Look at the nice photo - you can clearly see the rim round the top of the re-entry module of the hatch where they crawled in. What the confused HB appears to be claiming (as I read it) is that the crawl wouldn't have been possible because the chutes are on the top. The picture also shows that they are arranged around the edge of the central hatch.

Basically, this is a simple case of mistaking how the re-entry module is built, and the photo demonstrates what the correct design is.