Were people’s prayers helping the rescue for members of the Thai boys’ soccer team and their coach who were trapped in a flooded cave?

This is very much the case. While the average person will assume this was simply a technological rescue made possible by the advent of scuba gear and trained cave divers up to the challenge of navigating with almost no visibility, the fact that this was successful for these individuals who had not undergone such training, and had no experience taking on such a difficult and life-threatening passage, was very much the result of divine support. There would have been deaths without a divine intervention here to add assistance. This is not meant to take away from anyone and their capabilities, only that there are limits to human reach and strength, and getting divine assistance is never a sign of weakness, but rather one of being part of something very, very special. Knowing the existence of the divine and calling on divine help are the special attributes of divine human and set you apart from all other organisms, so this is a kind of strength, not ever an act of weakness. The people who said prayers for these individuals were instrumental in seeing this take place with such great success, despite the complications.