Estoy recibiendo el siguiente error enPHP:

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'PDOException' with message 'SQLSTATE[HY000] [2003] Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)' in C:\xampp\htdocs\project\Service\Database.class.php:26 Stack trace: #0 C:\xampp\htdocs\project\Service\Database.class.php(26): PDO->__construct('mysql:host=loca...', 'root', '', Array) #1 C:\xampp\htdocs\project\Service\Database.class.php(54): Service\Database::initialize() #2 C:\xampp\htdocs\project\index.php(15): Service\Database::getHandler() #3 {main} thrown in C:\xampp\htdocs\project\Service\Database.class.php on line 26

El error en sí no es el problema, Terminé intencionalmente elMySQL servicio en Windows para ver que paso (estoy usandoXAMPP). El problema es que no puedo detectar la excepción queDOP El objeto tira y no sé por qué.

try {
    $host       = "localhost";
    $dbname     = "project";
    $userName   = "root";
    $password   = "";
    $charset    = "utf8";
    $dsn        = "mysql:host=$host;dbname=$dbname;charset=$charset";

    $driverOptions = array(
        PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => "SET NAMES $charset"
    );

    // This is the line that supposedly throws the exception (LINE 26):
    $dbh = new PDO($dsn, $userName, $password, $driverOptions);

    $dbh->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);

    self::setHandler($dbh);
} catch (PDOException $e) {
    die("CATCHED"); // This line is never reached
} catch (Exception $e) {
    die("CATCHED"); // nor this one.
}

¿Que me estoy perdiendo aqui?