barn crashed down.
2.Fig. [for the structure and stability of one's life] to fall apart. Her whole life crashed down around her.Everything he was familiar with crashed down about him.